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Improving Transition: a Qualitative Study Examining the Attitudes of Young People with Chronic Illness Transferring to Adult Care

Corina Soanes, MN

Royal Free Hospital, London

Stephen Timmons, MA, MSc, PhD

School of Nursing, University of Nottingham stephen.timmons{at}nottingham.ac.uk

Transition is a process that attends to the medical, psychosocial and educational needs of young people as they transfer to adult-orientated care. With a growing population of adolescents surviving with chronic illness well into adulthood, it is remarkable that empirical research has paid little attention to transition. This qualitative study examined the attitudes of young people with chronic illness who were facing transition, considering what young people wanted from a transition service and the ways in which provision could be improved from a service-user’s perspective. A purposive sample of seven adolescents (aged 14–17) attending a hospital youth club were interviewed. To increase the likelihood of successful transition, strategies need to be informal, flexible, highly individualized and prepare adolescents steadily for adult services.

Key Words: adolescents • attitudes • chronic illness • transition

Journal of Child Health Care, Vol. 8, No. 2, 102-112 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1367493504041868
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