Are university students a favorable target group for blood donation campaigns?

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Eser, B., Kurnaz, F., Kaynar, L., Yay, M., Şıvgın, S., Ünal, A., and Çetin, M. (2010). Are university students a favorable target group for blood donation campaigns? Turkish Journal of Hematology, 27(04), 275-28.  
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the willingness of university students regarding blood donation and to compare results among residents living in the Kayseri ci…

Knowledge, attitude and practice towards blood donation and associated factors among adults in Debre Markos town, northwest Ethiopia.

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Yenework, A. J., Esmael, A., & Ahmed, K. Y. (2016). Knowledge, attitude and practice towards blood donation and associated factors among adults in debre markos town, northwest ethiopia. BMC Hematology, 16(23).
Background: Although the demand for blood supply has progressively increased in developing countries, evidences indicate that there is a major shortage of blood and blood products…

Modelling antecedents of blood donation motivation among non-donors of varying age and education.

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Lemmens, K. P. H., Abraham, C., Ruiter, R. A. C., Veldhuizen, I. J. T., Dehing, C. J. G., Bos, A. E. R., & Schaalma, H. P. (2009). Modelling antecedents of blood donation motivation among non-donors of varying age and education. British Journal Of Psychology, 100, 71–90.
Understanding blood donation motivation among non-donors is prerequisite to effective recruitment. Two studies explored the psychological antecedents of blood donation motivation …

Tele-recruitment for donor retention.

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Agrawal, A., & Tiwari, A. (2014). Tele-recruitment for donor retention. Indian Journal of Hematology and Blood Transfusion, 30(1), 22-25.
Blood transfusion services are the integral part of health care system and these services have safe blood transfusion as the major goal. Voluntary blood donation is the key to saf…

The blood donation experience: self-reported motives and obstacles for donating blood.

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Sojka, B. N., & Sojka, P. (2008). The blood donation experience: self-reported motives and obstacles for donating blood. Vox Sanguinis, 94(1), 56–63.
Background and Objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate motives for donating blood as well as difficulties and obstacles associated with blood donation as perceived by …

Evolution of blood donation patterns in a hospital-based blood centre over a seven-year period: implications for donor recruitment and retention.

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Buchner-Daley, L. M., Brady-West, D. C., McGrowder, D. A., & Gordon-Strachan, G. M. (2013). Evolution of blood donation patterns in a hospital-based blood centre over a seven-year period: implications for donor recruitment and retention. The West Indian Medical Journal, 62(7), 632–635.
Objective: The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a public appeal to encourage voluntary blood donation by comparing the pattern of blood donations in 2000 and 2007…

Mechanism of altruism approach to blood donor recruitment and retention: a review and future directions.

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Ferguson, E. (2015). Mechanism of altruism approach to blood donor recruitment and retention: a review and future directions. Transfusion Medicine, 25(4), 211–226.
Why do people donate blood? Altruism is the common answer. However, altruism is a complex construct and to answer this question requires a systematic analysis of the insights from…

Missing minorities: Explaining low migrant blood donation participation and developing recruitment tactics.

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Boenigk, S., Mews, M., & de Kort, W. (2015). Missing minorities: Explaining low migrant blood donation participation and developing recruitment tactics. Voluntas, 26(4), 1240-1260.
Missing Minorities (MIMI) is a research project initiated by the European Blood Alliance that aims to develop new strategies to recruit blood donors from minority groups. This pap…

Factors Influencing the Levels of Recruitment for Blood Donations in Saudi Arabia.

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Al-Rashdi, Y.D.A., Alharbi, S.H, Alateeq, F.A., Ahmed, I.B., Alsogair, A.R.A.A., Aldugieman, T.Z., & Ahmed, H.G. (2018). Factors Influencing the Levels of Recruitment for Blood Donations in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences, 7(7), 72-79.
Background: Understanding the blood donor motivations is essential in successful efficient donor recruitment and retention strategies. Therefore, the objective of this study was t…

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