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2015 Studies
Below are curated studies from 2015.
Does Social Capital Explain Community-Level Differences in Organ Donor Designation?
KEREN LADIN, RUI WANG, AARON FLEISHMAN, MATTHEW BOGER, and JAMES R. RODRIGUE; The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 93, No. 3, 2015 (pp. 609-641)
Summary
Groups with higher levels of social capital, racial homogeneity, income, workforce participation, owner-occupied housing, native-born residents, and white residents had higher rates of organ donor designation.
These factors explained more than half the geographic variance in organ donor designation.
A better understanding of social capital may enhance efforts to increase organ donation.
Because community-level factors, including social capital, predict more than half the variation in donor designation, future interventions should tailor strategies to specific communities.