HIV healthcare transition outcomes among youth in North America and Europe: a review

摘要: Introduction : The transition from paediatric to adult care poses risks the health of young adults living with HIV if unsuccessful, including interruptions in and poor outcomes. Evolving best practices healthcare should ideally be informed by real-world qualitative quantitative clinical There has been a recent proliferation outcome research, largely Europe North America. Methods A literature search was undertaken using online databases PubMed, Web Science, Google Scholar. Medical subject text word searches were combined for terms relating HIV, outcomes, internal external factors used identify peer-reviewed articles. Results In this paper, we review data on outcomes America Europe. Internal which may impact success are examined. We describe ongoing research efforts capture Clinical, operational, implementation science gaps that exist date highlighted. Efforts improve through country-level surveillance networks large multicentre cohorts, integration linkage between cohorts discussed. Conclusions identified need comprehensive approach implementing empirically supported protocols support ALHIV. While there is limited prospective longitudinal cohort available at time, linking adolescent into adulthood being developed. Through existing studies, emerging areas consensus surrounding implementation. Successful programmes often share several characteristics, youth friendly multidisciplinary approach, consistent communication teams, an individualized attuned adolescent’s readiness. Moving forward, voices included development evaluation ensure definition successful reflects all stakeholders process. Keywords  HIV; AIDS; transition; adolescent; (Published: 16 May 2017) Tepper V et al.  Journal International AIDS Society  2017,  20(Suppl 3) :21490 http://www.jiasociety.org/index.php/jias/article/view/21490  |  http://dx.doi.org/10.7448/IAS.20.4.21490