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…

A randomized trial of direct-to-patient communication to enhance adherence to β-blocker therapy following myocardial infarction.

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Smith, D. H. (2008). A randomized trial of direct-to-patient communication to enhance adherence to β-blocker therapy following myocardial infarction. Archives of Internal Medicine, 168(5), 477-483.
We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial in 4 geographically dispersed health maintenance organizations testing the hypothesis that a simple direct-to-patient interventi…

Osteoporosis telephonic intervention to improve medication regimen adherence: a large, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial.

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Solomon, D. H., Iversen, M. D., Avorn, J., Gleeson, T., Brookhart, M. A., Patrick, A. R., ... & Katz, J. N. (2012). Osteoporosis telephonic intervention to improve medication regimen adherence: a large, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial. Archives of internal medicine, 172(6), 477-483.
Multiple studies demonstrate poor adherence to medication regimens prescribed for chronic illnesses, including osteoporosis, but few interventions have been proven to enhance adhe…

Understanding the use of contextual cues: design implications for medication adherence technologies that support remembering.

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Stawarz, K., Rodríguez, M. D., Cox, A. L., & Blandford, A. (2016). Understanding the use of contextual cues: design implications for medication adherence technologies that support remembering. Digital Health, 2, 1-18.
Forgetfulness is one of the main reasons of unintentional medication non-adherence. Adherence technologies that help people remember to take their medications on time often do not…

A test of financial incentives to improve warfarin adherence.

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Volpp, K. G., Loewenstein, G., Troxel, A. B., Doshi, J., Price, M., Laskin, M., & Kimmel, S. E. (2008). A test of financial incentives to improve warfarin adherence. BMC Health Services Research, 8, 272.
Sub-optimal adherence to warfarin places millions of patients at risk for stroke and bleeding complications each year. Novel methods are needed to improve adherence for warfarin. …

Behavior-changing methods for improving adherence to medication.

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Willey, C. (1999). Behavior-changing methods for improving adherence to medication. Current Hypertension Reports, 1(6), 477–81.
Long-term adherence to antihypertensive drug therapy is poor, and new strategies to predict and improve adherence to prescribed drug regimens are needed. The literature on behavio…

Explaining attitudes and adherence to antipsychotic medication: the development of a process model.

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Wiesjahn, M., Jung, E., Lamster, F., Rief, W., & Lincoln, T. M. (2014). Explaining attitudes and adherence to antipsychotic medication: the development of a process model. Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, 2014, 341545.
Although nonadherence to antipsychotic medication poses a threat to outcome of medical treatment, the processes preceding the intake behavior have not been investigated sufficient…

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