Examining healthcare transition experiences among youth living with HIV in Atlanta, Georgia, USA: a longitudinal qualitative study

CONCLUSIONS: This study's longitudinal perspective on the healthcare transition experience yields insights that can be incorporated into programming targeting this critically important population. Although our study was conducted in a USA-based clinic with co-located paediatric and adult care services, many of our findings are likely to have relevance in other settings as well. Interventions aiming to improve HIV care engagement through transition should seek to enhance patient-provider communication in both paediatric and adult clinics, improve preparation of patients in paediatric clinics and ease patients gradually into autonomous disease management.PMID:33619890 | DOI:10.1002/jia2.25676

Source: Journal of the International AIDS Society - February 23, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Alexis S Halyard Kamini Doraivelu Andr és F Camacho-González Carlos Del R ío Sophia A Hussen Source Type: research