EVALUATION COMMITTEE

The Faculty Council has appointed the following adjudication committee to evaluate the thesis and the associated lecture: 

• Dr. Fiona Lynn, senior lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast.
• Dr. Sharleen O’Reilly, associate professor, University College Dublin.
• Dr. Ryan Godsk Larsen, HST, Aalborg University).

Moderator:
Prof. Charlotte Overgaard, HST, Aalborg University

ABSTRACT

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) is a serious clinical, which requires close control and treatment during pregnancy. Furthermore, GDM is associated with high risk of recurrence in subsequent pregnancies and for later development of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). After birth, women are recommended to undergo lifelong follow-up screening for the development of T2DM. Low participations rates among this high-risk group of younger women, however, continue to be a challenge. Follow-up after GDM can be characterized by a multilevel complexity, and even though the effekt of reminder systems varies greatly across settings, reminders are found successful in increasing screening rates. Analyses which set out to explore the underlying causes of the working of an intervention, includes focus on contextual factors and take the complexity within different health care system into consideration, are valuable and the focus of this PhD- thesis. This in creating a better understanding of the success and failures of reminder interventions. Thus a contribution with important knowledge into the development of an intervention which can aid women’s decision on participation in follow-up screening after birth.