Reasons of under-representation of Iranian women in blood donation

Kasraian, Leila; Ashkani-Esfahani, Soheil; Foruozandeh, Hossein

doi:10.1016/j.htct.2020.03.009

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“…society against women living with HIV (Oskouie et al, 2017) or to the smaller proportion of Iranian blood donors who are female (Kasraian et al, 2021). Hence, although gender was included as a covariate in ANCOVAs, the impact of gender on findings in this study should be interpreted with caution.…”

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“…However, participants living without HIV were recruited from the VCT center during an HIV testing community outreach project and from a blood donation drive, and the majority were male. This may be attributable to greater HIV stigma in Iranian society against women living with HIV (Oskouie et al, 2017) or to the smaller proportion of Iranian blood donors who are female (Kasraian et al, 2021). Hence, although gender was included as a covariate in ANCOVAs, the impact of gender on findings in this study should be interpreted with caution.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prevalence, Demographic Correlates, and Medical Correlates of Cognitive Impairment Among Iranian People Living With HIV: A Cross-sectional Survey Study

Etesami

Jones

Sadeghi-Firoozabadi

et al. 2022

J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care

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While taking antiretroviral therapy, 30%–60% of people living with HIV (PLWH) experience neurocognitive impairment (NCI). To determine NCI prevalence among Iranian PLWH, by the computerized Vienna Test System, 63 adults living without HIV and 63 Iranian PLWH aged 18–50 years (M = 35.3, SD = 7.9) were assessed for cognitive function. NCI was determined by receiver operating characteristic curve cutoff points based on the adults living without HIV. Associations between demographics, HIV serostatus markers, and mean T-scores were investigated. Performance differences were tested by including significant covariates in an analysis of covariance. NCI prevalence rates were 57.14% in PLWH and 19.05% in adults living without HIV. Global neurocognitive performance and all cognitive domains were significantly different between the groups, except for visual memory and selective attention. In Iran, NCI prevalence parallels that reported in PLWH worldwide. There should be a strategy to screen Iranian PLWH for NCI.

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Section: Conclusion Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence, Demographic Correlates, and Medical Correlates of Cognitive Impairment Among Iranian People Living With HIV: A Cross-sectional Survey Study

Etesami

Jones

Sadeghi-Firoozabadi

et al. 2022

J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care

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“…Of 113 reporting countries, 15 countries reported that less than 10% of blood donations were from female donors [ 4 ]. A recent study has reported that social pressure and personal obligations were the foremost reasons for blood donation in men, whereas altruism or community responsibility were identified to be the main motives among women [ 24 ]. The same study has also showed that the higher deferral rates among women were due to medical unsuitability, anemia, pregnancy, breast-feeding, low body weight, low deposits of iron, low blood pressure, and other health problems [ 24 ].…”

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Prevalence of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections (HCV, HIV, Syphilis and Malaria) in Blood Donors: A Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study

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Blood plays a major role in transmitting infectious diseases such as hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), syphilis, malaria, and many others. Thus, this study sought to evaluate the distribution of HCV, HIV, syphilis, and malaria among blood donors in Yemen. This is a cross-sectional study, conducted on blood donors at the national center in Yemen. Blood donors’ specimens were serologically tested for the presence of anti-HCV and anti-HIV antibodies, as well as anti-Treponema pallidum, anti-Plasmodium falciparum, and anti-Plasmodium vivax. A total of 16,367 donors were included in this study. Based on the donor’s occupation, the study showed that the relative seroprevalence of anti-HCV Ab among the donors was statistically significant, and relatively high prevalence was found among military donors (2.8%). Positive HIV antibody tests were only reported in 33 male donors (0.2%), who were mostly manual workers. A remarkably high prevalence of anti-Treponema pallidum was observed among manual workers (3.1%). There was a statistically significant difference in the distribution of anti-malaria Ab based on residency and age groups. This study revealed that the prevalence of HCV, HIV, syphilis, and malaria among donors was 2.0%, 0.2%, 2.4%, and 0.7%, respectively. Further genotyping studies are necessary to provide a complete picture of the prevalence of transfusion-transmitted infections (TTIs).

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“…Some studies have shown that males are more likely to be approved by others and regard blood donation as a civic duty, females show more caution when dealing with unfamiliar things and have a greater tendency to avoid physical harm (Gagnon et al, 2016). Females are more likely to think that blood donation will hurt them and that they are not suitable as blood donors (Kasraian et al, 2021). For these reasons, when WPP push messages about blood shortages, males are more likely to respond.…”

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Impact of WeChat public platforms on blood donation behavior: a big data-based study

Guo

Chen

2022

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of WeChat public platforms (abbreviated as WPP) on blood donation behavior using data from the platforms’ backend and information system.Design/methodology/approachFirst, this paper established a time-varying difference-in-difference (DID) model to evaluate the change before and after following the WPP under normal scenarios. The difference-in-difference-in-difference (DDD) method was further used to analyze the heterogeneous effects of gender, age, occupation and education. Second, a logit model was used to examine the impact of WPP on blood donation behavior under emergency scenarios (i.e. COVID-19).FindingsThe research shows that following WPP has a positive impact on donation volume. For each donor, the average blood donation volume after following WPP increased by 12.94% compared to before following. The WPP has a greater impact on groups with males, medical staff, middle-aged individuals and those with primary school education. Following WPP also enhanced blood donation behavior in emergency scenarios. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the probability of fans donating blood was 2.6% higher than non-fans, and the average blood donation volume of fans was 7.04% higher than non-fans, which was 5.9% lower than in normal scenarios.Originality/valueFor theory, this paper quantified the impact of WPP on blood donation behavior in normal and emergency scenarios and addressed the research gap surrounding the impact exerted by social media on blood donation behavior. For methodology, the time-varying DID model, DDD model and logit model were applied to the field of blood donation, which expanded the application scenarios. For practice, the findings are of great significance for recruiting blood donors and providing evidence for promotion on WPP.

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Reasons of under-representation of Iranian women in blood donation

Cited by 15 publications

References 27 publications

Prevalence, Demographic Correlates, and Medical Correlates of Cognitive Impairment Among Iranian People Living With HIV: A Cross-sectional Survey Study

Prevalence, Demographic Correlates, and Medical Correlates of Cognitive Impairment Among Iranian People Living With HIV: A Cross-sectional Survey Study

Prevalence of Transfusion-Transmitted Infections (HCV, HIV, Syphilis and Malaria) in Blood Donors: A Large-Scale Cross-Sectional Study

Impact of WeChat public platforms on blood donation behavior: a big data-based study

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