Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by increased blood glucose levels or hyperglycemia. There are four types of DM, namely type 1 DM, type 2 DM, gestational DM, and other types of DM. Type 2 DM occurs when the body experiences insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency which often occurs in individuals over 40 years of age.
The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) states that there are 81 million people with DM in Southeast Asian countries and is expected to increase from 7.0% in the 20–79-year age group in 2010 to 8.4% in 2030 (WHO, 2011). Indonesia ranks fourth after India, China, and the United States in the highest number of DM (PERKENI, 2006). The number of DM cases in the Jember Regency itself in 10 years has increased by 210% over 10 years from 11,587 people in 2011 to 35,951 people in 2021. The number of DM cases in Sumbersari District is the highest with 1296 sufferers.
Therefore, SCOPH CIMSA UNEJ held an activity called CIMSALABIM (CIMSA UNEJ dan Masyarakat Lawan Bersama Diabetes Mellitus). This activity was held to commemorate World Diabetes Day (WDD) 2022. This activity was held for 2 days from the 3rd until the 4th of December 2022.
The activity began by holding a pre-activity training with Epafroditus Sanjaya a Local Public Health Officer (LPO) CIMSA UNEJ 2019 and Dimas Zaiburrohman a Local Public Health Officer (LPO) CIMSA UNEJ 2020 as a speaker. Epafroditus Sanjaya and Dimas Zaiburrohman are also a Public Health Leader (PHL) CIMSA UNEJ. The pre-activity training was held on December 3rd, 2022, at the FK UNEJ.
On December 4th, 2022, a ground campaign was held at Jember City Square. CIMSA UNEJ members succeeded in educating around 20 people in the community and the community's enthusiasm for checking free blood sugar was high, there were around 50 people who did free blood sugar checks.
In this ground campaign, not only CIMSALABIM’s OC, but CIMSA UNEJ Newbie also participated in education about diabetes mellitus and free blood sugar checking.
Overall, the CIMSALABIM (CIMSA UNEJ dan Masyarakat Lawan Bersama Diabetes Mellitus) activities went well.
SCOPH
Standing Committee on Public Health
CIMSA
Empowering Medical Students
Improving Nation's Health
