American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A randomized trial of a home-based educational approach to increase live donor kidney transplantation: effects in blacks and whites.
Blacks are disproportionately affected by chronic kidney disease, but are far less likely to undergo live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) than whites. We assessed the differential effectiveness in blacks and whites of a home-based (HB) LDKT educational approach. ⋯ These results suggest that a culturally sensitive LDKT education program that reaches out to blacks and their social support network can overcome some barriers to LDKT in this population.