Abstract:Background: Stories are powerful in their ability to disseminate information in a meaningful way. We hypothesized that a stem cell donation story library optimized for social media could support the education and recruitment of committed unrelated hematopoietic stem cell donors from needed demographic groups.Study Design and Methods: We developed Why We Swab, a library of stories on stem cell donation (facebook.com/WhyWeSwab; instagram.com/ WhyWeSwab; twitter.com/WhyWeSwab), and evaluated its impact across soc… Show more
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