Are two youth-focused interventions sufficient to empower youth with chronic health conditions in their transition to adult healthcare: A mixed-methods longitudinal prospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Gorter, Jan Willem ^a,b   Stewart, Deb ^b   Cohen, Eyal ^c   Hlyva, Oksana ^a,b   Morrison, Andrea ^d   Galuppi, Barb ^a,b   Nguyen, Tram ^b   Amaria, Khush ^c   Punthakee, Zubin ^b   Arora, Steve ^b   Brill, Herbert ^b   Cairney, John ^b   Don Wauchope, Andrew ^b   Grant, Christina ^b   Nagel, Kim ^b   Rosenbaum, Peter ^b   Kim, Hee Jin ^b   Lacombe Duncan, Ashley ^c   Weiser, Natalie ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; LIKERT SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SKILL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK; YOUNG ADULT; CANADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEDIATRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930198009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007553     Document Type: Article

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