Multicultural Organ Donation Education and Outreach Program
The Center for Organ Recovery & Education announced expansion of the Minority Organ Transplant Education Program (MOTTEP) in western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Chemung County, New York. This is the first new site selected by MOTTEP since 1995.
What is MOTTEP?
National MOTTEP was founded by Dr. Clive O. Callender and is the first national program of its type to incorporate a two-fold strategy: (1) to prevent the need for transplantation by implementing disease prevention and health promotion activities and (2) to increase the number of individuals who become organ tissue donors. Since MOTTEP’s beginning in 1991, it has impacted more than 10 million lives through organ, tissue and blood and marrow donations.
MOTTEP Sites:
Washington, DC Honolulu, HI Chicago, IL/ NW Indiana
New York, NY Central North Carolina Cleveland, OH
Nashville, Tn Richmond, VA U.S Virgin Islands
Pittsburgh, PA Detroit, MI
Why is it important to partner with MOTTEP?
National MOTTEP actively promotes positive health behaviors focusing on the disease and behaviors which lead to the need for transplantation such as diabetes, hypertension, alcohol and substance abuse, poor nutrition and lack of physical activity.
What are the benefits of CORE MOTTEP?
1. Implement strategies to increase the percentage of organ/tissue donations in minority communities.
2. Create strong volunteer community programs which empower minorities to be involved in community driven strategies to improve health care.
3. Provide education to dispel the myths and encourage healthy behaviors for longevity in the minority communities.
Fact: You Can Help Save Lives
There are lot of myths about organ and tissue donation. One fact is ORGAN DONATION SAVES LIVES. Every 13 minutes, one person is added to the waiting list. But what is heart-breaking, every day 18 people die waiting for a transplant. You can help save lives by giving the gift of life through organ and tissue donation.
Fact: Minorities make up 52 percent of the nearly 100,000 people waiting for a life-saving organ transplant.
Fact: Health issues related to hypertension, diabetes, and end-stage renal failure put minorities at a disproportionate need for a transplant.
Fact: Currently there are 26,867 African-Americans on the transplant waiting list. Of those people waiting, 25,359 need a kidney, a pancreas or both.
Fact: In the Hispanic community, there are 15,711 people waiting for an organ. Of those waiting, 12,926 need a kidney, a pancreas or both.
Make a difference…Become an Organ Donor
For further information or to schedule a presentation, please contact Lisa Strother Upsher, 1-800-366-6777 ext. 213, thanks
Join the Communities for Life Today!
In 2007, CORE launched Communities for Life, a multicultural organ donation awareness program established to educate the multicultural communities about the importance of being an organ and tissue donor. In order to educate about organ and tissue donation, we feel it is important to address the conditions that cause a disparity in the need for organ transplants. There are many misconceptions in the multicultural communities about organ and tissue dontation. It is our mission to educate the community so that those misconceptions do not prevent someone from becoming a donor and do not prevent someone from giving the gift of life.
Educate yourself and your community about organ and tissue donation. CORE provides free awareness programs to schools, churches, employers, and civic organizations. If you would like to schedule a program, or to request more information about minorities and organ donation, please call Lisa Strother at 1-800-366-6777x213 or e-mail lstrother@core.org.
|
