Gender Differences in Altruism: Responses to a Natural Disaster

Lilley, Matthew; Slonim, Robert

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2716598

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“…Among the extraordinary strategies described are the active mobilization of the donor base, considering non‐altruistic donation strategies, large‐scale public health campaigns promoting donation as a symbol of national solidarity, 11 , 28 , 29 or even the modification of some established criteria for the acceptance of blood donors. 30 , 31 , 32 The disclosure of the positive psychological effects of donation may also be helpful in the context of the negative effects of the stay‐at‐home policy.…”

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Dangerous shortage of blood banks as an indirect effect of SARS‐CoV‐2: An obstetrics perspective

Nieto-Calvache

Quintero-Santacruz

Macia-Mejia

et al. 2020

Intl J Gynecology & Obste

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Objective: To describe the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on the frequency of blood donation (BD) in a Latin American hospital and how the social isolation policy implemented during the pandemic jeopardizes the quality of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) care due to shortages at blood banks (BB). Methods: A retrospective, descriptive study was conducted, lasting for 31 months, including the start of the pandemic. Frequency of BD and the use of obstetric emergency services was observed. Results: A direct relationship was observed between the pandemic and a decrease in BD. Although emergency obstetric visits decreased, the frequency of deliveries and cases of PPH remained unchanged. After applying strategies to promote voluntary BD, a very slight increase was observed in the frequency of BD, with a negative indicator persisting between donation and blood demand. Conclusion: The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has led to shortages at BBs. In this context, typical measures to encourage an altruistic attitude toward BD have not had a significant impact. As causes of PPH continue, quality of care may be affected by the current situation at BBs. Governments and institutions must implement new strategies to motivate BD.

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Dangerous shortage of blood banks as an indirect effect of SARS‐CoV‐2: An obstetrics perspective

Nieto-Calvache

Quintero-Santacruz

Macia-Mejia

et al. 2020

Intl J Gynecology & Obste

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“…Similarly, Chandler and colleagues showed that, of those donors who make a blood donation during the pandemic, a majority reported they made an extra effort to donate in order to help their health care system (Chandler et al, 2021 ). In previous crises too, people have been observed to show prosocial behavior, such as blood donation, for example, after 9/11 in the United States, the 2008 earthquake in China, and the more recent bushfires in Australia (Glynn et al, 2003 ; Guo et al, 2012 ; Lilley & Slonim, 2016 ; Tran et al, 2010 ). A proposed reason for this influx of new blood donors is, that motivating factors might overcome previous barriers for donating blood in times of emergencies (Guo et al, 2012 ).…”

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Blood donor motivators during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Quee

Spekman

Prinsze

et al. 2022

Journal of Philanthropy and Marketing

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While donating blood during the COVID‐19 pandemic offers individuals a possibility to contribute to their community, donation also exposes donors to additional risks, as physical distancing is impossible during a donation. This study explored what motivated blood and plasma donors in the Netherlands to donate during the COVID‐19 pandemic, in order to identify potential focus points for donor recruitment in future crises. In total, 3175 of the invited 7286 donors who donated between 1 and 14 April 2020 participated in an online questionnaire including questions about motivations for blood donation. Motivations for blood donation were compared among donation types, sexes, age groups, and regions. Respondents consisted of 10.6% new, 18.9% whole blood, and 70.5% plasma donors. About 80% of all donors indicated wanting to help COVID‐19 patients. Particularly whole blood donors were motivated by a call for donations (90.8%). Plasma donors more often hoped to get tested for SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies than new and whole blood donors. Older donors (aged ≥40) more often reported hoping to get tested for SARS‐CoV‐2 antibodies, wanting to help COVID‐19 patients, and thinking that getting infected during the donation process was impossible. Younger donors (aged ≤39) more often indicated that getting out of the house and not having to go to work motivated them to donate. Donors mainly had pro‐social motivations to donate during the COVID‐19 pandemic, as helping COVID‐19 patients was the most important motivator. This shows the promise of explicitly expressing need in times of crisis, for blood banks in particular and philanthropic organizations in general.

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“…Much of this literature focuses on the manner in which micro conditions influence individual giving decisions, e.g., how donations are influenced by social pressure (Ariely et al, 2009;DellaVigna et al, 2012DellaVigna et al, , 2013Andreoni et al, 2016), by matching donations (Eckel and Grossman, 2003;Karlan and List, 2007;Meier, 2007), by seed money or lead donors (List and Lucking-Reiley, 2002;Karlan and List, 2020), by household income (Randolph, 1995;Auten et al, 2002;List, 2011;Kessler et al, 2019;Meer and Priday, 2020b), and by tax policy (Duquette, 2016(Duquette, , 2019Meer and Priday, 2020). A smaller set of studies focuses on the relationship between macro conditions and giving, such as papers relating to giving after large, tragic events (Lilley and Slonim, 2016;Bergdoll et al, 2019) and work relating to redistribution and fairness views at the societal level (Almås et al, 2020). 7 An even smaller but important and emerging body of literature seeks to understand aggregate giving in response to nationwide economic fluctuations.…”

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confidence: 99%