Training young adults as community health workers specializing in pediatric to adult health care transition to support emerging adults with sickle cell disease

Training young adults as community health workers specializing in pediatric to adult health care transition to support emerging adults with sickle cell disease

Background: Transition to adulthood is a vulnerable time for emerging adults (16–25 years of age) with sickle cell disease (SCD), as there is a seven-fold increase in mortality rates during the transition period. Emerging adults with SCD also have the highest rates of hospitalizations, emergency roo...

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Main Authors: Tanisha D. Belton, Katherine Wu, Caren M. Steinway, Symme W. Trachtenberg, Trudy Tchume-Johnson, Steffi Shilly, Tahirah Austin, Samantha Luma, Kyle Smith, Kim Smith-Whitley, David Rubin, Sophia Jan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Health Care Transitions
Subjects:
Sickle cell disease
Community health worker
Health care transition
Pediatrics
Adolescents
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949923224000102
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