A pool of repeat blood donors can be generated with little expense to the blood center in sub‐Saharan Africa

Allain, Jean‐Pierre; Sarkodie, Francis; Boateng, Peter Kojo; Asenso, Kwame; Kyeremateng, Ernest; Owusu‐Ofori, Shirley

doi:10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01599.x

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“…In our study, the donor population was characterized by increased numbers of young donors who were in the age group of 18-25 years, with college level education, which was similar to the findings of the studies which were done by Allain et al, [7] and Hinrich et al, [8]. In contrast, Sampath et al, showed that 48.4% of the donors were in the age group of 26-50 years [9].…”

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The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Blood Donation Among Voluntary Blood Donors in Chennai, India

Shanmugasundaram

Arun²,

Arumugam³

2013

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Introduction: An integrated strategy for blood safety is required for the provision of safe and adequate blood. Recruiting a sufficient number of safe blood donors is an emerging challenge. The shortage of blood in India is due to an increase in the demand, with fewer voluntary blood donors. A study on the knowledge, attitude and the practice of donors may prove to be useful in the successful implementation of the blood donation programme. Our aim was to find the level of the knowledge, attitude and practice of blood donation among voluntary blood donors. Material and Methods:A structured questionnaire was given to 530 voluntary blood donors to assess their knowledge, attitude and practice with respect to blood donations. The statistical analyses were done by using the SPSS software. The associations between the demographic factors were analysed by using the Chi square test.Results: Among the 530 donors, 436 (93%) were males and 36 (7%) were female donors. 273 (51.2%) donors knew about the interval of the donation and 421 (79.4%) donors knew about the age limit for the donation. 305 (57%) donors felt that creating an opportunity for the donation was an important factor for motivating the blood donation and 292 (55%) donors felt that the fear of pain was the main reason for the hesitation of the donors in coming forward to donate blood. Conclusion:A majority of the donors were willing to be regular donors. The donors showed positive effects like a sense of satisfaction after the donation. Creating an opportunity for blood donation by conducting many blood donation camps may increase the voluntary blood donations.

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The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Blood Donation Among Voluntary Blood Donors in Chennai, India

Shanmugasundaram

Arun²,

Arumugam³

2013

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“…In our study, the participants were young adults who were in the age group of 18-25 years, with college level education, which was similar to the findings of the studies done by Allain et al [7] and Hinrichs et al [8] In contrast, Sampath et al observed that 48.4% of the donors were in the age group of 26-50 years. [9] In our study, 51.5% said that blood can be donated every 6 months and 19.9% students knew correctly that the blood can be donated every 3 months.…”

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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of blood donation among college students in Puducherry

Kittu¹,

Dhivyalakshmi²,

Haritha³

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Int J Med Sci Public Health

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“…In our study, the donor population was characterized by only 31% of the study population with higher secondary or above level education, which was a contrast to the findings of the studies which were done by Allain et al 10 , and Hinrich et al 11 . A study by Agarwal et al 8 found that while among illiterates 81 percent of the respondents knew about blood donation, among the post graduates the same ratio was found to be almost cent-percent.…”

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Introduction:Blood is the only oxygen transporter in the body and is crucial in saving lives. Research has failed to find a true substitute for blood and blood components The attitude, beliefs, and level of knowledge associated with blood donation will determine whether potential donors will donate blood or not. Methodology: A descriptive epidemiological study with cross sectional study design was conducted among blood donors attending the blood bank of SSKM Hospital. Result: It was found 67.08% of the donors had a knowledge score of less than 5. It was found that donors from urban areas, higher educational and socio-economic status as well as those who had previous history of blood donation had higher knowledge scores. This was statistically significant (p<0.05). Mass media like television and radio had an insignificant role in creating awareness as only 5% and 2% of the donors were made aware through these respectively. The most important source of knowledge for the donors was blood donation camps as an overwhelming 68% were made aware through these camps. Conclusion: Volunteering behavior is based on culture and determined by various factors like religion, age, sex, attitude of person, family support, and geographical locations. Our study found that all the respondents were willing to donate blood again if required in future. This positive feeling should be encouraged with proper knowledge regarding blood safety to meet the demand of blood requirement.

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A pool of repeat blood donors can be generated with little expense to the blood center in sub‐Saharan Africa

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The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Blood Donation Among Voluntary Blood Donors in Chennai, India

The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Blood Donation Among Voluntary Blood Donors in Chennai, India

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