Leading the flock: organ donation feelings, beliefs, and intentions among African American clergy and community residents.

Context: Despite a considerable potential role in organ donation for African American clergy, there has been little investigation to date of the beliefs, attitudes, and personal intentions of such clergy regarding donation.

Objective: To compare the beliefs, attitudes, and behavioral intentions regarding organ donation among African American clergy to those of African American residents of the same large US city.

Design: Focus groups and 3 cross-sectional surveys.

Family discussion about organ donation among African Americans.

Context: Relatively little is known about family discussion concerning donation among African Americans in the United States, especially discussion predating the brain death of a family member and the donor request process.

Objectives: To explore the inclination of African Americans to engage in family discussion about organ donation and the characteristics of those who expressed a desire to their families to donate their organs upon death.

Design: Focus groups and a cross-sectional survey.