Development of Educational Media For Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients in the Work Area of Kedundung Health Center, Mojokerto City

Abstract

Diabetes is one of the big four non-communicable diseases. According to the Mojokerto City Health Office, the incidence reached 3,365 in 2019 with the highest recorded at the Kedundung Health Center with 822 patients. Although the Ministry of Health has introduced dietary programmes for tackling the incidence of diabetes, a survey of the dietary rules of diabetes patients at the Kedundung Health Center revealed that it is only limited to consultation with nutritionists. Thus, it is necessary to develop a health-education media product in the form of a booklet explaining a more practical diet for diabetes mellitus patients. This study comprised of 10 stages adopted from the Sugiyono’s development model using a qualitative and quantitative descriptive analysis. The booklet produced b this study is titled “How to Diet Diabetes?” and contains information on understanding diabetes diet, the purpose, the calories needed, eating schedule, type of food, diet composition, dietary restrictions, and various menus. An assessment of the final product showed that 91.6% of the media experts considered it “very worthy” and 75% of the members providing the material included in the booklet considered it “eligible with minor revision.” Similarly, 92.7% of a small test group and 88.7% of a large test group classified it as “very worthy.” However, further work is needed to evaluate the effectiveness and impact of the booklet. Expansion of the subject is expected so that the booklet could reach more targets. Keywords: booklet, diabetes mellitus Diet, educational media