Implementing Patient Navigation for Children With CKD
The navigation program can be adopted, adapted, and scaled-up for implementation to improve care coordination and access to quality care for children with CKD. Key strategies include securing long-term funding, supporting navigator well-being through training and peer support, integrating navigation into health care systems, and maintaining flexibility while preserving core elements.
Authors
- W R Chen
- Susan Woolfenden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6954-5071)
- David J. Tunnicliffe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3270-3475)
- Siah Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3964-2046)
- Allison Tong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8973-9538)
- Jonathan C. Craig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2548-4035)
- Chandana Guha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0767-4185)
- David Wayne Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5491-3460)
- Anh Kieu
- Hugh J. McCarthy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7357-4310)
- Anna Francis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5106-3712)
- Kirsten Howard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0918-7540)
- Anastasia M. Hughes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-5512-0333)
- Amélie Bernier-Jean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2357-6876)
- Martin Howell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9740-712X)
- Anita van Zwieten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4564-5825)
- Katarina Ostojic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6436-4936)
- Jing Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7199-4784)
- Germaine Wong
- Kylie-Ann Mallitt
- Madeleine Reicher
- Nicholas Larkins
- Patrina Caldwell
- Stephen Alexander
- Luca G Torrisi
- Angela Rejuso
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children (AU)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital (AU)
- Children's Hospital at Westmead (AU)
- Westmead Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health (AU)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- Centre Intégré Universitaire de Santé et de Services Sociaux du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CA)
- Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (AU)
- Perth Children's Hospital
- Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux du Nord-de-l’Île-de-Montréal
- Université de Montréal (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Kidney International Reports
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2025.11.032
- Primary Topic
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00