Religious Beliefs as a Negative Predictor of Kidney Donations in African American Men

Testing the utility of a modified organ donation model among African American adults

“…Even though almost all major religions have supportive policy statements about donation (Gallagher, 1998; LifeGift, 2002), parishioners’ beliefs have not always aligned with this stance. Research has found that willingness to become a deceased donor is inversely associated with one’s perceived importance of spirituality and religion (Boulware, Ratner, Sosa et al, 2002; Modlin, Bairagi, Chidmeme-Mundowafa, Yoo, & Saffore, 2009; Rumsey, Hurford, & Cole, 2003) . Findings linking religious beliefs to donation intentions are robust and support the need to include them in any explanatory models identifying the barriers and facilitators of deceased donation intentions among African Americans.…”