Understanding Organ Donation: Applied Behavioral Science Perspectives

This highly important book introduces the realm of organ donation, providing an overview of the current situation, highlighting the challenges, summarizing past research,  and providing guidance for future research.

• The first book to bridge the gap between applied research and the social and behavioral issues surrounding organ donation
• An impressive collection of contributors from a range of both practitioners and scientists actively working in the field
• Provides a concrete example of how evidence-based research and theory can be applied with real-world value
• Explores future directions of organ donation and research including community-based health interventions, ethical considerations, and advancing donor registration
• The latest publication in the prestigious Claremont Applied Social Psychology Series

The worldwide need for transplantable organs continues to increase. Over 100,000 people are on the waiting list in America alone. This groundbreaking book introduces the realm of organ donation and provides wide-ranging examples of successful theory-based interventions across real-world situations.

With contributions from scholars and professionals actively working in this field, and reporting on the very latest developments, this volume provides a concrete example of how evidence-based, translational research functions in a real-world nascent field, with life or death outcomes.

Understanding Organ Donation is an invaluable resource for organ donor professionals, applied social psychologists, health psychologists, and policy-makers, as well as professors and students in health communication who are interested in theory-based research in real-world contexts.

Jason T. Siegel is part of the Research Faculty at Claremont Graduate University’s School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences. Dr. Siegel, Co-director of the Institute of Health Psychology and Prevention Science, has been researching organ-donation-related behavior for nearly a decade.

Eusebio M. Alvaro is a Research Faculty member at Claremont Graduate University’s School of Behavioral and Organizational Science where he is Co-Director of the Institute of Health Psychology and Prevention Science. He is a behavioral scientist conducting research on overcoming resistance to health behavior change.