National programEthnic issueCulturally Competent Methods to Promote Organ Donation Rates Among African-Americans Using Venues of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles
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Methods
Important aspects, often overlooked, which have historically influenced minority's willingness to sign an organ donor registry, are “trust,” awareness of the need, and the ability of the person approaching them to communicate effectively in a culturally sensitive manner. Cultural sensitivity in this analysis indicates how culture has the ability to strongly influence the amount and type of communication between patients and their health providers. An outreach contest was strategically targeted
Results
The overall consequence of the “OutReach Organ Donation Registry Contest” and collaborative resulted in a mean Σ increase of 3.425% (15.7% to 53.35% overall in registry issuances; (Table 1) in all functional BMVs. Within the BMV contender's developments, there were three foremost BMVs that exceeded the contest's requirement maximal 3.0% increase in registries. One particularly BMV, which is predominately attended by minorities, won first place at 6.425% P < .05 in Wade Park, Cleveland, Ohio.
Discussion
Culturally competent, simple yet fundamental community outreach provided by multicultural health provider-organ donation educator teams targeted to provide incentives to BMVs, particularly BMVs serving minority communities, was an effective “educational tool” to change attitudes and behaviors toward organ donation among minority communities. This approach resulted in increased registration/issuance rates of AA organ donor registries. The development of “trust-building” between health providers,
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