Insulinpumpe designet til kvinder i alderen 13-21 år med type-1 diabetes.
Insulin pump designed for women aged 13 to 21 years of age who suffer from type 1 diabetes.
Med udgangspunkt i interviews af en diabetessygeplejerske og fem unge kvinder med diabetes har Julie Maria Pedersen designet Body Adapt, der er baseret på IT-fænomen ”Looping”. Via en APP på mobilen regulerer Body Adapt mængden af insulin i forhold til den enkeltes motion og kost. Body Adapt giver mulighed for at designe sin egen brugerflade med farver og mønstre for at give en følelse af større frihed.
Based on interviews with a diabetes nurse and five young women with diabetes, Julie Maria Pedersen has designed Body Adapt, which is based on the IT phenomenon "Looping". Via an app on the smart phone, Body Adapt regulates the amount of insulin adjusted to the individual's exercise and diet. Body Adapt allows the patient to design her own interface with colours and patterns offering a feeling of greater freedom.
”Det er de svære teenageår, hvor man ønsker, at sygdommen bare forsvinder”. ”Insulinpumpen er en klods om benet”. Udsagnene stammer fra nogle af de unge kvinder med type 1-diabetes, som Julie Maria Pedersenhar interviewet. Kombinationen at være teenager og samtidig lide af type 1-diabetes er især svært for unge kvinder, som dagligt manuelt må indføre den livsvigtige insulin, kroppen har brug.
"These are the difficult teenage years where you wish the disease would just go away". "The insulin pump is such a drag". These statements come from some of the young women with type 1 diabetes whom Julie Maria Pedersen has interviewed. The combination of being a teenager while suffering from type 1 diabetes is especially difficult for young women who on a daily basis have to manually inject the vital insulin that the body needs.
