What’s the topic? Children’s obesity risks may be greater than thought. -What do you want to see change? I want to make people understand that there are ways to control obesity in children, such as a weight control program, change eating habits, plan meals and choose better foods, eat less fatty foods and avoid foods like junk and fast food, control portions and consume fewer calories, increase physical activity (especially walking) and have a more active lifestyle. It is important to know what children eat at school and limit snacks. -Why should people care? Obesity and being overweight can lead to serious health problems such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, they are also psychologically affected and even some types of cancer. Therefore, a correct diet from childhood is important to protect ourselves from these diseases. Persuasive Speech Outline Follow APA outlining format as with the Informative Speech. Make sure you have fully developed each point. In-text citations must match References page. Introduction: /6 /5 Points Attention Getter Motivation for Listening Establish Credibility Thesis Statement Preview of Speech (Main points) /1 Point Transition to the body of speech Body: /14 /3 Points Establish the Problem Analysis (opinion) and research Analysis (opinion) and research Analysis (opinion) and research /1 Points Transition /3 Points Establishing Opposing Viewpoints Analysis (opinion) and research Rebuttal: opinion and research /1 Points Transition /4 Points Call to Action Visualization/Solution how would your plan work? Specific plan of action: What can we do? Include your audience. /2 Points Transition to conclusion Conclusion: /3 /3 Points Summary of Main Points Reiterate Call to Action Throwback to Attention Getter Research Articles: /12 /4 Points Research from different types (4-5 minimum) /4 Points APA style and matches to all in-text /4 Points In-text Citations after ALL information in each section 1 The Organ Shortage Demands Change Insert your information General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech I hope that The Organ Transplant Act of 1984 be changed so that compensation in some form be allowed to donors which would increase donations and reduce the number of people still waiting for organs. 2 Central Idea: The Organ Transplant Act of 1984 is a U.S. federal legislation that prohibits the sale or any type of payment to the donors of organs. This Act applies to every situation no matter the case. I believe that the Act should be changed to allow donors to be compensated in some way that is regulated by the Government which would likely reduce the number of people still waiting for someone to donate. There is a shortage of donors and the current system is failing to provide the necessary things needed to the people waiting for organs and to the donors themselves. I. Introduction a. A quote from the United Network for Organ Sharing says ‘without the organ donor, there is no story, no hope, no transplant. But when there is an organ donor, life springs from death, sorrow turns to hope, and a terrible loss becomes a gift.’ b. Give the audience a reason to listen: Some of you may have experienced or known someone who has needed an organ transplant, and if not, I know that you can still recognize that it is something that people deal with in their daily lives. c. Establish your credibility: As someone who is aspiring to be in the medical field one day and has also seen a person pretty close to me go through the experience and process, I feel that this is a topic worth thinking about and seeing if change to the current legislation would be better for society. 3 d. Reveal the law: The legislation is called the Organ Transplant Act of 1984 and it prohibits the sale or compensation of organs from donors. e. Preview the speech: So today, I will explain more about the Organ Transplant Act, I will propose the changes that should be implemented within the Act and the benefits that it can bring to society, I will explain some of the opposing viewpoints which prevent the Act from being changed, and finally, I will be giving the audience a certain plan that they can do to help change this Legislation. II. Body a. According to Barbara Mantel’s article (2011, April 15) ‘Organ Donations’ written for CQ Researcher, more than 110,000 Americans are on the waitlist for organ-transplants. She states that kidneys account for about 60 percent of those on the waitlist but can take up to 5 years until they find one. i. Not only that but since 2000 the waiting list has doubled and will only continue to do so unless things change. b. Some organs are given based off of a score patients receive depending on their chance of survival but for kidneys it’s determined by how long you wait. i. This system does not help diminish the shortage that is occurring c. In 2012, Alex Tabarrok wrote in his article ‘Around the World, Innovative Programs Boost Organ Donations’ that Iran is the only country that has 4 eliminated the shortage of transplant organs, but they do have a legal system of paying for donations. i. They began in 1988 and stopped the shortage by 1999 d. In another article called the ‘Great Debate: Should Organ Donors Be Paid?’ (2009, August 10) written by Rachael Rettner, it says that keeping a patient on dialysis is expensive and can cost around $65000 to $75000 per year and it would benefit the government to just pay for the transplant and incentive for the donors. e. According to the article ‘Step One in Solving the Organ Shortage: Become an Organ Donor’, 95 percent of people support the concept of organ donation but only 54 percent sign up to donate when they die Transition: These statistics and facts show that many people in the united states are in need of a transplant, but the shortage stops that from happening while the number continues to grow. This shortage and the unnecessary death of people can be prevented but, in order to do this, the legislation must be changed. f. Thus, I propose that there should be some form of compensation for those who are willing to donate so that they can also benefit from this procedure and potentially increase the amount of people willing to give. g. If the Organ Transplant Act can be changed, the amount of people that could be helped would increase and there would be no shortage because of an increase in donors. i. According to Amy L Friedman (2006), an associate professor of surgery, wrote in her article ‘Payment for living organ donation 5 should be legalized’ that donors not only have to pay for transportation to the site of surgery, but they get no compensation for lost wages at work either. She believes that these reasons might be stopping many from donating. 1. Compensating would allow everyone from the donor to the patient to receive something and be treated equally. ii. In Alex Tabarrok’s article (2012), Nobel Laureate economist Gary Becker and Julio Elias estimated that if only 15000 were given to donors, there would be no shortage of kidneys in the U.S but the Federal Gov would have to pay so there would be no inequality. iii. The National Kidney Foundation (2017) also agreed that compensation should be given to donors to make it cost neutral and pay for things like travel expense, wages, medical care, and follow up care for donors. 