The Talking About Live Kidney Donation (TALK) Social Worker Intervention: Putting it into Practice

Authors

  • Nicole DePasquale, MSPH
  • Felicia Hill-Briggs, PhD
  • Linda Darrell, MSW, LCSW-C
  • Patti Ephraim, MPH
  • Brenda Falcone, BA
  • Cassie Shafer, BS
  • Lapricia Lewis-Boyer, BS, LPN
  • L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61658/jnsw.v37i1.77

Abstract

Live kidney transplantation (LKT) is underutilized among patients with kidney disease. Social workers may be particularly effective in helping patients and their families overcome barriers to considering and/or pursuing LKT because of their expertise in helping families confront challenging social and medical issues. Nonetheless, social workers’ facilitation of patients’ consideration of LKT has not previously been reported. The team at Johns Hopkins University developed and tested the Talking about Live Kidney Donation (TALK) Social Worker Intervention to improve patients’ informed consideration of LKT. We provide practical guidelines for the implementation of the TALK Social Worker Intervention in clinical practice.

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Published

2013-10-01

How to Cite

DePasquale, MSPH, N., Hill-Briggs, PhD, F., Darrell, MSW, LCSW-C, L., Ephraim, MPH, P., Falcone, BA, B., Shafer, BS, C., … Boulware, MD, MPH, L. E. (2013). The Talking About Live Kidney Donation (TALK) Social Worker Intervention: Putting it into Practice. The Journal of Nephrology Social Work, 37(1), 13–18. https://doi.org/10.61658/jnsw.v37i1.77

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (2013)

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