BACKGROUND Empirical studies in Muslim communities on organ donation and blood transfusion show that Muslim counsellors play an important role in the decision process. Despite the emerging importance of online English Sunni fatwas, these fatwas on organ donation and blood transfusion have hardly been studied, thus creating a gap in our knowledge of contemporary Islamic views on the subject. M...

OBJECTIVES Reasons for predonation deferral of young potential donors and prospects of recruiting and retaining young people (age 18-29) as voluntary blood donors were studied. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Three different sources of data were analysed: (i) the subsequent donation history of 2057 donors who started their donation career at the Blood Bank of Oslo (BBO) in 1999, age and gender of al...

Background: Iron deficiency and its related anemia, which is the world’s most widespread nutritional deficiency, can be one of the possible consequences of regular blood donation. This research was carried out to compare iron stores in regular blood donors and first-time blood donors in Tehran Regional Blood Transfusion Center. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out on 2,149 male bl...

INTRODUCTION Similar to other developed countries, only 3% of the total population in Hong Kong donate blood (Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service 2003). More than 20% of annual donations come from youngsters aged 18-25. However, this category of donors has decreased gradually from 24.6% in 2004 to 22.9% in 2008. This study aims to examine the characteristics and intention of young blo...

BACKGROUND Little is known about the long-term effects of interventions aimed at increasing turnout among voluntary blood donors. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS We use a retrospective natural experiment with all 40,653 donors who were repeatedly invited to blood drives in Zurich, Switzerland, between 2010 and 2013. The intervention is a quasi-randomized phone call informing donors of a current shor...

BACKGROUND Like other countries, Canada's population is aging, and the implications of this demographic change need to be better understood from the perspective of blood supply. Analysis of donor data will help to identify systematic patterns of donation and its correlates. DATA Geo-coded blood donor and donor clinic data are provided by Canadian Blood Services. Blood donor data is provided f...

Introduction. Adequate and safe blood supply has remained a challenge in developing countries like ours. There is a high dependency on family replacement and remunerated blood donors in our environment which carries an attendant increased risk of transfusion transmissible infection. Objectives. The objectives of this study were to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of voluntary blood ...

Comprehensive studies on the knowledge and attitude toward blood donation, considering cultural differences and traditions , are useful for planning strategies in the recruitment of non-remunerated blood donors. Several instruments to assess knowledge regarding blood donation have been presented in the scientific literature 1,2 such as the instrument proposed by Sabu et al. 3 These authors intr...

BACKGROUND The reasons why deferral from blood donation reduces the likelihood of future return remain unclear. This aim of this study was to investigate possible reasons why deferral has such a dramatic impact on donation patterns. METHODS Qualitative methods were used to explore donors' motivations to give blood, their experiences of temporary deferral, and their intentions to return once e...