Betz C.L., Coyne I.T. (Eds.) Transition from Pediatric to Adult Healthcare Services for Adolescents and Young Adults with Long-term Conditions: An International Perspective on Nurses’ Roles and Interventions

Springer, 2020. — 343 p. — ISBN: 978-3-030-23386-0.This book offers essential information on interventions and actions that enable and promote transition experiences for adolescents and young adults. It provides guidance on appropriate strategies that bring together these groups and caregivers in the context of transition preparation, and those which optimize adolescents’ and young adults’ ability to self-manage their healthcare.
The health care transition for adolescents and young adults has gained more attention given the improved survival rates, including for those with long-term conditions. It is now estimated that more than 90% of children diagnosed with a long-term condition will survive into adulthood. The significant change in survival requires concomitant services to facilitate adolescents’ and young adults’ successful transition to adult health care, therefore providers need education, knowledge and skills to support healthcare transition services. A recent US national survey demonstrated only 10% of parents/caregivers reported that their children received transition preparation services.
This book is targeted at nurses and pediatric and adult health care providers of different disciplines seeking guidance on which interventions are available, how they can be used, advantages and challenges, and how best to promote a seamless transition for all adolescents and young adults with long-term conditions. It provides several examples of transition programmes and initiatives worldwide. There is an increasing focus on how nurses can support transition but little guidance on what is effective and what has been tried. This book will fill a gap by addressing all of these issues outlined above and by providing worked examples from leading nurse researchers and academics worldwide.Healthcare Transition: An Overview and Introduction
Empowering Young Persons During the Transition to Adulthood
Determinants of Quality of Healthcare for Adolescents and Young Adults
Analysis of Self-Management and Transition Readiness Instruments for Clinical Practice
Measurable Outcomes for Transition: The Nurses’ Role
Best Practice for Healthcare Transition: Development and Use of the Benchmarks for Transition
Transition of Care for Adolescents from Child to Adult Health Services: A Systematic Review
Transition in Cystic Fibrosis: An International Experience
On Your Own Feet: A Practical Framework for Improving Transitional Care and Young People’s Self-Management
Bridging Pediatric and Adult Healthcare Settings in a Nurse-Led Cystic Fibrosis Transition Initiative
Nurse-Led Effort in Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Healthcare Transition and Promoting Developmentally Appropriate Healthcare for Young People with Haemophilia
Transitional Care in Endocrinology
Nursing Initiatives and Future Directions for Transition Practice and Research