CAHR2017 - Special Session HIV Aging: Growing Up and Moving On

Optimizing Transition of Youth Living With HIV from Pediatric to Adult Care

In the era of effective and simplified antiretroviral therapy,
more and more perinatally HIV-infected youth are surviving
into adulthood and must move into the adult care system.
Unfortunately, many youth making the transition from pediatric
to adult care experience difficulty remaining engaged in care.
This session will review transition work ongoing in Canada
and evidence-based transition interventions, and introduce a
community-based, youth-driven initiative in which young adult
patients are advocating for the care they believe they need.

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe transition activities and initiatives in Canada
2. Review evidence-based interventions for youth transitioning
to adult care
3. Discuss the Ontario Youth Transition Accord

Facilitators:
V. Logan Kennedy, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON
Dr. Jason Brophy, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario,
Ottawa, ON

Presenters:
Dr. Fatima Kakkar, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist,
Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine, Montreal, QC
Dr. Nancy Nashid, Pediatric HIV Research Fellow, Hospital for
Sick Children, Toronto, ON
Youth members of the Ontario Youth Transition Accord
Working Group (sponsored by Ontario AIDS Bureau and AIDS
Committee of Durham