Blood Donation and Blood Transfusion: Special Considerations for African Americans
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Blood Donation
Blood collection and transfusion are important to the functioning of a self-sufficient community resource–based healthcare system in the United States and in the world. In the United States, approximately 15 million whole-blood products are collected each year from voluntary, nonremunerated donors.1, 2 The American Red Cross (ARC), the single largest blood collection system worldwide, collects approximately 50% of the products collected in the United States. The other 50% is collected by
AA Understanding of the Safety of the Blood Supply
AAs have more fear of contracting HIV from blood transfusion than do whites. Data from the National Health Interview Survey of AIDS knowledge and attitudes in 1992 revealed that AAs do not believe that blood is routinely screened for HIV more often than do whites (82% of whites believe blood is screened for HIV versus 68% of AAs or Hispanics). In addition, adults with less education had less knowledge that blood was routinely screened for HIV (39% with less than 12 years of education vs 23%
Conclusions
There are issues unique to AA blood donation, blood processing, and blood transfusion, many of which have not been adequately studied. As AAs are a growing minority and especially in some geographic locations where they represent a majority, a constant supply of blood donated by members in the AA community is necessary to support this growth. Therefore, it is essential that more AA blood donors are recruited to help close the gap and support the maintenance of the blood supply. This recruitment
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Factors that contribute to blood donation behavior among primary healthcare users: A structural approach
2019, Transfusion and Apheresis ScienceCitation Excerpt :Psychosocial variables are integral in contemporary models predicting donation intention and behavior [5,6]. Knowledge regarding blood donation process, religious beliefs and altruistic feelings, well-being and quality of life, as well as positive perception of health, have been pointed to as relevant motivating factors [7–15]. An emerging body of research has also emphasized different aspects of fear as important barriers to donation behavior and donor return in recent donors, first-time donors, students, females, young adults and individuals with different levels of donation experience [16–19].