Ethnic and Gender Differences in Willingness among High School Students to Donate Organs

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-274

  Thornton, J Daryl ^a   Wong, Kristine A ^b   Cardenas, Vicky ^c   Curtis, J Randall ^a   Spigner, Clarence ^c   Allen, Margaret D ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Community Health Services   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d BENAROYA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cross sectional surveys; Disparities; Minority groups; Organ donation; Students; Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVER LICENCE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 33745944273     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.12.028     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Policy. Organ Procurement and Transplantation. Assessing Current Policies and the Potential Impact of the DHHS Final Rule (1999), National Academy Press, Washington, DC
2. Annual Report of the US Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: Transplantation Data 2001-2002. August 27, 2004 [cited 2005 Jan 3]. Available from: http://www.optn.org/latestData/step2.asp
3. Koop C.E. Increasing the supply of solid organs for transplantation. Public Health Rep 98 6 (1983) 566-572
4. Siminoff L.A., Gordon N., Hewlett J., et al. Factors influencing families' consent for donation of solid organs for transplantation. JAMA 286 1 (2001) 71-77
5. American Academy of Pediatrics. Pediatric Organ Donation and Transplantation: policy statement: organizational principles to guide and define the child health care system and/or improve the health of all children: Committee on Hospital Care and Section on Surgery. Pediatrics 109 5 (2002) 982-984
6. Sheehy E., Conrad S.L., Brigham L.E., et al. Estimating the number of potential organ donors in the United States. N Engl J Med 349 7 (2003) 667-674
7. Sokohl K. First Person Consent: OPO's across the country are adapting to the change. UNOS Update. 2001 October 2002:1-3.
8. Rubens A.J. Racial and ethnic differences in students' attitudes and behavior toward organ donation. J Natl Med Assoc 88 7 (1996) 417-421
9. Spigner C., Weaver M., Cardenas V., et al. Organ donation and transplantation. ethnic differences in knowledge and opinions among urban high school students. Ethn Health 7 2 (2002) 87-101
10. Bloembergen W.E., Port F.K., Mauger E.A., et al. Gender discrepancies in living related renal transplant donors and recipients. J Am Soc Nephrol 7 8 (1996) 1139-1144
11. Merion R.M., Vinokur A.D., Couper M.P., et al. Internet-based intervention to promote organ donor registry participation and family notification. Transplantation 75 8 (2003) 1175-1179
12. Student Information Services Office. Chief Sealth High School 2003 Annual Report (2003), Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA
13. Student Information Services Office. Ingraham High School 2003 Annual Report (2003), Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA
14. Student Information Services Office. Cleveland High School 2003 Annual Report (2003), Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA
15. Student Information Services Office. Franklin High School 2003 Annual Report (2003), Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA
16. Student Information Services Office, and James A. Garfield High School 2003 Annual Report (2003), Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA
17. Student Information Services Office. Rainier Beach High School 2003 Annual Report (2003), Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA
18. Student Information Services Office. West Seattle High School 2003 Annual Report (2003), Seattle Public Schools, Seattle, WA
19. In: Houtz J. (Ed). The Seattle Times Guide to Middle, Junior High and High Schools (2003), The Seattle Times, Seattle, WA
20. Weaver M., Spigner C., Pineda M., et al. Knowledge and opinions about organ donation among urban high school students. pilot test of a health education program. Clin Transplant 14 4 Pt 1 (2000) 292-303
21. Prochaska J.O., and DiClemente C.C. Stages and processes of self-change of smoking. toward an integrative model of change. J Consult Clin Psychol 51 3 (1983) 390-395
22. Prochaska J.O., and DiClemente C.C. The Transtheoretical Approach. Crossing Traditional Boundaries of Therapy (1984), Dow Jones-Irwin, Homewood, IL
23. Burchard E.G., Ziv E., Coyle N., et al. The importance of race and ethnic background in biomedical research and clinical practice. N Engl J Med 348 12 (2003) 1170-1175
24. Kaplan J.B., and Bennett T. Use of race and ethnicity in biomedical publication. JAMA 289 20 (2003) 2709-2716
25. US Census Bureau. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics Washington State, 2000 [cited 2004 Sep 1]. Available from: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&geo_id=04000US53&qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_DP1
26. US Census Bureau. American FactFinder: Race Alone or in Combination: 2000 [cited 2004 Sep 1]. Available from: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_P006&-CONTEXT=dt
27. US Census Bureau. American FactFinder: Hispanic or Latino by Type: 2000 [cited 2004 Sep 1]. Available from: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/QTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-qr_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_QTP9&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-_lang=en&-_sse=on
28. US Census Bureau. American FactFinder: Sex by Age: Universe - Total Population 2000 [cited 2004 Sep 1]. Available from: http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U&-_lang=en&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF3_U_P008&-_sse=on
29. Hosmer D.W., and Lemeshow S. Applied Logistic Regression, 2nd ed (2000), Wiley, New York, NY
30. StataCorp. Stata Statistical Software. Release 7.0 (2003), StataCorp LP, College Station, TX
31. Sehgal A.R. The net transfer of transplant organs across race, sex, age, and income. Am J Med 117 9 (2004) 670-675
32. Kayler L.K., Rasmussen C.S., Dykstra D.M., et al. Gender imbalance and outcomes in living donor renal transplantation in the United States. Am J Transplant 3 4 (2003) 452-458
33. Morgan S.E., and Miller J.K. Communicating about gifts of life. the effect of knowledge, attitudes, and altruism on behavior and behavioral intentions regarding organ donation. J Appl Commun Res 30 2 (2002) 163-178
34. Callender C.O., Bayton J.A., Yeager C., et al. Attitudes among blacks toward donating kidneys for transplantation. a pilot project. J Natl Med Assoc 74 8 (1982) 807-809
35. Boulware L.E., Ratner L.E., Cooper L.A., et al. Understanding disparities in donor behavior. race and gender differences in willingness to donate blood and cadaveric organs. Med Care 40 2 (2002) 85-95
36. Rumsey S., Hurford D.P., and Cole A.K. Influence of knowledge and religiousness on attitudes toward organ donation. Transplant Proc 35 8 (2003) 2845-2850
37. Hanford J.T. Religion, medical ethics, and transplants. J Med Humanit 14 1 (1993) 33-38
38. Goel M.S., Wee C.C., McCarthy E.P., et al. Racial and ethnic disparities in cancer screening. J Gen Intern Med 18 12 (2003) 1028-1035
39. Wig N., Aggarwal P., Kailash S., et al. Awareness of brain death and organ transplantation among high school children. Indian J Pediatr 66 2 (1999) 189-192