The University Worksite Organ Donation Project: A comparison of two types of worksite campaigns on the willingness to donate

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 600-605

  Morgan, Susan E ^a   Stephenson, Michael T ^b   Afifi, Walid ^c   Harrison, Tyler R ^a   Long, Shawn D ^d   Chewning, Lisa Volk ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campaign; Health communication; Organ donation; Worksite

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; UNIVERSITIES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 80051701871     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2010.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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