A Clustered Randomized Trial Informing Patients on Dialysis About Their Ability to Donate Organs and Tissues.

Introduction: The transplant waiting list exceeds the number of organs available. One means of increasing the organ pool is to broaden potential donors to include those with chronic diseases.

Research Questions: The study tested the effectiveness of using peer mentors to encourage individuals on dialysis to enroll on an organ donor registry.

Organ Donation Attitudes Among Individuals With Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease.

Background: The need for transplantable organs drastically outweighs the supply. Misconceptions are a barrier to increasing the rate of donor registration. Individuals with stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD) may incorrectly believe they are unable to be donors; however, their attitudes have not been studied.

Peer Leaders Increase Organ Donor Designation Among Members of Historically African American Fraternities and Sororities.

Introduction: Health education programs can positively impact organ donor designation among African Americans, a disproportionately represented group on the transplant waiting list. Alumni chapters of historically African American sororities and fraternities are a novel setting for organ donation education and research.

Research Questions: This study tested the effectiveness of a lay health advisor model to increase donor designation registrations on the Michigan Organ Donor Registry among members of Midwest alumni chapters.

Organ Donation Attitudes and Practices among African Americans: An Adapted Measurement Instrument.

Unlabelled: This study reports the psychometric properties and correlates of a measure of organ donation attitudes and practices for African Americans.

Methods: We surveyed 736 members from 14 alumni chapters of historically African American sororities and fraternities in Michigan. We constructed subscales and compared subscale values with two variables related to donation status: 1) enrollment status in the state donor registry, and 2) intentions for future enrollment.

Increasing donor designation through black churches: results of a randomized trial.

Context: African Americans are disproportionately represented among those awaiting a transplant, but many are reluctant to donate their organs.

Objective: To test the effectiveness of using lay health advisors to increase organ donation among church members.

Design: Churches were pair-matched by average estimated income and size and then randomized to 1 of 2 interventions: one addressing organ donation and the other addressing increasing consumption of fruits and vegetables.

Development of a scale to measure African American attitudes toward organ donation.

African American attitudes toward organ donation differ from other racial and ethnic groups. However, existing measures of organ donation attitudes do not adequately address ethnic identity and cultural factors. We examined the psychometric properties of a new 18-item organ donation scale among 1225 members of 21 African American churches in Southeast Michigan.

Randomized trial using hair stylists as lay health advisors to increase donation in African Americans.

Objective: To test the efficacy of using hair stylists as lay health advisors to increase organ donation among African American clients.

Design: This study was a randomized, controlled intervention trial where we randomized 52 salons (2,789 clients) to receive a 4 session, stylist-delivered health education program (comparison) or a four session brief motivational intervention that encouraged organ donation (intervention). Intervention stylists received a four-hour training in organ donation education and counseling.