Stakeholder validation of a model of readiness for transition to adult care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

That too few youth with special health care needs make the transition to adult-oriented health care successfully may be due, in part, to lack of readiness to transfer care. There is a lack of theoretical models to guide development and implementation of evidence-based guidelines, assessments, and interventions to improve transition readiness.

Objective

To further validate the Social-ecological Model of Adolescent and Young Adult Readiness to Transition (SMART) via feedback from stakeholders (patients, parents, and providers) from a medically diverse population in need of life-long follow-up care, survivors of childhood cancer.

Design

Mixed-methods participatory research design.

Setting

A large Mid-Atlantic children's hospital.

Participants

Ado

SUBMITTER: Schwartz LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4289606 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature