Introduction: Tuberculosis is still a public health problem. Indonesia is the third rank of highest TB in the world. Community empowerment is one of the strategies for finding TB suspects. Community empowerment in Probolinggo Regency is carried out by forming the local TB Association. Evaluation of the role of this TB community has never been done. There is no available measure of community empowerment in this TB community. A measuring tool for community empowerment models is needed for the TB community to increase empowerment. This study aimed to develop a measuring tool for community empowerment through the TB community in finding TB suspects. Methods: This type of research is quantitative with a cross-sectional design. The population and sample are all local TB communities in Probolinggo Regency are about 325 people. Determination of the sample using simple random sampling according to the inclusion criteria of 128 respondents. Instruments using questionnaires and data analysis with exploratory factor analysis. Results: The results showed that the measuring instrument for community empowerment was personal factors, knowledge, communication, motivation, self-efficacy, motivational incentives, group factors, and community empowerment factors in finding TB suspects, participation, leadership, and organizational structure having a Bartlett test of sphericity value P < 0.001, Reliability of Life Satisfaction Questionnaire with Cronbach Alpha > 0.800. Conclusion: This instrument is valid and reliable to be applied to measure local TB community empowerment in finding TB suspects.

Background. The most important thing a person with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) can do is keep their blood sugar levels under control. Objective. Researchers found that when T2DM patients do not control their blood sugar through exercise, the risk of complications is higher. This study aims to determine the relationship between exercise habits and blood glucose levels. Methods. This is a case-control study and the sampling was done using consecutive sampling. Respondents in the study were 80 samples consisting of 40 for the research group and 40 for the control group. Pearson's test and Rank-Spearman's test were used to analyze the data. Results. There is a relationship between the amount of exercise and blood sugar levels (P=0.001; r=-0.384), the type of exercise and blood sugar levels (P=0.002; r=-0.335), and the duration of exercise and blood sugar levels (P=0.015; r=-0.271; r=-0.193). Conclusion. Frequent exercise and long duration are associated with blood sugar levels in T2DM patients. People with T2DM should exercise properly so that their blood sugar levels are controlled.

Indonesia Indonesia is in the third rank of countries with the highest tuberculosis (TB) globally, with TB case detection still below 70%. The strategy in the TB control program to increase TB case detection is community partnership through the TB community. However, the role of this community in detecting TB suspects has never been reported. This study aimed to determine the role of the TB community in detecting TB suspects in the Probolinggo Regency. This research is descriptive qualitative research. The population was all TB community members is 130 people. The sample was a purposive sampling method, consideration until it met the data saturation, namely 29 respondents. The data were collected employing interviewed sheets, then analyzed with thematic content. Data triangulation by Head of Infectious Diseases, the Probolinggo Regency Health and five people from each TB community at Puskesmas. From the interviews, it was found that 23 people (79%) could not invite TB suspects to undergo examination, and 25 people (86%) had conducted counselling but were still unable to explain and convince the community of the importance of medical examinations for TB suspects. It is necessary to increase the capacity of TB community members to improve their roles in detecting TB cases.