Resumen de Mapping healthy aisles in Makassar city, Indonesia: implications for community empowerment

Sukri Palutturi, Lalu Muhammad Saleh, Muhammad Rachmat, Jalaluddin Abdul Malek

• Objective The purpose of this paper was to map healthy aisles in Makassar City and how its implication is for community empowerment.

  Method This research was a descriptive survey. One hundred and sixty aisles in Rappocini and Ujung Tanah Sub-Districts, Makassar were surveyed.

  Results The development of healthy aisles is under maintenance of Puskesmas (Public Health Center) consisting of 20 aisles of 117 aisles in Puskesmas Kassi-Kassi and 3 aisles of 43 aisles in Puskesmas Pattingalloang. Ten healthy aisles indicators were established: aisles's cleanliness, beauty, drainage, garbage transportation, utilization, Siskamling (neighborhood security system), Non-Smoking Area (Kawasan Tanpa Rokok=KTR), active Posyandu (Integrated Health Post), the presence of educational media and the existence of working groups (Pokja).

  Conclusions Based on 10 healthy aisles indicators, aspects of beauty, educational media, and aisles work group activity need to be strengthened, while others need to be maintained and even improved.