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. 2016 Mar;3(1):1-9.
doi: 10.1007/s40472-016-0090-0. Epub 2016 Jan 26.

Educating Prospective Kidney Transplant Recipients and Living Donors about Living Donation: Practical and Theoretical Recommendations for Increasing Living Donation Rates

Amy D Waterman  1 , Mark L Robbins  1 , John D Peipert  1
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Educating Prospective Kidney Transplant Recipients and Living Donors about Living Donation: Practical and Theoretical Recommendations for Increasing Living Donation Rates

Amy D Waterman et al. Curr Transplant Rep. 2016 Mar.

Abstract

A promising strategy for increasing living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) rates is improving education about living donation for both prospective kidney transplant recipients and living donors to help overcome the proven knowledge, psychological, and socioeconomic barriers to LDKT. A recent Consensus Conference on Best Practices in Live Kidney Donation recommended that comprehensive LDKT education be made available to patients at all stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, in considering how to implement this recommendation across different healthcare learning environments, the current lack of available guidance regarding how to design, deliver, and measure the efficacy of LDKT education programs is notable. In the current article, we provide an overview of how one behavior change theory, the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change, can guide the delivery of LDKT education for patients at various stages of CKD and readiness for LDKT. We also discuss the importance of creating educational programs for both potential kidney transplant recipients and living donors, and identify key priorities for educational research to reduce racial disparities in LDKT and increase LDKT rates.

Keywords: Best practices; Living donor transplant; Patient education; Racial disparities.

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TTM tailored educational recommendations for increasing readiness to pursue living donor kidney transplant. LDKT living donor kidney transplant, TTM transtheoretical model of behavior change
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