Participants
GDM, cognitive disability, diabetes
GDM, DIABETES
Inclusion criteria were: 1) adult women with a history of GDM; 2) 6 weeks to 10 years postpartum; 3) living in the allocated towns and intending to live in these towns for at least 3 years; 4) having telephone access, and 5) able to read and speak in Mandarin Chinese. Exclusion criteria were: 1) women who were pregnant or planned to be pregnant within the next 3 years; 2) a diagnosis of diabetes; and 3) other serious health problems, such as physical or cognitive disability.Eligible women who delivered babies within the past 10 years at the two research sites were identified through a medical record review. Local registered nurses who received standardized research protocol training contacted potential participants via telephone or in-person at a clinical visit. Nurses explained the research study to interested women, confirmed their eligibility, and obtained consent.