Adolescent and Youth Transition of Care Toolkit

Overview

This document was developed by EGPAF with funding from Janssen / Johnson & Johnson for the New Horizons Advancing Pediatric HIV Care Collaborative. This toolkit was developed to address a gap that is well recognized among health care professionals, regarding practical guidance in supporting children, adolescents, and youth living with HIV (CAYLHIV), and their caregivers and treatment supporters, in successfully navigating various transitions in care and life settings. This Transition of Care Toolkit provides guidance and supporting tools for the transition of CAYLHIV from pediatric to adult clinical management in clinical and social settings, and throughout pregnancy and childbirth for young women living with HIV. The toolkit also includes a summary of available global transition resources.

The goal of this toolkit is to provide an understanding of how to implement and monitor the transition processes for CAYLHIV and their caregivers, educators, and partners. The toolkit serves as a practical reference for health care professionals and is designed to complement the existing national and global transition-of-care guidelines It contains context, step-by-step guidance, assessments, monitoring and evaluation tools, and additional resources to assist with planning, supporting, and implementing successful transitions.

More New Horizons Project Resources:

• Disclosure of HIV Status Toolkit for Pediatric and Adolescent Populations
• New Horizons Management of Treatment Failure for Pediatric and Adolescent Patients Resource
• Advancing Pediatric HIV Care Collaborative