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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/47545, first published .
A Web-Based Peer-Patient Navigation Program (Compassionate Online Navigation to Enhance Care Transitions) for Youth Living With Childhood-Acquired Disabilities Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Care: Qualitative Descriptive Study

A Web-Based Peer-Patient Navigation Program (Compassionate Online Navigation to Enhance Care Transitions) for Youth Living With Childhood-Acquired Disabilities Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Care: Qualitative Descriptive Study

A Web-Based Peer-Patient Navigation Program (Compassionate Online Navigation to Enhance Care Transitions) for Youth Living With Childhood-Acquired Disabilities Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Care: Qualitative Descriptive Study

Kristina Marie Kokorelias   1, 2, 3 , PhD ;   Tin-Suet Joan Lee   1 , BSc ;   Mark Bayley   1, 3, 4 , MD ;   Emily Seto   5, 6, 7 , PhD ;   Alene Toulany   8 , MD ;   Michelle L A Nelson   5, 9 , PhD ;   Gina Dimitropoulos   10 , MSW, PhD ;   Melanie Penner   11 , MD, MSc ;   Robert Simpson   12 , PhD ;   Sarah E P Munce   1, 2, 5, 13 , PhD

1 KITE Research Institute, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

2 Department of Occupational Sciences and Occupational Therapy, Temetry Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

3 Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temetry Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

4 Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

5 Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

6 Center for Digital Therapeutics, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

7 Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

8 Department of Adolescent Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada

9 Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

10 Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

11 Department of Pediatrics, Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

12 St. John’s Rehab Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Sunnybrook Health Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada

13 Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, Temetry Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Corresponding Author:

  • Sarah E P Munce, PhD
  • KITE Research Institute
  • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network
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