International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS) Vol.5, No.1, March 2016, pp. 16 ~ 26 ISSN: 2252-8806  16 Journal homepage: http://iaesjournal.com/online/index.php/IJPHS Developing Comprehensive Diabetes Education Materials for Structured Patient Education Programs in Primary Care Setting 1 Oryzati Hilman Agrimon, 2 Jackie Street 1 Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia 2 Discipline of Public Health, School of Population Health & Clinical Practice, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Australia Article Info ABSTRACT Article history: Received Aug 25, 2015 Revised Feb 20, 2016 Accepted Feb 26, 2016 Diabetes education is a key factor for a succesful diabetes care. Comprehensive diabetes education materials for conducting stuctured diabetes education programs were rarely found in primary care setting in Indonesia. There was a need for developing new, comprehensive diabetes education materials for low-literate readers. Developing these education materials followed standard steps in developing print materials, and took account tips for writing low literacy materials for poor readers. The new diabetes education materials consisted of tenvarious leaflets, also printed as14 posters and 14 x-banners. The ten diabetes leaflets were pre-tested to 5 people with type 2 diabetes (T2D). After minor revisions, the leaflets were printed and distributed to 88 people with T2D attending two structured diabetes education programs in Yogyakarta City. These 88 people were requested to evaluate the leaflets using an evaluation form consisting of four items on language usage, font size, use of pictures, and diabetes informationwith a 1-10 rating scale; and an open-ended question for improvement. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results. Most participants thought that the leaflets were easy to understand and read, interesting, and simple. Majority of participants (79.7%) gave favorable comments without providing suggestions for improvement, such as: “The diabetes leaflets are already good and easy to understand”. One third of the participants gave suggestions for improvement. The comprehensive diabetes leaflets developed were well received and highly appreciated by people with T2D attending diabetes education programs. Keyword: Comprehensive diabetes education materials Diabetes leaflets Primary care Stuctured diabetes education program Copyright © 2016 Institute of Advanced Engineering and Science. All rights reserved. Corresponding Author: Oryzati Hilman-Agrimon, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Jl. Lingkar Selatan, Kasihan, Bantul, Yogyakarta 55183, Indonesia. E-mail: oryzatih@yahoo.com 1. INTRODUCTION Diabeteshas become a growing public health problem as estimates and projections continue to indicate a ‘diabetes epidemic’ worldwide. This is due to population growth, aging, urbanization, and particularly increasing prevalence of obesity, decreasing levels of physical activity and adoption of other unhealthy lifestyles. Diabetes is a life-threatening condition. It can cause devastating complications silently developed, sometimes even without being realized by the sufferers and eventually lead to deaths, thus largely