Value Priorities and Intention to Register for Posthumous Organ Donation in Dutch Adolescents

摘要

The authors conducted a survey to identify knowledge level about organdonation and the kinds of personal values associated with intent to register as an organdonor. Participants' levels of knowledge were modest but associated positively with intentto register. Knowledge deficiencies about organ donation suggest the need for education-based programs designed to overcome these limitations. Also, students who scored higherin social conformity but lower in hedonism values expressed a greater intent to register,which indicated that personal values could play a role in future health education campaignsdesigned to increase the supply of donor organs available for transplantation. Furthermore,appeals could be tailored to the primary values of adolescents at particular stages of egodevelopment to facilitate their willingness to register as donors.