Effectiveness of Organ Donation Information Campaigns in Germany: A Facebook Based Online Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The German transplantation system is in a crisis due to a lack of donor organs. Information campaigns are one of the main approaches to increase organ donation rates. Since 2012, German health insurance funds are obliged by law to inform their members about organ donation. We raised the hypothesis: The willingness to sign a donor card rises due to the subsequent increase of specific knowledge by receiving the information material of the health insurance funds.

Objective

The objective of the study was to assess the influence of information campaigns on the specific knowledge and the willingness to donate organs.

Methods

We conducted an online survey based on recruitment via Facebook groups, advertisements using the snowball effect, and on mailing lists of me

SUBMITTER: Terbonssen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4705356 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature