Attitude and information from health professionals were associated with decision to donate organs among Arabic-speaking refugees : exploring opportunities for intervention

Della Maneze; Lucie Ramjan; Naysan Rowhani-Farid; Vilas Kovai; Amin Gadalla; Yousef Barham; Yenna Salamonson

doi:10.1093/jrs/feaa063

Attitude and information from health professionals were associated with decision to donate organs among Arabic-speaking refugees : exploring opportunities for intervention

Della Maneze, Lucie Ramjan, Naysan Rowhani-Farid, Vilas Kovai, Amin Gadalla, Yousef Barham, Yenna Salamonson

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2478-2491
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Refugee Studies
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feaa063
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2021

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Attitude and information from health professionals were associated with decision to donate organs among Arabic-speaking refugees : exploring opportunities for intervention. / Maneze, Della; Ramjan, Lucie; Rowhani-Farid, Naysan et al.
In: Journal of Refugee Studies, Vol. 34, No. 2, 01.06.2021, p. 2478-2491.

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Attitude and information from health professionals were associated with decision to donate organs among Arabic-speaking refugees : exploring opportunities for intervention

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