Donation Request Research Articles

Critical care specialists, the missing link in organ procurement for transplantation

The procurement process for organ donation begins with the identification of potential organ donors in emergency or critical care units (CCU), followed by their clinical evaluation, diagnostic procedures, and therapeutic interventions, mostly conducted in CCUs. It concludes with the request for organ donation and, if accepted, the retrieval of organs. Despite most interventions occurring in detection units, there has been a neglect of the strategic role played by critical care specialists (CCS) in managing and caring for brain-dead or near-brain-death patients. Questions arise: Are they willing to undertake this responsibility? Do they fully comprehend the nature of organ procurement? Are they aware of the specific interventions required to maintain possible organ donors in optimal physiological condition? Our objective is to examine the role of CCS in organ procurement and propose ways to enhance it, ultimately aiming to increase and enhance organ donation rates.

Feed Friend: Fostering Community Involvement in Food Assistance

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, approximately one-third of all food produced for human consumption worldwide is wasted annually. Food wastage occurs at various stages of the supply chain, including production, processing, distribution, and consumption. FeedFriend is an innovative website which was designed to combat food-wastage by fostering a vibrant community of donors and recipients. Donor Registration Individuals or Businesses can sign up as Donors on FeedFriend, providing details about the surplus food they have available for donation. This includes restaurants with excess inventory, grocery stores with perishable items nearing expiration, or individuals with leftover food from events or meals. Food Listings Donors can create listings within the website, specifying the type and quantity of food they wish to donate, include relevant details such as expiration dates etc. In Feed Friend, Users can filter the Donation requests based on their location. This type of service is used to match donors with nearby recipients in need. Recipients may include food banks, shelters, community centers, or individuals facing food insecurity. Feed Friend facilitates communication between donors and recipients, coordinates pickup or delivery logistics directly by providing donor’s contact details. So that it enables a better communication between Donors and Receivers.

The spillover effect of mimicry: Being mimicked by one person increases prosocial behavior toward another person

People have the automatic tendency to mimic their interaction partners. Mimicry theories propose that such mimicking behavior is beneficial for the mimicker as mimicked persons tend to like, trust and help the mimicker more. Yet an open question remains as to whether prosocial effects translate to parties other than the mimicker. To test for the presence of such a spillover effect, we ran two field experiments (total N = 460). In all experiments, participants interacted with an experimenter. The experimenter either verbally mimicked the participants or behaved naturally. Afterwards, either the experimenter or another person asked participants to donate to a charity. Across all experiments, our results indicate that irrespective of whether a donation request is made by the mimicker or another person, mimicry increases the likelihood to donate to a charity, but not the amount that participants are willing to donate. Bayesian analyses suggest that this effect is less strongly pronounced than assumed by previous research and theories.

Is roundup donation request always preferred: a case for checkout charity

Is roundup donation request always preferred: a case for checkout charity

Developing online communication training to request donation for vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA): improving performance to match new US organ donation targets.

Approaching families of dying or newly deceased patients to donate organs requires specialized knowledge and a mastery of relational communication. As the transplantation field has progressed, Donation Professionals (DPs) are also leading conversations with family decision makers (FDMs) about the donation of uncommon anatomical gifts, such as face, hands, genitalia, referred to as Vascularized Composite Allotransplants (VCA) without much training or experience. To address the need for training, we adapted and beta tested an evidenced-based communication training program for donation discussions to VCA requests. The overarching goal of Communicating Effectively about Donation for Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (CEaD-VCA) is to increase the number of VCA authorizations and to improve the socioemotional outcomes of FDMs. We developed CEaD-VCA, an online, on-demand training program based on the previously tested, evidenced-based communication skills training program designed to train DPs to have conversations about solid organ donation. The training was modified utilizing data from a national telephone survey with DPs and results of 6 focus groups conducted with members of the general public. The survey and focus groups assessed knowledge, attitudes, and barriers to VCA donation. The training was shaped by a partnership with a leading industry partner, the Gift of Life Institute.™ RESULTS: Using the results as a guide, the existing CEaD training program, consisting of interactive eLearning modules, was adapted to include technical information about VCA, foundational communication skills, and two interactive example VCA donation request scenarios to facilitate active learning. Forty-two DPs from two partner Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) participated in the beta test of CEaD-VCA. Pre- and post-test surveys assessed the impact of the training. The training was scored highly by DPs in effectiveness and ease of use. This project created a standardized, accessible, and comprehensive training for DPs to communicate about VCA donation. CEaD-VCA is an example of how to develop a communication skills training for difficult conversations utilizing input from stakeholders, guided by communication theory. It also demonstrates how gaps in communication skills during medical education can be filled utilizing advanced online Learning Management Systems. The training specifically addresses new CMS rules concerning OPO performance metrics.

