title: When families talk: applying interpretative phenomenological analysis to African American families discussing their awareness, commitment, and knowledge of organ donation.
abstract: This paper applies interpretative phenomenological analysis as a tool to understand ways African American families discuss and make sense of their knowledge, awareness, and commitment of the organ donation process. African American families (n = 20) participated in self-directed conversations based on the organ donor model, which is grounded in the theory of reasoned action and the theory of motivated information management. Results indicate that the media strongly influences an individual's willingness to participate in the organ donation process and their commitment to further discuss their decisions with close family members. Greater attention should be given to cultural-specific campaigns to increase the number of African American donors.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Department of Communication Studies, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC, USA. shawn.long@uncc.edu
authors.forename: Shawn D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: Tyler
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Walid A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Afifi
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stephenson
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morse
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D001364:Awareness; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement