2019 American Transplant Congress
The Immigrant Bonus: Non US Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Have Superior Outcomes versus US Citizen Recipients. A Retrospective Study of 30,092 Subjects Using the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) from 1992-2015
*Purpose: In 2017, there were 19,849 kidney transplant recipients, and most of these patients were US Citizens1. There has been however, a significant amount non-US…2019 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in the US: Have We Made Any Progress among Pediatric Candidates over the Last Twenty Years?
1Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH
*Purpose: A recent JAMA study demonstrated worsening disparities in access to living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) among adults in the US. We examined twenty-year trends…2019 American Transplant Congress
Facilitators and Barriers to the Implementation of Culturally Competent Care to Increase Living Kidney Donation in Transplant Centers
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
*Purpose: Hispanics/Latinos are disproportionately less likely than non-Hispanic whites to receive a live donor kidney transplant (LDKT). Cultural beliefs and linguistic barriers contribute to LDKT…2019 American Transplant Congress
Lack of Linguistically and Culturally Tailored Initiatives in Kidney Transplant Programs in the United States
*Purpose: Although minorities are the majorities in the kidney transplant waiting list, it is unknown if kidney transplant programs in United States have implemented linguistically…2018 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System A2/A2B –> B Policy on Access to Transplantation among Minority Candidates
1University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham; 2ASTS Diversity Affairs Committee, Arlington.
Introduction: Blood group B kidney transplant candidates, many of whom represent ethnic minorities, have historically had diminished access to deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT). However,…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hispanics' Perceptions of a Culturally Targeted Transplant Program: A Mixed Methods Study
1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; 2Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background: Although Hispanics have a disproportionally higher prevalence of end-stage renal disease than non-Hispanic whites, fewer waitlisted Hispanics receive living donor kidney transplants (LDKTs). Northwestern…2018 American Transplant Congress
Hispanics' Perceptions of Shared Decision Making in the Transplant Context: A Mixed Methods Study
1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; 2Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
Background: Shared decision making (SDM) has been advocated by health researchers and policy-makers as a model to provide patient-centered care and increase patient knowledge, satisfaction,…2017 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Renal Replacement Therapy in Pediatric and Young Adult Population with End Stage Renal Disease (2005-2015).
In the last decade, few studies have examined racial/ethnic disparities in the choice of renal replacement therapy (RRT) among children with End Stage Renal Disease…2017 American Transplant Congress
Just Keeps Getting Worse: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in the US Over the Last Twenty Years.
1Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; 2Northwestern University, Chicago; 3Duke University, Durham
Over the past two decades, there has been increased attention and efforts to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in access to live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) in…2017 American Transplant Congress
How to Improve Pre-Kidney Transplant Education for Hispanics: Preferences and Perceptions of Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Hispanic Transplant Program.
Context: Pre-Transplant educational sessions improve access to transplantation. Currently, however, there is lack of culturally competent approaches to improve living kidney donation for Hispanics Americans.…
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