Factors Perceived to Influence the Decision for African Americans to Become Registered Organ Donors at the Department of Motorized Vehicles

National Medical Association. Journal

LauraSiminoff¹  NataliyaIvankova²  IvanHerby,³  MonaFouad,⁴  Yu-MeiSchoenberger⁴  Michelle Y.Martin⁵  Derek A.DuBay⁶  David T.Redden⁷  CherylHolt⁸ 

[1] College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA;Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA;Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA;Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA;Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA;Department of Surgery, Division of Abdominal Transplant, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA;School of Public Health, Biostatistics Department, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA;School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, USA

关键词: Organ donor registration;    Organ donation;    Health disparities;    Social cognitive theory;    African American;    Department of motorized vehicles;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.jnma.2017.04.004

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundAfrican Americans (AA) are a third as likely as Caucasians to become registered organ donors at the Department of Motorized Vehicles (DMV). The Department of Health and Human Services has set the goal that at least 50% of adults in each state are registered donors.

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