National MOTTEP: educating to prevent the need for transplantation. Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether participation in culturally appropriate, community-developed, health education programs addressing organ/tissue donation and preventing the need for transplantation, is an effective strategy for contributing to sustained behavior change among members of minority population groups. Within 15 target cities, 800 (40%) minority participants consented to a 2-3 month telephone follow-up survey. The 5-item questionnaire using items extracted from the pre- and post-survey instrument, addressed: 1) knowledge and beliefs; 2) willingness to sign donor cards and have family discussions; and 3) prevention/health behaviors. The preliminary findings based on telephone interviews with 253 participants indicate the following: [table: see text] The conclusions indicate that the community-based, culturally appropriate health education strategies used contributed to and sustained behavior changes.
Callender
Clive O
CO
Howard University, Washington, DC, USA. ccallender@fac.howard.edu
Miles
Patrice V
PV
Hall
Margruetta B
MB
D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000193:education*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014019:Tissue Donors; D016378:Tissue Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States