<![CDATA[Diabetes mellitus is a disease marked by hyperglycemia resulting in disturbances in insulin secretion or function. Risk factors, the main triggers of diabetes mellitus type 2, include genetic factors, lifestyle, and unhealthy eating patterns. Diet management based on the 3J principle (schedule, quantity, and type) plays an important role in controlling blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients. Education and health through audiovisual media can effectively transform knowledge for somebody through the five senses of information. Therefore, effective educational media are needed, it can be through audiovisual media, namely short films. This research aimed to develop and assess short film eligibility as a medium for dietary education for type 2 diabetes mellitus sufferers in Puskesmas Jembatan Kecil, Bengkulu. Then, the Research and Development (R&D) method with the ADDIE development model, which includes the stages of analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation. The research sample consisted of 43 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients from a total population of 294 patients. Data collection was carried out through interviews, observations, questionnaires, validation media expert, and validation expert materials, as well as testing the eligibility to respondents. Results analysis needs to show that a big part of the informants like film media as a means of delivering health information. Results validation media experts obtain a value of 81.81% with a very good category rating, whereas validation expert material gets a value of 100% with a very good category rating. Test eligibility on users shows a percentage of 93.02%, which shows that short film media is very worthy of use as an educational medium for health for type 2 diabetes mellitus sufferers. Short film media developed as expected can be effective for education in increasing patient understanding about the importance of diet planning for type 2 diabetes mellitus control.]]>
