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The Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) can have a greater impact on health outcomes than healthcare services or personal lifestyle choices alone. To date, no study has explored how women with type 2 diabetes experience life after childbirth. To help close this knowledge gap, the proposed study aims to: 1) Culturally adapt and translate the Postnatal Well-being in Transition scale into Thai. 2) Quantitatively describe the SDoH and postnatal well-being during the diabetes transition among Thai women with T2DM. 3) Explore Thai women\u2019s experiences regarding their SDoH, based on the mean scores of their postnatal well-being during the diabetes transition. And 4) Explore and analyze the impact of postnatal care on women with T2DM using a mixed-methods approach.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is an explanatory sequential mixed-methods study protocol with two distinct phases. The first phase involves the translation of the study instrument, while the second phase focuses on data collection for the mixed-methods study. Data will be collected from 50 postnatal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus who have delivered a baby within the past six weeks. Participants will provide data on demographics, social determinants of health, and their postnatal well-being in transition. From this group, 12 women will be selected to participate in semi-structured, one-on-one interviews to gain a deeper understanding of their experiences. The study will use triangulation to integrate and validate the findings from both the quantitative and qualitative data sources.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Ethics and dissemination<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Human Research Ethics Committee approval has been received from the Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University. 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