Crossing the wide gap between positive attitude towards blood donation and its poor practice among university students: can knowledge and demographic characteristics help?!

Eshak, Ehab S.; Ghazawy, Eman Ramadan; Rahman, Tarek A. Abdel; Hafez, Shaimaa M.

doi:10.1007/s10389-018-0954-0

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“…However, in terms of management, this demographic is interesting. Young university students make up a numerous collective that is logistically very accessible (i.e., campaigns at universities, mobile units that can come closer to them) and very attractive for transfusion centres given their good health and great potential as long-term donors (Eshak et al 2019;Healy and Murphy 2017;Gomes et al 2019). In any case, it would be advisable to replicate the study while using other sampling systems which guarantee a sample distribution that is identical to the study population.…”

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Knowing the Blood Nondonor to Activate Behaviour

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This work is aimed at further developing the study of blood nondonor behaviour through a joint analysis of sociodemographic characteristics, psychological and physical barriers, impure altruism and anticipated emotions, as predictors of intention to donate. To that end, a step-by-step hierarchical regression analysis was applied on a sample of 2383 Spanish nondonors. The study’s results confirm the influence of traditional variables (sociodemographic characteristics, psychological and physical barriers and impure altruism), as well as the power of anticipated emotions, both positive and negative, of donation action and inaction as variables explaining the intention to donate. Another important contribution has been to develop the moderating role of psychological and physical barriers, in addition to impure altruism, on cause–effect relationships between anticipated emotions and intention to donate. A number of practical implications can be derived from this study for transfusion centres responsible for donation promotion.

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“…In addition, factors like knowledge and demographic characteristics [24], knowledge and attitude [22], and lack of information in different stages of the donation system [21]. On demographic characteristics, genders had an impact on blood donation and women were inclined not to donate [25].…”

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Designing, Developing, and Efficiency Evaluation of a Smartphone Application for Blood Donation

Saitong¹

2022

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This study aimed to design, develop, and evaluate efficiency of a human-based “U-Blood App” prototype for blood unavailability in Thailand. This study adopted a mixed-method design. The results of the study revealed these key findings. First, the needs analysis of 32 key informants (50% males and a mean age of 40.6 years) indicated that the features of the User Experience (UE) and the User Interface (UI) should contain blood donor’s qualification, general information record of the blood donor’s health, blood donation appointment and notification schedule, the application download and installation, a simple guide for the application user, the hospital logo, and necessary information. Second, the evaluation by experts revealed that the quality of the prototype is high (X¯=4.79) and the quality of UI ( X¯=4.79) was higher than that of UE (X¯=4.70). Lastly, the end users of 65 samples (50.76\% females and a mean age of 48 years) are highly satisfied with the prototype (X¯=4.68). The findings advanced the understanding of the impacts of human factors on the development of smart phone application for blood donation. The overall results cannot be generalized in the long term. Future inquiry should work on this limitation.

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“…Different studies worldwide have underlined the need to increase the number of blood donors among undergraduates (De Los Santos and Firmo, 2019). However, despite growing interest in the issue, especially among health sciences students (Cicolini and et al, 2019;Dean et al, 2018;Gomes and et al, 2019), most research has been conducted outside Europe, and therefore, the majority of available evidence comes from these sociocultural contexts (Eshak et al, 2019;Gazibara et al, 2015). In recent years, Portuguese (Gomes and et al, 2019) and Italian (Alfieri, 2017;Cicolini and et al, 2019;Zito et al, 2012) researchers have worked with younger students, highlighting the importance of putting good attitudes into practice even though the voluntary donation system is already considered to be working (De Los Santos and Firmo, 2019;WHO, 2010).…”

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“…Considering their age and dynamism, undergraduates constitute a key group to increase the number of blood donations (Wang, 2019). Evidence indicates that, although they are receptive to blood donation, undergraduates often lack enough knowledge about the basic aspects and are unaware of the existing demand (De los Santos and Firmo, 2019;Eshak et al, 2019;Özgür et al, 2018).…”

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“…The literature highlights the need for educational programmes and motivational campaigns to change negative attitudes and boost positive practices towards voluntary blood donation (Abderrahman and Saleh, 2014; Batiha and AlBashtawy, 2013), since dispelling people's misconceptions is a necessary first step for the success of such measures (Baig et al, 2013). It has been pointed out that key factors affecting the decision to donate blood include knowledge and attitudes (both positive and negative) towards the donation process (De Los Santos and Firmo, 2019;Eshak et al, 2019).…”

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Service-learning to improve attitudes towards blood donation among university students

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Rodríguez-González

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Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe how a service-learning methodology can promote blood donation among students by increasing levels of knowledge and improving attitudes while developing professional skills. Method: A quasi-experimental study design was utilised. A questionnaire identified barriers and incentives to blood donation in an experimental group and a control group. Participants ( n = 81) were students in nursing and primary teacher training courses at the University of Santiago de Compostela. Non-parametric analyses examined differences between participating and non-participating students within the project. Results: Gender and degree programme differences were found. Students who participated increased their level of knowledge ( U = 325.500, p < .001) and reduced their barriers to blood donation in three of the evaluated dimensions: personal reasons ( U = 520.500, p = .004), fears ( U = 471.500, p = .001) and pretexts ( U = 576.500, p = .020). Non-participants in the service-learning project reported more barriers and fewer external incentives. Conclusion: Service-learning methodology can be a useful strategy to increase blood donation among students in higher education. It increases knowledge, improves attitudes and reduces barriers to donation. This successful interdisciplinary experience could provide the basis for the implementation of new service-learning approaches.

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Crossing the wide gap between positive attitude towards blood donation and its poor practice among university students: can knowledge and demographic characteristics help?!

Cited by 6 publications

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Knowing the Blood Nondonor to Activate Behaviour

Knowing the Blood Nondonor to Activate Behaviour

Designing, Developing, and Efficiency Evaluation of a Smartphone Application for Blood Donation

Service-learning to improve attitudes towards blood donation among university students

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