This paper explores the willingness to donate organs after death in relation to selected socio-demographic characteristics and organ donation-related factors. The analysis is mainly based on the Eurobarometer 72.3 survey for the Slovenian population conducted in 2009 on a probability sample of residents aged 15 years or more. The central indicator of interest is the reported willingness to donate organs after death, studied in relation to basic socio-demographic characteristics, discussion of organ donation in family, legislation awareness, and past blood donation. The study confirms the relatively high reported donation willingness among Slovenians (61.3% of Slovenians report they are willing to donate their organs after death), but with significant variations across socio-demographic characteristics. It also shows the importance of communication and knowledge for the willingness to donate. The gap between the reported willingness and those who officially register for post-mortem organ donation calls for further empirical investigation with a broader set of psychosocial factors.
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Background: Various online applications and service has led to the development of online health communities (OHCs), which in addition to the peer-to-peer communication offer patients and other users also interaction with health professionals. While the benefits and challenges of patients and other users' participation in OHCs have been extensively studied, a thorough examination of how health professionals as moderators (i.e., those who provide clinical expertise to patients and other users in OHCs) experience participation in OHCs is lacking. Objective: The aim of this study is to explore the main benefits and challenges of health professional moderators' participation in the OHCs. Methods: The study undertakes an exploratory qualitative study, with in-depth semi-structured interviews with health professional moderators (n=7) participating in the largest OHC in Slovenia, Med.Over.Net. The data was analysed using inductive thematic analysis approach and principles of grounded theory. Results: Four themes of health professional moderators' experiences were identified: (a) benefits of addressing OHC users' health-related needs, (b) challenges of addressing OHC users' health-related needs, (c) health professional moderators' benefits, and (d) health professional moderators' challenges. Conclusions: This small study demonstrates that health professional participating in OHCs as moderators perceive themselves as facilitators of patients and other OHC's users empowering processes...
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The chapter introduces post-mortem organ donation in the context of social marketing. It explains the key theoretical concepts in social marketing, applies them to promotion of post-mortem organ donation and discusses key benchmark criteria for designing effective interventions for promoting post-mortem organ donation.
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The study presents health literacy and empowerment issues in OHC in the field of post-mortem organ donation, connecting it with the theory of representation. It analyses how is constructed the knowledge about organ donation in the largest OHC in Slovenia, Med.Over.Net.
COBISS.SI-ID: 35782237
This paper sets out how to think about and develop organ donation interventions from a social marketing perspective. The model we propose is framed against three questions that are theory driven and differentiate the social marketing approach from other behavior change approaches: 1) Where are the target audience currently in relation to the desired behavior; 2) What factors contribute to that position; and 3) How can the audience be moved towards the desired behavior?
COBISS.SI-ID: 35813469