Motivations to donate blood: demographic comparisons

Glynn, Simone A.; Kleinman, Steven; Schreiber, George B.; Zuck, Thomas F.; Combs, Suzanne Mc; Bethel, James; Garratty, George; Williams, Alan E.; Study, Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor

doi:10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00008.x

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“…Recent efforts have been made by blood collection agencies to shorten the health history and make repeat donation a faster process [14]. Similar to previous results, most of our study participants did not believe any recognition was necessary [15,16]. Some suggested that a thank you or feedback on how their donation aided another individual would be helpful.…”

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Barriers and motivators to blood and cord blood donations in young African-American women

Grossman

Watkins

Fleming³

et al. 2005

Am. J. Hematol.

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The primary aim of this study was to assess potential barriers and motivators to blood and cord blood donation among African-American women. A telephone survey of AfricanAmerican women, ages 18-30 years, in the St. Louis metropolitan area was performed. The survey was administered by trained telemarketing personnel using a ComputerAssisted Direct Interview (CADI) system. One hundred sixty-two women were surveyed. Common barriers to blood donation were inconvenience of donor sites (19%), fear of needles (16%), and too much time required to donate (15%). Potential motivators were increasing awareness of need for blood (43%), increasing the number of convenient donor locations (19%), and encouragement by spiritual leaders to have blood drives at their church (17%). Lack of awareness was the only identified barrier to cord blood donation. Most women surveyed (88%) indicated that they definitely or probably would donate cord blood. Strategies to increase the proportion of African-American blood and cord blood donations may include educating potential donors about the process and benefits of donation to particular patient populations and engaging church leadership in supporting blood and cord blood donations. Am.

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Barriers and motivators to blood and cord blood donations in young African-American women

Grossman

Watkins

Fleming³

et al. 2005

Am. J. Hematol.

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“…We developed donor motivation scales based on a priori hypotheses guided by previously tested questions among blood donors (Glynn et al 2002;Sharma et al 2001) and corroborated by factor analysis. Three scales for donor motivation were identified: altruism, self-interest, and direct appeal.…”

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“…After providing written informed consent, donors completed the self-administered, structured Portuguese questionnaire including approximately 30 items adapted from a previous survey of blood donors (Glynn et al 2002;Sharma et al 2001). The instrument included demographic characteristics, reasons for blood donation, HIV/AIDS knowledge, and behavioral risk factors for HIV.…”

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“…Although the frequency of admitted test-seekers was the same between volunteer and replacement donors, test-seekers were more likely to be exposed to a sexually transmitted disease as indicated by higher HSV-2 seropositivity (Goncalez et al 2006). Motivations to donate blood may therefore be linked to the risk of transfusiontransmissible infections and efforts to achieve a blood supply based on regular, repeat donors require information on the motivations related to blood donation (Belda Suárez et al 2004;Glynn et al 2002;Glynn et al 2006;Hollingsworth and Wildmant 2004;Hupfer et al 2005;Oborne et al 1978;Rapport and Maggs 2002).…”

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Motivations Among Blood Donors in São Paulo, Brazil

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Recruiting safe, volunteer blood donors requires understanding motivations for donating and knowledge and attitudes about HIV. We surveyed 1,600 persons presenting for blood donation at a large blood bank in São Paulo, Brazil using a self-administered, structured questionnaire, and classified motivations into three domains as well as categorizing persons by HIV test-seeking behavior. Motivations, in descending order, and their significant associations were: "altruism": female gender, volunteer donor and repeat donor status; "direct appeal": female gender, repeat donor status and age 21-50 years; "self-interest": male gender, age under 20 years, first-time donor status and lower education. HIV test-seekers were more likely to give incorrect answers regarding HIV risk behavior and blood donation and the ability of antibody testing to detect recent HIV infections. Altruism is the main motivator for blood donation in Brazil; other motivators were associated with specific demographic subgroups. HIV test-seeking might be reduced by educational interventions.

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“…Relativo aos fatores intrínsecos que conduzem os sujeitos à doação de sangue, partindo do entendimento de que o desenvolvimento de um comportamento de doador exige do indivíduo uma postura de envolvimento social que pode ser representada por uma conduta altruísta e empática 22,24,25,26,27 , e voltada para atender as necessidades dos outros, foi possível definir as três hipóteses a seguir: H2 -O altruísmo influencia positivamente a predisposição para doar sangue. H3 -A empatia influencia positivamente a predisposição para doar sangue.…”

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Marketing social para doação de sangue: análise da predisposição de novos doadores

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Este artigo objetiva compreender os fatores motivacionais que influenciam os indivíduos a doarem sangue, com a finalidade de subsidiar as ações de marketing social orientadas à captação de novos doadores. Com base em uma revisão teórica, um modelo de hipóteses foi elaborado, para análise de influências e interações de construtos na formação da predisposição das pessoas a serem doadores de sangue. Foi feito o levantamento de campo por meio de um questionário estruturado, junto a uma amostra de 346 pessoas. Para análise, foram usadas técnicas de análise descritiva, avaliação de consistência psicométrica e modelagem de equações estruturais com estimação por mínimos quadrados parciais. Como resultados, verificou-se principalmente que há uma influência negativa do medo e positiva do grupo de referência na predisposição dos sujeitos em doar sangue. Isso indicou que as ações de marketing social para a doação de sangue são mais eficientes em incentivar novos doadores se mantiverem foco nesses dois fatores.

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Motivations to donate blood: demographic comparisons

Abstract: WB donations appear to be made primarily for altruistic reasons and in response to appeals for blood. Ways to build on this humanitarianism and take advantage of new communication routes, such as e-mail, need to be developed.

Cited by 220 publications

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Barriers and motivators to blood and cord blood donations in young African-American women

Barriers and motivators to blood and cord blood donations in young African-American women

Knowledge, Attitudes and Motivations Among Blood Donors in São Paulo, Brazil

Marketing social para doação de sangue: análise da predisposição de novos doadores

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