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College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29424, USA.
Marked racial disparities exist in rates of living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT). The Living Organ Video Educated Donors (LOVED) program is a distance-based, mobile health program designed to help Black kidney transplant wait-list patients advocate for a living donor. This study reported on the acceptability outcomes to aid in future refinements.
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College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Addressing racial disparities in living donor kidney transplants (LDKT) among Black patients warrants innovative programs to improve living donation rates. The Living Organ Video Educated Donors (LOVED) program is a 2-arm, culturally-tailored, distance-based, randomized controlled feasibility trial. The group-based, 8-week program used peer-navigator led video chat sessions and web-app video education for Black kidney waitlisted patients from United States southeastern state.
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College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Background: The purpose of the Living Organ Video Educated Donors (LOVED) program is to address living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) disparities in African Americans who experience half the rates of LDKTs compared with whites in the United States.
Methods: LOVED is an iterative-designed, distance-based, navigator-led, mobile health educational program, developed via guidance from patients, Self-determination Theory and Social Cognitive Theory. The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of LOVED using a proof-of-concept design to increase African Americans' knowledge about the living donor process to improve their willingness to approach others about being a potential kidney donor.
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