TY - JOUR
T1 - Blacks and whites and kidney transplantation
T2 - A disparity! But why and why won't it go away?
AU - Callender, Clive O.
AU - Miles, Patrice V.
AU - Hall, Margruetta B.
AU - Gordon, Sherilyn
N1 - Funding Information:
The successo f these efforts in the black popula- tion led to the conceptualization of the National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Pro-gram,211..52-c;:~ which applied the successfuml ethodsof prior efforts and expanded them to all minority pop ulations including blacks, Latinos (Hispanics), Na-Live Americans (American Indians), Alaskan Na- tives, Asians, and Pacific Islanders. Conceptualized in 1991 , the National Minority Organ Tissue Transplant Education Program was funded in 1993 (thanks to the support of congressmanL ouis Stokes and funding from the Office of Researcho n Minority Health, 1993-1995).F rom 1995 to the present, the Office of Researcho n Minority Health, which is now Table 3. United Network for Organ Sharing-All l/l/1988 to 12/31/!2001
Funding Information:
the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseasesh ave provided funding that now totals 10 million dollars of contract and grant funds. In the l98Os,w hen we began these emorts,m inority donations were at 15%; the number of minority donors has now reached 28.5% (2001).
PY - 2002/7
Y1 - 2002/7
N2 - In 1972, I (C.O.C.) became aware of the transplant disparity between blacks and whites. This disparity identified poorer kidney graft survival, higher incidences of end-stage renal disease, and poorer kidney donor survival among blacks regardless of the ethnicity of the recipient. After closer analysis, inequitable organ allocation schema, institutionalized racism, the green screen, and HLA heterogeneity may be contributory to these disparities. A comprehensive national strategic plan with significant research funding increases with the elimination of these disparities as a priority are necessary to make these disparities disappear.
AB - In 1972, I (C.O.C.) became aware of the transplant disparity between blacks and whites. This disparity identified poorer kidney graft survival, higher incidences of end-stage renal disease, and poorer kidney donor survival among blacks regardless of the ethnicity of the recipient. After closer analysis, inequitable organ allocation schema, institutionalized racism, the green screen, and HLA heterogeneity may be contributory to these disparities. A comprehensive national strategic plan with significant research funding increases with the elimination of these disparities as a priority are necessary to make these disparities disappear.
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U2 - 10.1053/trre.2002.127298
DO - 10.1053/trre.2002.127298
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036656709
SN - 0955-470X
VL - 16
SP - 163
EP - 176
JO - Transplantation Reviews
JF - Transplantation Reviews
IS - 3
ER -