Mass counseling: Effective tool to improve knowledge, attitude and behavior regarding blood donation

“…In these circumstances of blood shortage and medium rate of voluntary non‐remunerated donations, a substantial number of studies examining blood donors from virtually all parts of India have been conducted and published in the last 5 years (Agrawal et al, ; Kowsalya et al, ; Dubey et al, ; Mishra et al, ; Shenga et al, ; Uma et al, ; Raghuwanshi et al . ; Kulkarni & Kulkarni, ). Only one study examined the general adult population, but several looked at mixed population of hospital visitors, health professionals and university students, as well as donors.…”

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“…As a result, any serious effort to improve the situation should focus on females, but no studies directly addressed the issue. One study reported a high prevalence of anaemia (34·2%) in 117 female candidate donors (1·7% of total donors tested) from a low socioeconomic population (Kulkarni & Kulkarni, ). The percentage of males having ever donated blood tended to be high but was surprisingly low in medical students (13·2%, Kowsalya et al, ) and in females (13%, Agrawal et al, ) compared to 84% in the corresponding male population.…”

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“…It was also pointed out that keeping the public aware of the chronic shortage of blood associated with messages encouraging VNRD and repeat donation through the media might help motivate the public and trigger a reaction to social duty (Dubey et al, ). An original concept aimed at developing a mass counselling programme among family members visiting patients in the hospital was proposed and convincingly showed a major enhancement of motivation, from 11 to 90% of persons examined (Kulkarni & Kulkarni, ). Here again, no evidence of influencing actual donation was provided.…”

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Current approaches to increase blood donations in resource‐limited countries

2019

Transfusion Medicine

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SUMMARY Background Low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC) suffer from chronic or seasonal blood shortage. The first review was published in 2007. Methods The review of literature since 2005 presented here uncovered a fairly large number of articles justifying the grouping of blood donation issues into five geographical areas sharing common background. These are Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), Muslim countries, India, China/South East Asia and Latin America/Caribbean islands (LA&C). Results SSA countries start collecting at 16–18 years of age in schools where female donors can be reached better than in other settings. Community‐oriented culture favours family donors who need, similar to volunteer non‐remunerated donors (VNRD), to be actively induced to repeat donation. Muslim countries share the contradiction of religion encouraging blood donation but restrain women from donating. The active involvement of religious leaders and the progressive easing of female participation are the keys to increasing blood donation. In India, ‘social duty’ is a major inducement to blood donation but also benefits and rewards. Ways of involving female donors by reducing the donation age to 16 years and providing donor education in schools need to be considered. In China and East Asia, the option of small‐volume donation impairs blood collection without being justified by scientific evidence but is a concession to culture. Reducing the donation age would also help the supply. In LA&C, the concept of ‘social capital’ was developed as a complement or alternative to the theory of planned behaviour. Conclusions Strategies to improve blood donation and repeat donation should be innovative and adapted to local or regional culture and environment.

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“…This is in contrast to Alfouzan's study in Saudi Arabia who reported that married individuals had higher blood donation knowledge level compared to singles [35] . Other authors reported varied conclusions [36][37] . The outcomes of this study based on donation status revealed that more first timers than previous donors participated as VBD.…”

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Hepatitis C Virus Diagnosis in Prospective Blood Donors: Epidemiology, Optimal Testing Approach and Treatment Cut-offs

Ifechukwudebelu¹,

Kolawole²,

Ositadima³

2017

Am. J. Biomed. Sci.

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Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been noted a major public health problem with no vaccines available currently. This study aims at optimizing 'safe blood' practice by advancing HCV testing beyond Diaspot rapid enzyme immunoassay in current use in Nigerian Health Institutions. Between August, 2014 and November, 2015, a total of 300 blood donors' plasma samples were screened with both Diaspot and HCV Ag-Ab enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay techniques. HCV-RNA confirmation and quantification were performed with real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) was performed on confirmed positive blood donor for treatment purpose. The overall gender ratio and mean age of blood donors screened for HCV were 1.5:1 and 27.67 ± 7.77 years respectively. Of the 300 blood donors screened, 5 (1.67%) and 1 (0.33%) were seropositive for HCV on the basis of Diaspot and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) techniques respectively. Diagnostic odds ratio showed that ELISA is nearly 9-fold a better diagnostic tool compared to Diaspot technique. Real-time PCR assay confirmed positivity of 1 (0.33%) of the blood donor for hepatitis C. HCV-RNA viral load and plasma ALT of the lone sample were 133, 209 IU/mL and 11.1 IU/L respectively. HCV prevalence among blood donors in Ekiti state is low, 0.33%. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique should be the starting point of HCV serologic screening and a surrogate technique for real-time PCR. The development of workable algorithm to reduce risks associated with blood transfusion and enhances both blood donors' and recipients' safety is highly imperative.

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Mass counseling: Effective tool to improve knowledge, attitude and behavior regarding blood donation

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