On Friday 17 April 2026 at 13:00, Josefine Tang Rørbech defends her PhD dissertation entitled “Between Two Worlds. Exploring Transitions Between Hospital and Home during Paediatric Cancer Treatment: A Child and Family-centred Approach to Inform the Development of a Support Intervention”. 

Transitions between hospital and home occur frequently during the treatment course for children and young people with cancer and have significant implications for the family. This PhD dissertation examined how children undergoing active treatment and their families experience these transitions.
The study aimed to generate experience-based knowledge about the challenges and needs that arise during these transitions, with the purpose of informing the development of a targeted supportive intervention.

The project adopted a child- and family-centred approach and included perspectives from children, parents, and siblings to explore the psychosocial and everyday aspects of these transitions. In addition, the study mapped existing supportive interventions through a literature review.
The findings form the basis for the development of a family-based supportive intervention aimed at strengthening continuity and a sense of security in treatment pathways for children with cancer – a new PhD project from Aarhus University, Health.

The summary is written by the PhD student.

The defence is public and takes place in Eduard Biermann, The Lakeside Lecture Theatres, Aarhus University. Please see the press release for more information. 

Contact

PhD student Josefine Tang Rørbech
Mail: josroe@ph.au.dk or josroe@rm.dk 
Phone: +45 42526625

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