Volume 18, No. 3, 2021
The Confirmatory Factor Analysis Of Lorong Community Empowerment Dimension In Forming Makassar Healthy City, Indonesia
Sukri Palutturi , Lalu Muhammad Saleh , Muhammad Rachmat and Jalaluddin Abdul Malek
Abstract
Healthy Cities movement has been long globally developed aiming to solve various healthy issues in the context of a city or region. In Indonesia, this movement is officially, effectively and systematically implemented since the issuance of Joint Law between the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ministry of Health 2005. The emphasized approach is more on the city area widely, while the more specific approach is on grassroot level which is rarely done, such as lorong which can be different from the other cities. The empowerment of lorong community was reviewed further. The objective of this research was to perform Confirmatory Factor Analysis of lorong community empowerment dimension in forming Makassar Healthy City. This research was done quantitatively through analytical survey approach to see the dimension of lorong community empowerment of Makassar City. This research was conducted on two sub-districts which are Rappocini Sub-District under Kassi-kassi Public Health Center working area and Ujung Tanah Sub-District under the Pattingalloang Public Health Center working area. The research population was obtained from the number of households in Lorong area. Total lorong in two sub-districts is 160 lorong, and from the 160 lorong, there was 3494 households. Thus the research population was 3494 households. The result of the research found strong dimensions in forming the community empowerment, including relationship, structure, power, share meaning, communication of change, motivation, integration, culture and community economy development dimensions. Each dimension has sub-dimension which affects or forms the dimension of lorong community dimension. Further implementation of such result becomes urgent to measure the effectiveness of this model application.
Pages: 289-299
Keywords: CFA, community empowerment, lorong, healthy cities