Understanding barriers to transition from pediatric to adult care among young adults with sickle cell disease to develop a transition mentor program.

AS Viola, K Levonyan-Radloff… - Clinical Practice in …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Patients with sickle cell disease require lifelong comprehensive care,
necessitating patient compliance with primary care appointments, specialty clinical visits …

Feasibility of medical student mentors to improve transition in sickle cell disease

AS Viola, R Drachtman, A Kaveney… - Journal of pediatric …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objective Advances in medical care have resulted in nearly 95% of all children with sickle
cell disease (SCD) living to adulthood. There is a lack of effective transition programming …

Sickle Cell Disease: Lessons Learned

JS Porter, C Valrie, AS Viola, J Shipman - Sleep Medicine: A …, 2023 - Springer
There is a national focus on transition from pediatric to adult healthcare. We propose a
framework to guide researchers, clinicians, healthcare administrators, and policymakers in …

Interventions for improving adherence to iron chelation therapy in people with sickle cell disease or thalassaemia

LJ Geneen, C Dorée… - Cochrane Database of …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Regularly transfused people with sickle cell disease (SCD) and people with
thalassaemia are at risk of iron overload. Iron overload can lead to iron toxicity in vulnerable …

The Feasibility of a Medical Student Mentoring Program to Improve Transition of Care among Young Adults with Sickle Cell Disease

AS Viola - 2020 - search.proquest.com
Abstract In the United States, sickle cell disease (SCD) affects an estimated 100,000 people.
Although advances in treatment have resulted in up to 98% of patients surviving to 18 years …