The blood-donation experience: Perceived physical, psychological and social impact of blood donation on the donor.

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Nilsson Sojka, B., & Sojka, P. (2003). The blood-donation experience: Perceived physical, psychological and social impact of blood donation on the donor. Vox Sanguinis, 84(2), 120–128.
Background and Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the impact and effects of blood donation on blood donors as perceived and reported by donors themselves.  Materials and…

Can inactive blood donors be re-recruited? A stratified randomised pilot study.

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Ou-Yang, J., He, B., Rong, X., & Bei, C.-H. (2017). Can inactive blood donors be re-recruited? A stratified randomised pilot study. Transfusion Medicine, 27(6), 421–427.
Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment of inactive donors by telephone call and cell phone short message service (SMS), to assess the ca…

Under blood pressure - differentiated versus undifferentiated marketing to increase blood donations.

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Sundermann, L. M., Boenigk, S., & Willems, J. (2017). Under blood pressure - differentiated versus undifferentiated marketing to increase blood donations. International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, 14, 321-340.
Despite strong evidence in current marketing theory and practice that a differentiated marketing approach increases recruitment success, blood services worldwide often use undiffe…

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., & 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…

Factors that motivate and hinder blood donation in Greece.

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Marantidou, O., Loukopoulou, L., Zervou, E., Martinis, G., Egglezou, A., Fountouli, P., … & Maniatis, A. (2007). Factors that motivate and hinder blood donation in Greece. Transfusion Medicine, 17(6), 443–450.
Donations in Greece are insufficient to cover the high transfusion needs arising from large numbers of thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia patients and the implementation of new …

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

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Jemberu, Y. A., 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(1), 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…

Incentives for blood donation: A discrete choice experiment to analyze extrinsic motivation.

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Sadler, A., Shi, L., Bethge, S., & Mühlbacher, A. (2018). Incentives for blood donation: A discrete choice experiment to analyze extrinsic motivation. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy, 45(2), 116-124.
Background: Demographic trends affect size and age structure of populations. One of the consequences will be an increasing need for blood products to treat age-related diseases. D…

Blood donation in Guangdong Province, China, from 2006-2014. 

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Ou-Yang, J., & Bei, C.-H. (2016). Blood donation in Guangdong Province, China, from 2006-2014. Transfusion Medicine, 26(3), 195–201.
Objective: To explore the trends in blood collection from 2006 to 2014 in Guangdong, China. Background: Although the Blood Donation Law of the People's Republic of China was imple…

How barriers to blood donation differ between lapsed donors and non-donors in France.

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Duboz, P., & Cunéo, B. (2010). How barriers to blood donation differ between lapsed donors and non-donors in France. Transfusion Medicine, 20(4), 227–236.
Blood donors are underrepresented in the general population. Thus, comparing barriers to blood donation between non-donors and lapsed donors is crucial to improving their particip…

Giving blood and enrolling on the stem cell donor registry: Ranking of obstacles and motives in Switzerland.

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Bart, T., Volken, T., Fischer, Y., & Taleghani, B. M. (2014). Giving blood and enrolling on the stem cell donor registry: Ranking of obstacles and motives in Switzerland. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy, 41(4), 264-72.
Background: To obtain a better understanding of factors affecting blood and blood stem cell donation behavior in Switzerland, a series of studies has been performed. In the recent…

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