Modifiable Factors Affecting Racial Disparities in Kidney Donation

While many people offer to be evaluated at transplant centers as potential living donors to donate one kidney to someone they know, few ultimately donate. Racial/ethnic minorities are less likely to become living donors. This study examines potentially modifiable factors affecting living donation in a large cohort of potential living donors from different transplant centers who are White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian. Investigators are examining ways to intervene with potential living donors to help overcome racial disparities and increase the number of people who ultimately donate.