Our role is to help teens make a smooth transition to adult medical care, empowering them to take charge of their own life and health.
As part of our Primary Promise to build the nation’s model health system for children, our Teen-To-Adult Care Transitions program also teaches other vital skills, such as self-advocacy, transferring to new providers, and navigating the adult care model.
We spend years and immense effort supporting our patients when they’re young, and we want to ensure they can thrive as healthy adults. In the U.S. healthcare system, there’s no funding structure for these types of transition services, and no single entity responsible.
Simply put, there IS no one else, and these growing patients need our help. Our generous community will play a key role in ensuring young people with chronic conditions become adult survivors, confident to take charge of their own health and lives for years to come.
This film features (in order of appearance) Katy Welkie, CEO, Primary Children’s Hospital; Dr. Vandana Raman, Program Director, Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes; Dr. Angelo Giardino, Chief Medical Officer, Primary Children’s Hospital; and Cecile Aguayo, Administrative Director, Pediatric Transplant Services, along with many cameos made by our Primary Children’s caregiver community.
Access our Teen-To-Adult full-length film.
Here’s our Teen-To-Adult film, 30-second version.
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Contributors
Ashley Babbitt, MSC
Philanthropy Marketing Manager
Intermountain Children's Health
LeeAnn Davis
Philanthropy Marketing Specialist
Intermountain Children’s Health