Professional's Perspectives on Care Management of Young People with Perinatally Acquired HIV during Transition: A Qualitative Study in Adult Care Setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing numbers of young people with perinatally acquired HIV are surviving to adulthood. When they come of age, they leave pediatric services in which they were followed and have to be transferred to the adult health care system. Difficulties in adaptation to adult care and the numbers of young people lost to follow up after transfer to adult care have been reported. This transition phase and their retention in adult care are crucial in maintaining the clinical status of these young with HIV in adulthood. Our study aimed to explore how HIV professionals working in adult care perceive and adapt their practices to young people in transition.

Methods

Qualitative interviews were conducted with 18 health and social services professionals in hospitals or patient ass

SUBMITTER: Le Roux E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5256933 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature