Attitude and Information from Health Professionals Were Associated with Decision to Donate Organs among Arabic-Speaking Refugees: Exploring Opportunities for Intervention

Autor:	Naysan Rowhani-Farid, Yenna Salamonson, Amin Gadalla, Yousef Barham, Vilas Kovai, Della Maneze, Lucie M Ramjan
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	Health professionals Arabic Refugee Geography Planning and Development 030230 surgery language.human_language 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Intervention (counseling) Political Science and International Relations language 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Refugee Studies. 34:2478-2491
ISSN:	1471-6925 0951-6328
DOI:	10.1093/jrs/feaa063
Popis:	This cross-sectional survey study conducted between May and August 2017 on Arabic-speaking refugees resettled in Australia examined factors associated with willingness to donate organs. Of the 239 respondents, those who expressed greater willingness to donate organs and tissues were more likely to: (a) be Christians; (b) have obtained information from healthcare professionals (HCPs); (c) have higher organ and tissue donation (OTD) knowledge; (d) have a positive attitude towards OTD; and (e) have high English language acculturation levels. Nevertheless, after controlling for English language usage and religion, having a positive attitude towards OTD and receiving information from HCPs emerged as independent predictors of willingness to donate, underscoring the importance of educational interventions by HCPs
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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