<![CDATA[Diabetes mellitus is one of four diseases that cause death worldwide. Central Kalimantan is in 23rd position out of 34 provinces for the incidence of Diabetes with a prevalence of 1.14%. One of the districts in Central Kalimantan, namely Pulang Pisau District, shows that the prevalence of DM exceeds the provincial prevalence, namely 1.20%. The data shows that many factors influence one of them is the level of public awareness of diabetes.The aim of this community service activity is to increase the community's self-awareness through education. The activity was carried out in Simpur Village, Jabiren Raya, Pulang Pisau Regency with a total of 30 participants. Activities are carried out by filling out a pretest questionnaire, health education and posttest. The results show an increase in DM Self Awareness in the community. The average self-awareness score before education was 66.73 and after education was 80.00. The statistical test results show that there is a significant difference in the average self-awareness score between before and after education with a p value of 0.005 and a mean difference of 13.27.With this activity, it is hoped that in the long term, people can increase their self-awareness of diabetes so that they can prevent the occurrence of diabetes or an increase in complications from diabetes mellitus.]]>
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