1Public Health Department, STIKES Mandala Waluya, Kendari, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia
2Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia
3Department of Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health, Hasanuddin University, Makassar
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Tasnim, SKM, MPH, Mailing: Jl. H.A. Nasution no. G-37, Kendari, Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia, E-mail: tasnim349@gmail.com, Phone: +6282237658472
Online published on 23 December, 2019.
Kendari City Health Government faced fast food trader issue which affected to public health status. The prevalence of diseases which were caused by food continued to increase. Community participation in fast food control was needed because of limited health workers in health centres. Therefore, this study aimed to indentify affectivity of women participation in fast food control to food traders in Kendari city, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia.
This study applied Quacy Experiment with the one group pretest-posttest design. The study was conducted in 3 villages in Kendari City because they have many temporary food traders. The sample of temporary food traders ware 39 traders and 17 women. The hypothesis of this study is that community involving in control to the temporary food traders will be effective to improving the fast food processing which will affect to the quality of sold food. Data analysis used Linier Regression.
women could control the fast food traders to increase food hygiene and sanitation. The distance of the cadre's home to the fast food trader significantly influenced to the fast food processing which eventually affected to the quality of the sold food.
Women can a representation of a civil society to control food for traders in Kendari effectively because they are closed with food traders.
Women, Participation, Food, Disease
