Health care stakeholder perspectives regarding the role of a patient navigator during transition to adult care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Transition to adult care represents a vulnerable period for young people with special health care needs as they navigate multiple life transitions and developmental issues. Patient navigators are a promising intervention designed to facilitate the transfer from pediatric to adult care. However, consistent definitions, key tasks, roles and responsibilities are lacking in guiding the scope of practice and the implementation of patient navigators.

Methods

Fundamental qualitative description was utilized in this study to identify perceptions from health care providers about implementing a patient navigator service for young people with special health care needs in transition to adult care. A purposive sample of health care providers with a variety of backgrounds withi

SUBMITTER: Dimitropoulos G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6580652 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature