Developing family empowerment post for enhancing human development index

Abstract
Developing  Family Empowerment Post for Enhancing Human Development Index

 By
 Kuntoro, MD, MPH, DrPH1
Sunarjo, MD, MSc, PhD2
1Airlangga University School of Public Health,
Surabaya 60115, Indonesia
2Indonesian Institute for Human Development,
Surabaya  60286, Indonesia
(email : kuntoro1@indo.net.id )

 Family empowerment post (FEP) is an integrated community-based organization  initiated and developed by people in the community.  Its core activities include health, education and   economic aspects. Those are components of human development index (HDI). This community organization is established to help the government to enhance HDI. 

 A case study among twelve FEP in five districts and one city, East Java Province managed by six universities  under coordination of Indonesian Institute for Human Development (IIHD) was done.

 The results show that nine of twelve FEPs  are formed through  four stages such as  socialization, survey,  small scale workshop, and  team formator selection. One year later the results show that in health aspect, the people have better understanding about  drug abuse, youth reproduction health, and good nutrition, In education aspect,  many children under five years old involve in early child education to  improve their growth and development while their mothers involve in life skill training about home industries that will support family income. In economic aspects, the members can loan money  with very cheaper interest for operating their small scale businesses. It is recommended to enhance the activities of FEPS  through guidance and empowerment by undergraduate students..

 Keyword : family empowerment post    human development index