Good practices that address continuity during transition from child to adult care: synthesis of the evidence.
BACKGROUND
Effective transition to adult services is required by an increasing number of children with ongoing needs.


OBJECTIVE
To identify practices that promote continuity at transition between child and adult services.


METHODS
Systematic examination of the evidence from two search strategies yielding 5319 items.


RESULTS
Only three of the 126 appraised items had strong external validity. A large range of different practices, which focused on the service, the young person and the family, were identified. Practices within the service addressed structural, process and outcome components.


CONCLUSIONS
Four transition models are proposed for testing.
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Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, London, UK. alison.while@kcl.ac.uk
Forbes
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Ullman
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Lewis
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Mathes
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Griffiths
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D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D005190:Family; D006296:Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D012107:Research Design