Community Service: Self Help Group in Persadia Salatiga, Central Java

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Diabetes Mellitus Survivor got bore in diet, exercise and medication. Boring caused the non-adherence. There are many interventions to solve non-adherence. They are familysupport, motivation, stress management. Those are, could be represent in ?self help group?. ?Self Help Group? is an intervention by empowering peer, family, health worker and others to solve the diabetes Mellitus Survivor?s problems. Support to Diabetes Mellitus survivor in ?Self Help Group? effects in maintaining the adherence the survivor in diabetes mellitus management. Persadia (Association of Diabetic Survivor around Indonesia) has 500 members including 200 Diabetes Mellitus survivor, and the others are family, health worker. Aim The Activity is aim to establish the ?self help group? in Persadia Salatiga, Central Java. Method The method is training for 60 hours, including 20% theory and 80% practice. Twenty persons involve the training. After training, every 2 members have responsibility to conduct one ?self help group?. Every group consist 7-10 members. Result It was established the self help group at Persadia. In discussion, members have issued many problems. The others would have countered them with many ideas and experiences. Every member felt supported each others. Meanwhile, many survivors struggle in arranging the diet. Recommendation Supervising and supporting in diet in daily living for survivor in order to be adherence.

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