Prottas J M, Batten H L
Brandeis University.
J Health Polit Policy Law. 1991 Spring;16(1):121-34. doi: 10.1215/03616878-16-1-121.
We report the results of a representative random-sample telephone survey of the public's willingness to donate organs. Our goal was to identify differences within the public and target groups who might be receptive to educational efforts to increase donation. We distinguish differences in attitude and demographic characteristics in three groups: those committed to donation, those opposed, and those who might change their opinions with more specific information. While approval of donation is nearly universal, only about half of the public would donate a relative's organs when they do not know the relative's preference. Whites, higher-income individuals, and those with higher educational levels were more favorable. Those who might change their minds fall midway between those committed and those opposed, both demographically and by attitude. They include more nonwhites and more individuals with incomes less than $25,000 than members of the group committed to donation. Targeting public education messages to this group is likely to have the most success in reducing the gap between supply and demand for human organs.
我们报告了一项具有代表性的关于公众器官捐赠意愿的随机抽样电话调查结果。我们的目标是确定公众以及可能接受旨在增加捐赠的教育努力的目标群体内部的差异。我们区分了三组在态度和人口统计学特征方面的差异：致力于捐赠者、反对者以及那些可能因更多具体信息而改变观点者。虽然对捐赠的认可几乎是普遍的，但当公众不知道亲属的偏好时，只有大约一半的人会捐赠亲属的器官。白人、高收入个体以及教育水平较高者更倾向于捐赠。那些可能改变想法的人在人口统计学特征和态度方面都处于致力于捐赠者和反对者之间。与致力于捐赠的群体相比，他们中包括更多非白人以及更多收入低于25,000美元的个体。针对这一群体开展公共教育宣传活动，在缩小人体器官供需差距方面可能最有成效。
