PMID- 33604993
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220118
LR  - 20220118
IS  - 1399-3046 (Electronic)
IS  - 1397-3142 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 4
DP  - 2021 Jun
TI  - Engaging high school students about organ donation and transplantation: an 
      evaluation of the High School Outreach Initiative (HSOI) program.
PG  - e13981
LID - 10.1111/petr.13981 [doi]
AB  - Adolescents can be influential in changing societal perceptions of organ donation 
      and transplantation (ODT) but current studies on youth are limited. We sought to 
      (1) assess the baseline knowledge in ODT among students in Toronto, Canada, and 
      (2) evaluate the effectiveness of the High School Outreach Initiative (HSOI) 
      program presentations in changing awareness and interest about ODT. Pre- and 
      post-presentation surveys were administered to high school students about their 
      knowledge of ODT, awareness of donor registration, importance of donation, intent 
      to register, and willingness to talk to their families about donation. 
      Descriptive statistics were used to characterize the students' baseline knowledge 
      and interest. Wilcoxon and McNemar tests were used to analyze changes in 
      perceptions before and after the presentation. A total of 449 HSOI presentations 
      were delivered to 33,090 students at 102 high schools in the Greater Toronto Area 
      between 2012 and 2019. Data from 3327 surveys completed by students before a 
      presentation showed 46.5% were not knowledgeable about ODT. For the 2-year period 
      between 2017 and 2019, 1224 matched pre- and post-presentation surveys were 
      collected. The 49.8% of students who stated they were not knowledgeable about ODT 
      prior to the presentation decreased to 3.8% after (p < 0.001). Those who were not 
      willing to register decreased by half after the presentation (p < 0.001). The 
      HSOI is an effective educational program in improving youth's attitudes and 
      perceptions toward ODT. Further directions of the program include the expansion 
      to other cities and the collection of demographic information of students.
CI  - (c) 2021 The Authors. Pediatric Transplantation published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
FAU - Selvanathan, Cynthia
AU  - Selvanathan C
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2048-2217
AD  - Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
AD  - Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - Famure, Olusegun
AU  - Famure O
AD  - Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
AD  - Division of Nephrology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - Batoy, Benedict
AU  - Batoy B
AD  - Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - Cocco, Anna
AU  - Cocco A
AD  - Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - So, Stephanie
AU  - So S
AD  - Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
AD  - Department of Rehabilitation Services, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 
      ON, Canada.
FAU - Breckbill, Kathryn
AU  - Breckbill K
AD  - Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - Meliton, Galo
AU  - Meliton G
AD  - Kidney Transplant Program, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - Norgate, Andrea
AU  - Norgate A
AD  - Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - Kim, Sang Joseph
AU  - Kim SJ
AD  - Ajmera Transplant Centre, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
AD  - Division of Nephrology, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
FAU - Ng, Vicky Lee
AU  - Ng VL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-9998-5692
AD  - Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, 
      Toronto, ON, Canada.
AD  - Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Hospital for Sick 
      Children, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LA  - eng
GR  - Ashley's Angels Catwalk/
GR  - Astellas Pharma Canada/
GR  - Trillium Gift-of-Life Network/
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210218
PL  - Denmark
TA  - Pediatr Transplant
JT  - Pediatric transplantation
JID - 9802574
SB  - IM
MH  - Academies and Institutes
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Community-Institutional Relations
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Education/*methods
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Ontario
MH  - Organ Transplantation/*education/psychology
MH  - Program Evaluation
MH  - Schools
MH  - Students/*psychology
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Tissue Donors/*education/psychology
MH  - *Tissue and Organ Procurement
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - high school
OT  - organ donation
OT  - outreach
OT  - transplantation
EDAT- 2021/02/20 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/19 06:00
CRDT- 2021/02/19 06:14
PHST- 2020/12/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/08/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/01/06 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/02/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/19 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/02/19 06:14 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/petr.13981 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Transplant. 2021 Jun;25(4):e13981. doi: 10.1111/petr.13981. Epub 2021 Feb 
      18.