A study on knowledge and awareness about blood donation amongst government medical, para-medical and nursing undergraduate students in Jamnagar, Gujarat

Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Blood Donation among Paramedical Personnel in a Teaching Hospital, Hassan, Karnataka

“…Some other reasons mentioned were fear of needle prick, fear of adverse effects on health, fear of knowing their screening status or cultural and religious beliefs.231 (74.7%) respondents expressed willingness to donate blood in future but only 102(35.8%) of them gave their contact number which indicates a reluctance or resistance to donate due to various reasons. Similar findings were seen in studies by Kanani AN et al, Nwogoh B et al and Malako D et al 7,8,10 There was a significant association seen between blood donation and gender. Males have donated more as compared to female staff (p<0.0001) which may be due to certain factors such as monthly menstruation, pregnancy and lactation which limit their eligibility to donate blood.…”

<p>Voluntary Blood Donation Among Bahir Dar University Students: Application of Integrated Behavioral Model, Bahir Dar, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020</p>

“…altruism, agreeableness, compassion, and males are more individualistic so that females have stronger moral norms and a positive attitude towards blood donation. 14,17,20,30 In this study knowledge has a positive significant association with voluntary blood donation which is comparable with studies conducted in India, Iraq, Nigeria, and Ambo University, Ethiopia and indicated that most of the respondents were aware of blood donation. 13,14,19,20 The studies in a Kenyan private university and a North Indian university showed that there is a significant relationship between knowledge and blood donation practice among the students.…”

“…14,17,20,30 In this study knowledge has a positive significant association with voluntary blood donation which is comparable with studies conducted in India, Iraq, Nigeria, and Ambo University, Ethiopia and indicated that most of the respondents were aware of blood donation. 13,14,19,20 The studies in a Kenyan private university and a North Indian university showed that there is a significant relationship between knowledge and blood donation practice among the students. 26,31 In this study descriptive norm has a positive association with blood donation, which is in line with a study in Iran which showed that family and friends with a history of blood donation encourages students to donate blood in the future.…”

“…8,[13][14][15][16] However, it was lower than the studies done in Addis Ababa University (23.4%), Ambo University (23.6%), Samara University, Ethiopia (24.5%), China (35.1%), Kampala (43%), India (31.5%) and Namibia (28%). 3,12,[17][18][19][20][21] This difference might be due to methodology and study population difference; on previous study participants were selected from health science students while the current study includes all faculties of natural and social studies. And also, it might be there is not much awareness regarding blood donation, sociocultural factors, differences in attitude and awareness or poor periodic sensitization for blood donation.…”

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Blood Donation among Najran population Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

“…The results of the current study were consistent with those of a study conducted by Kanani in India, which revealed that the majority of participants (80.2%) had never donated blood. (Kanani AN, 2018) In contrast, research conducted in Ethiopia by Aschale revealed that the majority of respondents (83.7%) had a history of blood donation. (Aschale et al, 2021) In terms of the participants' medical histories, 23% of the participants have a history of chronic diseases.…”