Facilitating Communication With Children and Young Adults With Special Health Care Needs Through a Web-Based Application: Qualitative Descriptive Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children and young adults with special health care needs comprise a significant portion of the pediatric population in the United States, where 1 in every 5 children has a complex health care need. These patients are more likely to receive unsafe care and have their needs unmet in part due to lack of accessible information and limited training support. Barriers in communication may contribute to detrimental outcomes for this vulnerable, high-risk population.

Objective

This project aims to identify barriers to communication in children and young adults with special health care needs in the health care setting. These barriers will inform prototype development using human-centered design approaches to create a web-based application. Feedback from patients, caregivers

SUBMITTER: Hanks JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12820544 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature