This highly important book introduces the realm of organ donation, providing an overview of the current situation, highlighting the challenges, summarizing past research, and providing guidance for future research.
The first book to bridge the gap between applied research and the social and behavioral issues surrounding organ donationAn impressive collection of contributors from a range of both practitioners and scientists actively working in the fieldProvides a concrete example of how evidence-based research and theory can be applied with real-world valueExplores future directions of organ donation and research including community-based health interventions, ethical considerations, and advancing donor registrationThe latest publication in the prestigious Claremont Applied Social Psychology Series
List of Contributors x
Preface xiv
Jason T. Siegel and Eusebio M. Alvaro
Acknowledgments xxi
Introduction and Overview 1
Chapter 1: Applying Psychology to Health Behavior Interventions: Not Last Decades Approach 3
Stuart Oskamp
Chapter 2: Organ Donation: An Overview of the Field 13
Mary Ganikos
Part I: Media and Community Interventions 41
Chapter 3: Where Have We Been and Where to Next: A Review and Synthesis of Organ Donation Media Campaigns 43
Eusebio M. Alvaro and Jason T. Siegel
Chapter 4: The Effectiveness of the Donate LifeAfrican American Campaign in MinneapolisSt. Paul 64
David M. Radosevich, Susan Mau Larson, Tiffany Scott, Clarence Jones, William Tendle, and Susan Gunderson
Chapter 5: Organ Donation and Transplantation: A New Tradition of Sharing for Alaska Natives 83
Margaret D. Allen and Barbara Stillwater
Chapter 6: First-Person Consent Ohio Donor Registry: The Influence of the First-Person Consent Registry on Increasing Organ Donation 98
Kimberly Downing and Linda Jones
Chapter 7: Improving Organ Donation in Chinese Communities in New York: Perspectives From Consortium Partners 119
Paul L. Hebert, Julia Rivera, Kelly Eng, Regina Lee, and Susan Seto-Yee
Chapter 8: Intervention Research With American Indian, Alaska Native, and First Nations Communities: An Organ and Tissue Donation Exemplar 132
Nancy L. Fahrenwald
Part II: Organizational Interventions 149
Chapter 9: Behavioral Research in Hospital Settings: The Family Communication Coordinator (FCC) Protocol and Research Applications in Organ Donation 151
Diane Dodd-McCue
Chapter 10: Design and Evaluation of Work Site Promotions of Organ Donation: Real-World Challenges and Strategies to Address Them 164
Michael T. Quinn, Jackie Gnepp, G. Caleb Alexander, Diane Hollingsworth, Kate Grubbs OConnor, Willa Lang, Joshua Klayman, and David Meltzer
Chapter 11: Home Care Association of Louisiana (HCLA) Donate Life Workplace Partnership for Organ and Tissue Donation 177
Carolyn C. Johnson and Larry S. Webber
Chapter 12: Promoting Organ Donation Through College Student Campaigns 200
Thomas Hugh Feeley, Ashley E. Anker, Donald E. Vincent, and Carla R. Williams
Chapter 13: Take Time to Talk: Improving Communication Between Recovery Professionals and Funeral Directors 221
Catherine Paykin, Gigi Politoski, and Linda Singleton-Driscoll
Chapter 14: The Challenges of Conducting and Evaluating Organ Donation Campaigns 234
Susan E. Morgan
Part III: Broad Perspectives and Future Directions 247
Chapter 15: Community Organizations and Applied Research: Project Initiation, Implementation, and Dealing With Those Applied Researchers 249
Sara Pace Jones and David Bosch
Chapter 16: Evaluating the Effects of Community-Based Health Interventions: Seeking Impact and Saving Lives via Organ and Tissue Donation Promotion Efforts 257
Robert L. Fischer
Chapter 17: The Value of Qualitative Studies of Interpersonal Conversations About Health Topics: A Study of Family Discussions of Organ Donation and Illustrations 272
Anita Pomerantz
Chapter 18: Ethically and Effectively Advancing Living Donation: How Should It Be Done? 292
Amy D. Waterman and James R. Rodrigue
Chapter 19: A Dawning Recognition of Factors for Increasing Donor Registration: The IIFF Model 313
Jason T. Siegel, Eusebio M. Alvaro, and Zachary P. Hohman
Chapter 20: Theres Nothing So Practical . . . Theoretical Translations and Organ Donation 331
William D. Crano
Author index 344
Subject index 353
