4 Clinical Trials for Various Conditions
The number of persons actively waiting on the national solid organ waiting list continues to rise while the number donating organs has failed to keep pace. This is a particular problem for some portions of northeastern Ohio where the donation rate is as low as 32%. Adolescents are an important group for organ donation efforts as they have not yet applied for a driver's license and represent the majority of future donors. Yet many organ donation interventions have not targeted adolescents. The investigators propose to utilize existing high school teen summits developed by our Consortium partners to evaluate the effectiveness of existing donation interventions. Together, the investigators will conduct a randomized controlled 2x2 factorial trial to evaluate the independent and combined effects of two donor education interventions on consent for organ donation on the electronic Ohio Donor Registry. One thousand six hundred students over the age of 15.5 years from Cleveland-area high schools will be enrolled.
Taking advantage of college students' frequent use of online technology, including social networking sites (e.g., Instagram a social media site /Facebook a social networking site) and social media sites (e.g., YouTube), the investigators will create an online intervention that leverages this technology to engage and educate Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders (ANHPI)students about a range of topics related to organ donation following death.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of a 5-minute video intervention regarding organ donation and transplantation on increasing the number of organ donor cards signed in Northeastern Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles (OBMV) branches and on willingness to donate organs while living. The investigators hypothesize that persons in the intervention group will sign more donor cards and be more willing to donate organs while living than persons in the control group.
This study will test the effectiveness of a multimedia campaign to educate ethnic minority teens about the choice to become a designated organ donor on their first driver's license.