Prevention of diabetes with a healthy lifestyle in The Village of Sungai Pitung

Abstract

Diabetes is a degenerative disease whose prevalence continues to increase every year. Knowledge of diseases, diet, and lifestyle is a contributing factor to the increase. Pitung River Village is a fairly far from urban area, generally has a simple lifestyle, which experiences a lack of knowledge about lifestyle, especially diet and lack of physical activity. Diabetes Mellitus disease is very influential on the quality of human resources and has an impact on the increase in health costs are quite large. Therefore, all parties, both the public and the government, should actively participate in the efforts to treat Diabetes Mellitus, especially in efforts to prevent Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease that will be carried out for life. The management of this disease requires the participation of doctors, nurses, nutritionists, and other health workers. Patients and their families also have an important role, so it is necessary to get education to provide an understanding of the course of disease, prevention, complications, and management of Diabetes Mellitus. The method of devotion carried out with health education, and health examination, the results of the activities showed that there was a significant increase after being given health education.