Increasing Communication about Live Donor Kidney Transplant: A Proof of Concept

加强关于活体肾移植的交流：概念证明

• 批准号: 8044871
• 负责人: Heather Marie Gardiner
• 金额: $ 11.19万
• 依托单位: VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-07-01 至 2015-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8044871
• 关键词: Increasing; Communication; about; Live; Donor

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): Candidate: Thus far, my training and research has primarily focused on the application of communication theories to the promotion of organ donation. My short-term goals are to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to successfully complete the proposed research and to conduct theoretically-grounded, translational research in organ donation and transplantation. My long-term career goals are to become an experienced, independent health services researcher devoted to improving the practice of organ donation and transplantation. Career Development Plan: My career development plan combines didactic coursework, professional training, and mentored instruction. Specifically, I propose to earn a Master's in Public Health and participate in training activities to increase my knowledge of and proficiency in public health, research methods, health behavior theory, grant writing, transplantation, and health communication. Research Plan: A major barrier to kidney transplant candidates' pursuit of live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) is lack of communication about LDKT with family. This study proposes the formative research needed to develop and test a communication skills program designed to increase candidates' confidence and ability discussing LDKT with members of their immediate family. Semi-structured interviews are proposed to identify communicative barriers impeding candidates' discussion of LDKT and to inform the development of an instrument assessing candidates' relational communication skill, communication competence, self-efficacy (i.e., confidence), and intent to discuss LDKT with family members. A Community Advisory Board will help design and evaluate a culturally-relevant communication skills program that teaches candidates to discuss LDKT with their immediate families. Finally, a proof of concept test of the program will provide preliminary data on the effects of the communication skills program on candidates' communication competence, self-efficacy, intent to discuss LDKT with family, self-reported LDKT discussion, and the number of family members screened as potential live donors. Research Environment: Virginia Commonwealth University ranks among the top 100 universities in the country in sponsored research. The VCU Medical Center, including the Hume-Lee Transplant Center, is one of the nation's largest academic medical centers.

描述（由申请人提供）： 候选人：到目前为止，我的培训和研究主要集中在传播理论在促进器官捐献中的应用。我的短期目标是获得成功完成拟议研究所需的知识和技能，并在器官捐献和移植方面进行有理论基础的转化研究。我的长期职业目标是成为一名经验丰富、独立的卫生服务研究员，致力于改善器官捐献和移植的实践。 职业发展计划：我的职业发展计划结合了教学课程、专业培训和指导指导。具体来说，我建议获得公共卫生硕士学位，并参加培训活动，以提高我在公共卫生、研究方法、健康行为理论、资助写作、移植和健康传播方面的知识和熟练程度。 研究计划：肾移植候选者追求活体肾移植（LDKT）的一个主要障碍是缺乏与家人有关LDKT的沟通。本研究提出了开发和测试沟通技能计划所需的形成性研究，该计划旨在提高候选人与其直系亲属讨论 LDKT 的信心和能力。建议进行半结构化访谈，以识别阻碍候选人讨论 LDKT 的沟通障碍，并为开发评估候选人的关系沟通技巧、沟通能力、自我效能（即信心）以及与家人讨论 LDKT 的意图的工具提供信息成员。社区咨询委员会将帮助设计和评估与文化相关的沟通技巧计划，教导候选人与其直系亲属讨论 LDKT。最后，该计划的概念验证测试将提供初步数据，说明沟通技能计划对候选人的沟通能力、自我效能、与家人讨论 LDKT 的意愿、自我报告的 LDKT 讨论以及家庭人数的影响成员被筛选为潜在的活体捐赠者。 研究环境：弗吉尼亚联邦大学在资助研究方面名列全国前 100 名大学。弗吉尼亚联邦大学医疗中心（包括休姆-李移植中心）是全美最大的学术医疗中心之一。