A View on Surplus Food Donation App

Abstract: The enormous development in the amount of food waste has prompted a need for charity donations. Food is significantly wasted every day at numerous institutions, including restaurants, parties, social gatherings, university canteens, and many of the other social events in the existing circumstances. Currently, individuals contribute food manually by visiting each agency numerous times to alleviate the concerns with food waste. Although some mechanisms currently in place have made an attempt to aid with food donations, the new web application that is part of the proposed framework offers a platform for recycling extra food to help people who are in need on an individual and group level. This technique has shown to be an effective manner of giving things online to charities, solving the significant problem of food waste. The article includes insights into the aim behind such an application, highlighting the existing process of contributions and how the product operates to serve the community. Under this framework, hotels, restaurants, charities, and individuals would all have access to a single platform for communication. Charities and individuals could then connect with restaurants that have excess food available for immediate donation, and the framework would track the quantity of food donated by each restaurant, awarding food donors with points. The fundamental modules in this design are "Food Donor," which may be any company, organization, or institution eager to provide food and submit new food donation requests, and "Food Receiver," representing meal-seeking charity groups. A new food donation request may be produced on the website, and a message will be issued to the third-party agency responsible for conveying food from the donor to the receiver once the request is allowed.

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with a Priority Request for a Postmortem Kidney Donation to a Relative.

The patient was 57 years old when he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at 1 year after developing bulbar symptoms. At 58 years old, he stated that he was considering donating his kidney to his son suffering from diabetic nephropathy. We confirmed the patient's intentions through repeated interviews before his death at 61 years old. Nephrectomy was performed 30 min after his cardiac death. Organ donation spontaneously proposed by an ALS patient should be considered in order to meet the requests of patients who want their families and other patients to live longer, thereby imparting a beneficial legacy through their deaths.

Do You Have Two Minutes to Talk about Your Data? Willingness to Participate and Nonparticipation Bias in Facebook Data Donation

Data donation is a novel approach to collecting digital trace data, where users are asked to download their retrospective data from a platform and share them with the researchers. Little is known about the willingness to donate data and the potential bias that may arise from nonparticipation. We conducted a study among over 900 German Facebook users asking them to donate two data packages. While around 80% of participants were willing to donate their data, only around one-third of them successfully did so. Trust in researchers positively correlates with willingness and donation success, and trust in Facebook is negatively associated with donation success. The framing of the data donation request did not affect the outcomes. We find no difference in frequency of Facebook use between donors and non-donors.

Self‐serving perception of charitable donation request: An effective cognitive strategy to boost benefits and reduce drawbacks

AbstractThe psychological consequences of prosocial behavior depend on people's perceptions of their own volition. Building on this, we hypothesized that people who donate increase their volition and the benefits of donations by judging donation requests as polite (non‐coercive), whereas non‐donors reduce their volition and the drawback of refusing to donate by judging the request as less polite (too coercive). Three weeks after providing baseline politeness judgments about a fundraising request, participants re‐evaluated the same request as potential donors (experimental group) or observers (control group) and reported how they felt (Ntime1 = 605, Ntime2 = 294). Relative to past perceptions, donors judged the request as more polite than control participants. Non‐donors redefined the request as less polite than donors, but not less than control participants. Both donors and non‐donors benefited from redefining the request as more polite. We discuss how altering one's perception of a request is a multi‐purpose self‐serving cognition.

