Transplant Social Worker Support for Live Kidney Donation in African Americans

TALKS includes a video and book that describe patient and family experiences with talking about and considering live kidney transplantation. TALKS also includes a social worker meeting. Potential recipients meet with a transplant social worker for up to 60 minutes to identify potential barriers to considering or pursuing live donor kidney transplantation. They also are invited to have a second meeting with family and/or friends with the social worker for up to 60 minutes.

"The financial assistance intervention offers potential donors the ability to draw from a bank of $2100 to reimburse their costs related to being evaluated for live kidney donation or for donating a kidney. Costs include, but are not limited to: child care, travel, time off work, and other out of pocket expenses related to being evaluated to become a live kidney donor or to donating."