Evaluation of an educational, theater-based intervention on attitudes toward organ donation in Risaralda, Colombia

Abstract

Introduction: The shortage of organs for transplantation is a worldwide problem and the main cause is the refusal of family members to donate. Consent to donate is influenced by many factors and educational interventions are strongly recommended. Objective: To evaluate the impact of an educational, theater-based strategy on the attitudes toward organ donation. Methodology: This study employed an intervention using theater as the central tool. The impact of this intervention on the intention to donate was assessed through a controlled, prospective, non randomized designed study. The sample consisted of 1,038 people. All the participants answered a survey that asked about sex, age and intent to donate. Afterward, one portion of the sample was exposed to the play, The Gift of Life, and a subsequent discussion forum that was guided by experts. The same survey was administered again after the intervention. Results: Before the intervention, donation attitudes were positive in 68.3% of the responses, negative in 6.8% and uncertain in 24.9%. Females showed a greater intent to donate while age had no apparent influence on the donation decision. Those exposed to the intervention were found to be more likely to donate and show a favorable change in attitude toward donation than those who were not exposed to the intervention. Conclusion: An educational intervention using theater is an effective tool to generate a short-term change in the intent to donate. Educational strategies should be employed to increase the rates of organ donation.

Hand Hygiene Awareness of the Middle School Students and Use of Theater Performance

“…In a separate study relevant of the link between theater and attitudes toward organ transplantation, it was revealed that women were, to a larger extent, more intentional toward organ transplantation. On the other hand no significant differentiation could be identified between age groups and intent toward organ transplantation (Buitrago, Gómez, Guerra, Lucumí, Romero, & Sánchez, 2013). In similar studies like wise it was verified that theater activities instilled to the students and the larger society positive knowledge, attitude and raised awareness.…”

“…In the education intervention that utilized theater performance it proved to be a beneficial option in the short term for the organ transplantation intent. Theater contributed to a significant difference in the increased intent for organ transplantation (Buitrago, Gómez, Guerra, Lucumí, Romero, & Sánchez, 2013). Besides, in a different study, it was suggested that theater was useful in the development of clinical empathy toward patients (Dow, Leong, Anderson, & Wenzel, 2007) In the final analysis, it was demonstrated that upon performing drama, entertainment and didactic scenarios integrated theater activities among middle-school students, there was a heightened level of hand-hygiene awareness toward a manifold of issues in the short term.…”

Systematic Literature Review of Interventions for Promoting Postmortem Organ Donation From Social Marketing Perspective

“…Following our inclusion criteria, the search process (see Figure 1) yielded a total of 32 articles, describing 36 interventions promoting organ donation. Most of the interventions described in the published papers were implemented in different states in the United States (N ¼ 30); 7-30 2 were implemented in Canada, 31,32 one in Italy, 33 one in Colombia, 34 one in Australia, 35 and one in Sweden. 36…”

“…Interventions were in general successful in achieving all set goals, for 22 studied interventions, the success rate was 100%. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13]14,17,19,20,[24][25][26][27][28][29][30]32,34 We identified a medium strong positive correlation between the number of SMBC used in the interventions and success rate of the interventions with Pearson coefficient being 0.42 (P ¼ .01). Meaning when a greater number of SMBC was used in the interventions design, the success rate in the achievement of the intervention goals was higher.…”

Fostering Flu Vaccination in Healthcare Workers: Forum Theatre in a University Hospital

“…FT and other theatrical methods have recently been used in health promotion [ 10 , 11 ], health management [ 12 ], ethical discussion [ 13 , 14 ], health education [ 15 ], and nurse and medical education [ 16 – 19 ], both in communities and hospital settings. Nevertheless, to our knowledge FT has never been applied to health promotion tailored to HCWs in the field of immunization, especially flu vaccinations among health personnel.…”