Article: Leading the flock: organ donation feelings, beliefs, and intentions among African American clergy and community residents

Context-Despite a considerable potential role in organ donation for African American clergy, there has been little investigation to date of the beliefs, attitudes, and personal intentions of such clergy regarding donation.

Objective-To compare the beliefs, attitudes, and behavioral intentions regarding organ donation among African American clergy to those of African American residents of the same large US city.

Design-Focus groups and 3 cross-sectional surveys.

Setting-Greater Houston, Tex, metropolitan area.

Participants-A total of 761 randomly selected African American community residents and 311 African American clergy.

Main Outcomes Measures-Beliefs about the importance of organ ...

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