FIKKIA NEWS – Public higher education services play an important role as part of contributing to improving public health. In Banyuwangi, Draft Regent Regulation (RAPERBUP) concerning Healthy Circle is the result of research development that leads to draft regulations. This regulates healthy trade up to a radius of 500 meters from outside the outermost fence of the Education Unit. Unexpected figure of the academic community Faculty of Health, Medicine, and Life Sciences (FIKKIA) Airlangga University (UNAIR) Banyuwangi was the initiator. He is Susy Kakana Sebayang, SP., MSc., PhD who is a lecturer in the Study Program FIKKIA Public Health.
Getting to know the Healthy Circle
Threats to the health of school-age children occur due to the use of cigarettes and consumption of unhealthy foods. Threat hypertension, obesity and diabetes In the future, students will need to understand healthy snack consumption patterns. Banyuwangi Healthy Circle will train students to recognize healthy stalls, selecting and supervising healthy products. Traders are also trained to make healthy, profitable trades
The long road to research results Banyuwangi Healthy Circle delivered to stakeholders. Starting from the Education Unit, Education Service, Health Service and Cooperative Service, Micro Enterprises and Trade. Based on these results, the Raperbup was prepared jointly between researchers, the Education Service, the Health Service and the Cooperatives Service, Micro Enterprises and Trade, as well as the Provincial Education Service Branch Office, the Ministry of Religion Office, Bappeda and the Legal Department.
Preparation Process
This preparation was carried out in three workshops and several separate consultations. The preparation process was also assisted by resource persons who were experts in the field of cigarette control policy from Jakarta and assisted by Dr. Lanny Ramli from UNAIR Faculty of Law. FIKKIA S1 Public Health support is provided for research and RAPERBUP workshop events ranging from personnel, rooms, facilities.
Students also participate in preparing training materials as well as serving as student and trader trainers. In this way, the activity process adds to students' experience of being directly involved in society. Bringing the research results to the stage of producing draft regent regulations was a new experience for Susy and a proud achievement.
"I was fortunate to receive funding from LPDP and a very supportive team so that I could optimally carry out research well," said the head of the FIKKIA Collaboration Unit.
The process of formulating the Healthy Circle policy was carried out using a very ideal method based on evidence (evidence-based policy making). This is also a place for collaboration involving various stakeholders.
"I learned a lot from legal experts and also from various SKPDs and related parties regarding new things related to public administration law and program implementation in various SKPDs," he said.
This research and Raperbup are the first in Indonesia. The hope is that the Healthy Circle RAPERBUP can soon be submitted and ratified by the Regional Government of Banyuwangi Regency. So that it can be implemented for the common good and become a new innovation for Banyuwangi Regency.
Author: Azhar Burhanuddin
Editor: Tasya Ramadhan