Factors influencing the decision to donate: racial and ethnic comparisons

Glynn, Simone A.; Schreiber, George B.; Murphy, Edward L.; Kessler, Debra; Higgins, Martha; Wright, David J.; Mathew, Sunitha; Tu, Yongling; King, Melissa R.; Smith, James W.; Study, Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor

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“…Among all donors, the most important motivation factor found in our study was altruism, agreeing with results from studies conducted in other countries that most donors have the desire to help someone and to do something important for society (Glynn et al 2002;Glynn et al 2006;Oborne et al 1978). As concluded by other authors most blood donors appear to have high levels of primary social responsibility, commonly thought to be a strong motivator for donation, although it may not be related to donation frequency (Steele et al 2007).…”

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

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“…According to these authors, African Americans are more prone to give blood if they are certain that it will be used for transfusions within their own communities. Glynn et al (2006) suggest that among Blacks, the main motivations for giving blood in the United States were social responsibility, receiving a request to give blood, and getting a health check. Schreiber et al (2006), Hollingsworth and Wildman (2004), as well as Nguyen et al (2008), agree that a higher than average number of Black donors complain about the way they are received at blood drives.…”

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The Paradoxical Situation of Blood Donation in the Haitian-Quebec Community

Charbonneau¹,

Tran²

2015

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Blood donation involves precise regulations aiming to protect donors and recipients. At the beginning of the 1980's, thousands of Canadians were infected with HIV and Hepatitis C. To prevent the contamination of blood products, health authorities asked Haitians, among other groups, to voluntarily refrain from giving blood. Witness testimonies at the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the Blood System in Canada (Krever Commission) show how profoundly affected Haitians were by these events. Today, we know that it is preferable to use phenotyped blood from the same community as the donor in the case of certain diseases. Increasing blood donation from the Black community is believed to be the best way to find donors who will be compatible with patients suffering from sickle-cell disease. Blood supply agencies such as Héma-Québec are seeking to convince Haitians to give blood in greater numbers. However, this task represents a great challenge, since, less than one generation ago, authorities asked that Haitians voluntarily abstain from donating blood. This paradoxical situation inspired the present analysis. Through the conceptual lens of a constructivist approach to ethnicity, this case study draws on a number of sources. By retracing the history of this community and the major events that have affected it over the decades, we are brought to a better understanding of the perceptions and realities of the Haitian community in Montreal with regard to blood donation. Our analyses show that even if Haitian-Quebec leaders are positively disposed towards blood donation, our results also expose that past events of the 1980's have not been forgotten. Even if many are now willing to give blood to meet specific medical needs, for some, this could also contradict the usual universalist and altruistic message of blood donation. This case study highlights the importance of examining what happens at the relational boundary between minority and majority groups: after all, these events also contribute to redefining them. RésuméLe don de sang au Québec est encadré par des règles définies pour protéger les donneurs et ceux qui doivent subir une transfusion sanguine. Au début des années 1980, des milliers de Canadiens seront infectés par le VIH et l'Hépatite C. Pour prévenir la contamination des produits sanguins, les autorités sanitaires ont invité certains groupes, dont les Haïtiens, à s'abstenir volontairement de donner du sang. Les témoignages à la Commission d'enquête sur l'approvisionnement en sang au Canada (Commission Krever) ont montré à quel point les Haïtiens-Québécois en ont été affectés. Aujourd'hui, on sait qu'il est préférable d'utiliser le sang phénotypé qui provient de la même communauté que le donneur dans le cas de certaines maladies. Par exemple, l'augmentation de dons de sang de la communauté noire serait la meilleure façon de trouver des donneurs compatibles avec les patients atteints d'anémie falciforme. Convaincre les Haïtiens de donner du sang en plus grand nombre semble pourtant un véritable défi du fait q...

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“…Kao prepreke za dobrovoljno davalaštvo se u literaturi najčešće navode strah od igle i nedostatak entuzijazma da se poseti Služba za transfuziju krvi 12,13 . Ovi rezultati su u skladu sa našom studijom koja je pokazala da je najčešća nelagodnost koju ispitanici vezuju za doniranje krvi, upravo ubod igle.…”

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Blood collection and motivation in local community

Milicev¹,

Simić²,

Đurđević³

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ApstraktDobrovoljno davalaštvo (DDK) je jedini način za obezbeđivanje kontinuirane zalihe ovog jedinstvenog leka. Stoga je neophodno motivisati i informisati stanovištvo o pozitivnim efektima donatorstva krvi, a u cilju da se regrutuju novi i zadržavanja postojećih DDK.Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitivanje načina informisanosti, motiva i prepreka za dobrovoljno davanje krvi, kao i razloga za ponovno davalaštvo.Ispitivanje je obuhvatilo 65 DDK koji su popunjavali upitnik u Službi za transfuziju krvi KBC Zemun-Beograd. Pitanja su se odnosila na strukturne podatke (pol, starosna dob, obrazovanje), znanje i informisanost o davalaštvu, kao i na motaviciju i prepreke u vezi budućeg dobrovoljnog davanja krvi. Statistička obrada je obuhvatila standardne metode deskriptivne statistike kao i grafičke prikaze.Dobijeni rezultati su pokazali da je većina ispitanika za dobrovoljno davanje krvi saznalo od porodice i prijatelja (40.6%). Namensko davanje krvi je u većini slučajeva (33.8%) bio prvi kontakt sa davalaštvom. Čak 66.5% DDK se tokom procedure davanja krvi oseća odlično, međutim 7.7% kao prepreku u davanju krvi bira ubod igle. Njih 73.9% se odlučilo da će nastaviti redovno da daruje krv, a kao glavni razlog su uglavnom navodili altruizam (33.8%). Među onima koji bi krv darovali možda povremeno (26.1%), glavni motiv je bio slučaj da krv zatreba nekome iz bliskog okruženja (12.3%).Na osnovnu ispitivanja, može se reći da je u našoj lokalnoj zajednici dobrovoljno davalaštvo krvi zasnovano na altruizmu. Ipak, u cilju okupljanja većeg broja potencijalnih DDK i zarad zadržavanja postojećih, neophodna je stalna motivacija i promocija davalaštva kao jedinstvne karike zdravstvenog sistema u koje je uključeno celokupno stanovništvo.Ključne reči: dobrovoljni davalac krvi, motivacija, informisanost, altruizam. Blood collection and motivation in local community AbstractVoluntary blood donation is the only source of continous blood supply. That is why motivation and informing about positive effects of donating is of key importance in order to recruit and keep existing donors.The study was performed in Department of blood Transfusion, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun-Belgrade, where questionnaire was given to 65 volontary blood donors. The questionnaire comprised structural questions (sex, age, education), questions about previous knowladge and information, as well as motivation and obstacles for donating blood. Descriptive analyses and grafics were used for analizing and presentig results.Collected data showed that the majority of respondents got information about donating from family and friends (40.6%). Dedicated donation was the most common first contact with donating (33.8%). Although, 66.5% of respondents were feeling excelent during the procedure of blood donation, 7.7% of them choose needle as the most common obstacle. 73.9% declared that are willing to continue with regular donating and alturism was the most quoted motiv (33.8%). Among those who would donate blood periodically (26.1%), the most common motiv was if family or friend...

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Factors influencing the decision to donate: racial and ethnic comparisons

Cited by 82 publications

References 18 publications

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

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

The Paradoxical Situation of Blood Donation in the Haitian-Quebec Community

Blood collection and motivation in local community

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