Participant Experiences With a Virtual Peer Coaching and Grief Support Intervention for Organ and Tissue Donor Families.

Research shows that donor families report feeling abandoned, lacking social support, and receiving insufficient aftercare services. To meet the needs of these families, Taylor's Gift Foundation developed a free, virtual grief support program that pairs participating donor family members with Caring Guides trained in assertive community engagement and offers peer-facilitated support groups. The aim was to assess participant experiences with Taylor's Gift Foundation grief support program to understand its impact on grief symptoms, donor family access to grief support, and perceived social support.

Revisiting racial and ethnic disparities in the deceased organ donor referral process.

Racial/ethnic disparities in the deceased organ donor referral process may contribute to the organ shortage and place minority communities at a greater disadvantage. Prior literature cites substantial inequalities, though methodological concerns may bias estimates. Using Organ Retrieval and Collection of Health Information for Donation data, we conducted a simulation study and reanalysis of 132 968 referrals from 2015 to 2021 across 6 organ procurement organizations (OPOs).

Effectiveness of a Mobile Health System on Compliance With 2-Year Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up in the United States.

Background: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) policy requires 2 years of follow-up for living kidney donors (LKDs); however, many transplant hospitals struggle to meet this requirement. We developed and tested a mobile health (mHealth) system for LKD follow-up in a pilot randomized-controlled trial (RCT).

Methods: LKDs were randomly assigned to either the intervention (mHealth + standard of care) or control arm (standard of care).