1. Giving to the families of those who donate in some form could also work. iv. The US could even save up to $46 billion a year according to Robert Gebelhoff in his article, ‘Compensation for organ donors: A primer’ written in 2015. 1. All of these reasons would likely increase the amount of donations and reduce the shortage of organs. 6 Transition: A change in the federal legislation that includes the modifications I have proposed, can save the lives of those who are still waiting for a donor and a transplant. However, there are still some people who oppose this change of legislation. h. Some of the opposing views to changing the legislation includes the belief that doing this would in turn exploit the poor. i. But there are many ways to prevent this from happening ii. In the article written by Dr. Joseph Fins (2009, February 9) called ‘Should Organ Donors Be Compensated?’, another Dr. Sally Satel, an organ donor herself, states within that same article that to protect the poor and desperate there should be compensation that would not appeal to these groups, specifically, no cash for kidneys. 1. However, instead they could compensate in the form of a 401k contribution, or even a Medicare voucher which would stop them from making any hasty decisions. 2. Or they could prevent the poor from contributing at all unless they were completely healthy and checked by doctors first. 3. Also, everything would need to be regulated and compensated by the Gov. to keep everything equal from paying to who ends up receiving the donation. iii. Another opposition is that altruistic or religious giving would stop. 1. According to the article ‘Financial Incentives for Organ Donation’ written for the US department of Health and 7 Human Services, altruistic giving has been going on for about 30 years, but it might be time for a new approach, and it would be ethical because of concern for patients and saving lives. a. The current altruistic system of donations is just not providing enough. 2. Barbara Mantel’s article for CQ Researcher, says that a study found that poor people were more willing to donate with no payment than people who were wealthier. Introducing payments to that did nothing to change the outcome. a. It also concluded that altruistic donation would not be affected either. III. Signpost: As you can see, there are many views regarding this topic and legislation. Those who oppose it, oppose it due to their fear of problems and implications that could arise; however, we must also think about those that are suffering and have waited for such a long time and think about more ways to help them. IV. Plan of action: a. In order to reduce the amount of people still on the waitlist for those organs, I believe that a change to the legislation could be a possible way to make it work. b. All of us can aid in this by doing different things. 8 c. The National Kidney Foundation (2017) states that a way to help is to educate families, friends, and patients on how to find donors when they are struggling to do so. i. Not only that but learning more about the issue in general ii. They also state that peer mentoring from a donor to potential donors could be beneficial d. Another step is to educate yourself and consider, even if only a little bit, to become a donor yourself. i. When you renew your license, you can also put that you would be an organ donor if anything happens as well. ii. Whether we are compensated or not the act itself is still something that takes a lot of courage from all who donate. e. These are just some things we can think about and do in our own lives to help the issue at hand. But we still need to try to get the legislation changed to see more of an impact. V. Conclusion a. To reiterate, I propose that the Organ Transplant Act be changed and should include compensation for anyone that is willing to donate any organ at any point in their lives whether it be money or even just paying for their expenses which would raise donation rate and reduce the shortage over time. 9 i. Research shows that not only could this raise donation rate and finally stop the shortage, but it saves the US a lot of money as well and everyone would benefit. ii. Although there are those who oppose the Act from changing, there are many ways that the US Government could regulate the compensations in a way that is safe and would benefit all. iii. Finally, I discussed a plan of action that I hope can be accomplished and something we can all do to bring awareness to the issue. b. If we do this many more people who die unnecessarily and suffer from this could live, and finally be free from hoping that one day, they will be able to receive what they desperately needed. All we need to do is to take the first step and see where it can take us. References Financial Incentives for Organ Donation (n.d.). U.S Department of Health & Human Services. Retrieved from https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/resources/ethics/financialincentives-for-organ-donation/ Fins, Dr. J. (2009, February 9). Should Organ Donors Be Compensated? Weill Cornell Medicine. Retrieved from https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2009/02/shouldorgan-donors-be-compensated Friedman, A. L. (2006). Payment for living organ donation should be legalised. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 333(7571), 746–748. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38961.475718.68 10 Gebelhoff, R. (2015, December 28). Compensation for organ donors: A primer. Retrieved from https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/intheory/wp/2015/12/28/compensation-for-organ-donors-a-primer/ Mantel, B. (2011, April 15). Organ donations. CQ Researcher, 21,337-360. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com.ezproxy.barry.edu/cqresearcher/cqresrre2011041500 National Kidney Foundation Position on Increasing Organ Donation and Transplantation. (2017, May 25). Retrieved from https://www.kidney.org/news/national-kidneyfoundation-position-increasing-organ-donation-and-transplantation Rettner, R. (2009, August 10). Great Debate: Should Organ Donors Be Paid? Retrieved from https://www.livescience.com/5606-great-debate-organ-donors-paid.html Step One in Solving the Organ Shortage: Become an Organ Donor. (2018, August 17). Retrieved June 22, 2020, from https://biolife4d.com/step-one-solving-organshortage/ Tabarrok, A. (2012). Around the World, Innovative Programs Boost Organ Donations. In D. A. Henningfeld (Ed.), At Issue. Organ Transplants. Detroit, MI: Greenhaven Press. (Reprinted from The Meat Market, Wall Street Journal, 2010, January 8) Retrieved from https://link-galecom.ezproxy.barry.edu/apps/doc/EJ3010483233/OVIC?u=miam50083&sid=OVIC& xid=18576079 What is UNOS?: About United Network for Organ Sharing. (2019, December 23). Retrieved June 22, 2020, from https://unos.org/about/ Purchase answer to see full attachment Tags: occupational therapy health risk healthier eating Children Obesity Obesity Risks User generated content is uploaded by users for the purposes of learning and should be used following Studypool’s honor code & terms of service.