[Information campaign on organ donation and transplant in school children].
OBJECTIVE
To increase schoolchildren's understanding and clarify their wrong ideas on organ donation and transplant (ODT).


METHODS
Quasi-experimental study.


METHODS
12 schools in the Autonomous Community of Murcia.


METHODS
428 schoolchildren from the fourth and fifth years of Basic General Education during the academic year 1996 to 1997.


METHODS
An informative campaign carried out by health-service staff, which consists of four activities connected with ODT. Their knowledge was evaluated through a questionnaire on ODT from the ALCER (Murcia) Organisation for children in the first EGB cycle.


RESULTS
Average score was 5.15 points pre-campaign, 8.01 soon after and 7.39 long after, the differences between the pre-campaign and the two after, and between both the afters, were statistically significant.


CONCLUSIONS
Knowledge of ODT was increased and wrong ideas were clarified. After three months there is a significant drop from the immediate post-campaign situation, which shows that subsequent activities to maintain children's level of knowledge must be carried out.
Ríos Zambudio
A
A
Asociación para la lucha contra las enfermedades del riñón de Murcia (ALCER-Murcia).
Conesa Bernal
C
C
Munuera Orenes
C
C
Pascual Lledó
F J
FJ
Fajardo Motos
D
D
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013030:Spain; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D019737:Transplants