Red Bank

The Blood Bank MERN (MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, Node.js) Stack Project is an innovative and user-friendly web application designed to facilitate the process of blood donation, request, and management. This platform aims to bridge the gap between blood donors and recipients, making the blood donation process more efficient and accessible. Users can register accounts as donors or recipients by providing their personal details, blood type, and contact information. The authentication system ensures secure access to user accounts and prevents unauthorized access. Registered donors can view and update their profiles, including personal information, contact details, and blood donation history. Donors can schedule appointments for blood donation, and the platform will notify them of upcoming appointments. Recipients in need of blood can create donation requests, specifying the required blood type and quantity. The platform will notify eligible donors based on the requested blood type and location. The system maintains a real-time inventory of available blood units based on donor contributions. Donors' blood types are matched with recipients' requirements to facilitate quick and efficient blood allocation.

Determination of factors influencing family decision upon organ or tissue donation request in potential deceased organ donors in Malaysia: a 22-years national audit

Determination of factors influencing family decision upon organ or tissue donation request in potential deceased organ donors in Malaysia: a 22-years national audit

Barriers to Deceased Donor Procurements: The Saudi Experience.

Barriers to Deceased Donor Procurements: The Saudi Experience.

Wounding pride and infusing affect: the ambivalent emotional experience of checkout charity

Purpose This study aims to apply the Wounded Pride/Spite model (integral emotions which occur during the donation request) and the Affect Infusion model (incidental emotions primed before encountering the checkout charity request) to check out charity to understand the interactive effects of positive and negative emotional responses. Furthermore, the moderating role of a positive or negative shopping experience is examined. Design/methodology/approach In Study 1, 518 customers participated in an online survey using a controlled scenario describing checkout charity exchanges. In Study 2, 274 students participated in a similar online scenario but were primed with a positive or negative shopping experience. Data were analyzed through structural equation modeling using Mplus v8. Findings Checkout charity is laden with affective experiences that simultaneously produce positive and negative emotions. Customers who are involved with charities and perceive it acceptable for companies to elicit charitable support are more likely to experience feelings of pride and joy during a point-of-sale donation request. However, negative affective responses are more complicated, as personal support of nonprofits was not enough to reduce feelings of guilt and anger during a donation request. Furthermore, in Study 2, the authors discover that as integral emotions influence customers’ affective states during a checkout charity encounter, incidental emotions garnered from the customer’s shopping experience serve as a moderating role in increasing positive affect and mitigating negative affect, highlighting the importance of the holistic shopping experience. Finally, in Study 2, the incongruent reaction of high positive and high negative affect was linked to decreased donation intentions, further emphasizing the importance of creating positive shopping experiences and identifying customers who perceive it to be acceptable for companies to elicit charitable support. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is the first to apply these dual theoretical explanations to checkout charity, contributing an affective and customer-based understanding to complement prior work on marketing strategy. The findings both uphold and extend research in this area, providing novel support for the role of the customer in determining the success of checkout charity.

Appropriate Use of Transthoracic Echocardiography in the General Intensive Care Unit: Experience at Te Toka Tumai Auckland

Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a key non-invasive imaging modality for the diagnosis of acute and chronic cardiac conditions. However, availability is increasingly becoming limited by chronic shortages of trained cardiac sonographers, so appropriate use of TTE is critical. Requests in the Department of Critical Care Medicine (DCCM), where scans are usually performed within 12 hours, were evaluated to assess current practice with the aim of effectively utilising TTE. A retrospective observational study of TTEs performed in DCCM over 12 months was performed. Data including demographics, clinical indications, and scan results were recorded by review of individual patient records. Appropriateness of the request and requirement for follow-up imaging were reviewed by an independent cardiologist. Requests for organ donation were excluded. A total of 141 scans were performed; 80 (57%) were males and mean age was 53±17 years. Indications included trauma (2.1%), increasing inotrope/vasopressor requirement (19.9%), and presumed acute cardiac event (78.0%). Scans were abnormal in 61 patients (43.3%), with at least one significant abnormal finding. Thirty-seven patients (26.2%) died during admission; 55% had new echo abnormalities. Overall, 113 (80.1%) requests were considered clinically appropriate, and abnormalities were present in 46.9%. Twenty-eight (19.9%) TTEs were not indicated based on clinical details provided; 20 (71.4%) were normal or had no interval change. Cardiology follow-up was considered indicated for 56 (39.7%), completed in 23 (41%), and not performed in 14 (25%). Transthoracic echocardiography was appropriately used for the stated clinical indication, but abnormalities were evident in <50%, suggesting a need for better pre-test risk stratification. Mechanisms to improve follow-up of abnormal findings are warranted.

