Secondary Education Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Organ Donation: Awareness and Knowledge Assessment through an Intervention Program

Lamas, Jesús González; Cuadrado, Virginia Aznar; Díaz Prego, Cristina

doi:10.18848/2156-8960/CGP/V12I02/25-35

Secondary Education Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Organ Donation: Awareness and Knowledge Assessment through an Intervention Program

Lamas, Jesús González
Cuadrado, Virginia Aznar
Díaz Prego, Cristina

Revista:

The International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society

ISSN: 2156-8960, 2156-9053

Año de publicación: 2022

Volumen: 12

Número: 2

Páginas: 25-35

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.18848/2156-8960/CGP/V12I02/25-35 GOOGLE SCHOLAR Acceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: The International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society

Resumen

Our study is framed in the Plan Proxecta+ innovation program, held by Educative Authorities in Galicia (Northern Spain) together with ADOS (Blood and Organ Donation Association) and carried out in high schools. The aim of this paper is to analyze the degree of awareness and knowledge about organ donation and transplant in first and second years of Secondary Compulsory Education. A mixed-methods approach is carried out in the investigation with a questionnaire for data collection. An intervention program about organ donation was carried out with different activities throughout the school year, in order to give students the appropriate tools that could help them to make grounded decisions. The results show that the intervention leads to an improvement in the knowledge and attitudes toward donation.