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Vhanda D, Timire C, Chitungo IJB, Chinowaita F, Nkomo SZ, Chagonda S, Nherera B, Dzinamarira T, Kouamou V. Blood donor retention and iron deficiency anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa: A call for more robust donor screening methods. Vox Sang 2023; 118:354-356. [PMID: 36852764 DOI: 10.1111/vox.13415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2022] [Revised: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/01/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Donald Vhanda
- Chemical Pathology Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Pathology Department, Midlands State University, Gweru, Zimbabwe
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- Chemical Pathology Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Chemical Pathology Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Internal Medicine Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Schröder JM, Merz EM, Suanet B, Wiepking P. Did you donate? Talking about donations predicts compliance with solicitations for donations. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0281214. [PMID: 36730274 PMCID: PMC9894400 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Many forms of prosocial behaviour are highly institutionalized. They are facilitated by organizations that broker between donors and recipients. A highly effective tool that organizations use to elicit prosocial behaviour are solicitations for donations (e.g., of blood, time, or money). Using register and survey data on blood donations in the Netherlands, we examine to what extent compliance with these solicitations is predicted by being recruited via word of mouth (WOM) and talking about donations. Our model predicts that donors that are one unit higher on our measure of talking about donations (range = 1-4) have a 2.9 percentage points higher compliance with solicitations for donations. In addition, this association is stronger for novice donors. Our study demonstrates the social embedding of the donors' decision-making processes about compliance. For practice, our results imply that organizations may increase their contributors' communication about donations to increase the effectiveness of their solicitations.
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- Joris Melchior Schröder
- Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States of America
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Klinkenberg EF, Fransen MP, de Kort WLAM, Huis In 't Veld EMJ, van Weert JCM. Unknown, so also unvalued? Blood donation awareness and attitudes of potential donors of Dutch and African descent. Vox Sang 2020; 116:513-523. [PMID: 33161573 PMCID: PMC8247345 DOI: 10.1111/vox.13029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Many Western countries face a shortage of African blood donors, while their specific blood groups are needed to transfuse chronic transfusion patients of similar ethnic background. Blood donation awareness and attitudes greatly impact the decision to become a blood donor, but how they are related and differ across ethnic groups is understudied. This study investigated blood donation awareness and attitudes of individuals of Dutch and African descent in the Netherlands. MATERIALS AND METHODS Survey data of 257 African and 152 Dutch non-donors measuring donation awareness (i.e. being familiar with the Dutch blood bank organization and knowing others who donated blood), cognitive (evaluative judgements) and affective (emotional reactions) attitudes were included. t-Tests, chi-square tests, linear and logistic regressions were conducted to study differences and associations between donation awareness and attitudes. RESULTS African individuals were less often aware of the Dutch blood bank organization (43%; p < 0·05) or others who donated blood (51%; p < 0·05) than Dutch individuals (55% and 68%, respectively). African individuals had lower cognitive donation attitudes compared with Dutch individuals (p < 0·001), but no differences were found for affective attitudes (p = 0·55). High donation awareness was associated with higher cognitive (p < 0·001) and affective (p < 0·05) donation attitudes among African minorities, but not among Dutch individuals. CONCLUSION The lower donation awareness and cognitive attitudes of African minorities should be taken into consideration in donor recruitment. Raising awareness through effective communication strategies might be essential in the donor decision making process of this target group.
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- Elisabeth F Klinkenberg
- Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Public Health research institute, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Cognitive Science & Artificial Intelligence, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam School of Communication Research / ASCoR, Department of Communication Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Lam M, Masser BM, Dixson BJW. A branded bandage is worth a thousand words: blood branded bandages signal men's generosity and morality. Vox Sang 2020; 116:388-396. [PMID: 33104242 DOI: 10.1111/vox.13018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Recruiting and retaining male donors remain an ongoing challenge for blood collection agencies. Research suggests that interventions based on costly signalling theory that allows donors to unobtrusively but publicly signal their donor status may be effective. However, what functions as such a signal and how it is interpreted has not been determined. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 242 Australian residents (127 female; 115 male) recruited through an online research platform rated their perceptions of a male target wearing (a) no bandage, (b) a regular unmarked bandage or (c) a blood donor branded bandage. RESULTS The target wearing a blood donor branded bandage was rated as significantly more generous by female participants and moral compared to both the target who wore no bandage and the target wearing a regular unmarked bandage. The target wearing the unmarked bandage was perceived as significantly less healthy and competent compared to the target not wearing a bandage. CONCLUSION A public signal of public donor status conveys the generosity and morality of the wearer. The bandage applied to donors after they have donated can act as such an effective signal, but only when these bandages are clearly branded as resulting from donating blood.
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- Michael Lam
- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia.,Clinical Services and Research Division, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
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Piersma TW, Merz EM, Bekkers R, de Kort W, Andersen S, Hjalgrim H, Rostgaard K, Nielsen KR, Ullum H. Life events and donor lapse among blood donors in Denmark. Vox Sang 2019; 114:795-807. [PMID: 31576575 PMCID: PMC6899561 DOI: 10.1111/vox.12842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2019] [Revised: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The likelihood of donating blood changes over the life course, with life events shown to influence entry to and exit from the donor population. While these previous findings provide valuable insights for donor management, blood collection agencies need to be cautious about generalizing findings to other countries as blood donor behaviour is context-specific. To examine cross-country variations in donor behaviour, the repeatability of a previous Dutch study on life events and blood donor lapse is examined by using a sample of Danish donors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Register data from Statistics Denmark was linked to the Scandinavian Donations and Transfusions database (n = 152 887). Logistic regressions were conducted to examine the association between life events in 2009-2012 and blood donor lapse in 2013-2014. RESULTS Of the total sample, 69 079 (45·2%) donors lapsed. Childbirth and losing a job increased the lapsing risk by 11% and 16%, respectively, while health-related events in the family (i.e. blood transfusion, disease and death) decreased the lapsing risk by 5%, 7% and 9%, respectively. CONCLUSION Life events are associated with donor lapse of Danish donors. These results are comparable to previous findings from the Netherlands (i.e. childbirth and labour market transitions increased lapsing risk; health-related events decreased lapsing risk), with two thirds of the associations being in the same direction. Differences between study results were mainly related to effect sizes and demographic compositions of the donor pools. We argue contextual factors to be of importance in blood donor studies.
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- Tjeerd W Piersma
- Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Center for Philanthropic Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Philanthropic Studies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Sociology, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Social Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Finance, Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Öhrner C, Kvist M, Blom Wiberg K, Diedrich B. Why do young men lapse from blood donation? Vox Sang 2019; 114:566-575. [DOI: 10.1111/vox.12796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/02/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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- Caroline Öhrner
- Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden
- Division of Transplantation Surgery Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC) Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden
- Division of Transplantation Surgery Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC) Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden
- Division of Transplantation Surgery Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC) Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine Karolinska University Hospital Stockholm Sweden
- Division of Transplantation Surgery Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology (CLINTEC) Karolinska Institutet Stockholm Sweden
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