Permintaan Donasi Bisnis Waralaba Dalam Etika Islam

This paper examines the phenomena that occur in society, related to requests for donations to franchise businesses. What should have been change in the form of change was given to consumers, but in reality the cashier asked for the change to be donated, therefore this article was born so that people know and understand how to donate correctly according to Islamic law. This study uses a qualitative method of phenomenology. The research results show that; first, carrying out business activities must be in accordance with Islamic law guided by the Al-Qur'an and hadith. Second, in carrying out the activities of requesting donations, the franchise business lacks the application of Islamic ethical principles, the transaction actors also underestimate it because of the small nominal.&#x0D; Keywords: Islamic Business Ethics, Requests for Donations, Franchise Business

Exploring Ethical Dimensions of Physician Involvement in Requests for Organ Donation in Pediatric Brain Death

Pediatric organ transplantation remains a life-saving therapy, with donated organs being absolutely scarce resources. Efforts to both increase pediatric organ donation authorization by families of children declared dead by neurologic criteria and mitigate perception of conflicts of interest have resulted in frequent exclusion of physicians from this process. This article provides of focused review of pediatric organ donation in the setting of brain death, explores the breadth of consequences of physician exclusion in donation authorization requests, and provides an ethical framework defending physician involvement in the organ donation process for this patient population.

From Petitions to Demands, Restitution to Representation

From Petitions to Demands, Restitution to Representation

Giving to Matthew, Emily, Jose, or Maria: A Field Study Examining the Impact of Race and Gender on Donation Requests

Across the world, many individuals, organizations, and communities rely on the charitable contributions of others to meet critical needs. However, receiving aid can be challenging if donors discriminate against solicitors based on their demographic characteristics. We examined the potential impact of two of such characteristics, namely, the solicitor’s race and gender, by soliciting contributions from 162 dentist offices through phone calls, manipulating race (Latino/White) and gender (male/female) of the caller. We analyzed differences between race and gender on the likelihood of receiving donations and interpersonal interactions rated by blind coders. Logistic regression results revealed Latinos were significantly less likely to receive donations than Whites, and women were marginally more likely to receive donations than men. Multivariate analysis of variance results indicated, however, that Latinos received significantly better interpersonal treatment than Whites. Results show support for Patronization Theory extended to the solicitation context. Implications of these findings and future directions for research are discussed.

Blood Donation Application

Abstract: The number of articles on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter asking for blood donors shows that blood donation requests are rising steadily along with the rapid growth in social network usage around the world. Finding blood donors is a difficult problem in practically every nation. Our application was created using a variety of software technologies, including languages and frameworks. Our software offers a trustworthy platform for connecting patients and nearby blood donors.

Legislation for cadaver procurement for teaching anatomy in Sri Lanka

Cadaver-based teaching remain as an integral and imperative component of anatomy education. In the past, bodies obtained from execution, grave robbing, and murder were used to carry out cadaveric dissection. It appears that body donation and the procurement of unclaimed bodies are the typical methods that are currently employed for such purposes universally. The former method is recommended by the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists. Body donation in Sri Lanka is governed by the legislation, and the policies of medical institutions. Therefore, any request for body donation that does not meet the requirements of both the legislation and the individual medical institution will not be accepted. This manuscript aims to review the current legislation of the country along with other selected international laws and guidelines pertaining to procurement of bodies for anatomy education.