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Blood and organ donation: health impact, prevalence, correlates and interventions [PDF]

, 2019
Objective: Without a supply of blood, health services could not meet their clinical needs. Similarly, organs for transplantation save and transform lives.
Murray, Catherine, O'Carroll, Ronan E, Ferguson, Eamonn, O'Carroll, Ronan   +3 more
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Assessment of the level and factors associated with knowledge, attitude and practice of blood donation among medical and paramedical personnel in ALERT Hospital, Ethiopia

Journal of Public Health Research, 2021
Background: Though there was a high blood supply need in response to high communicable disease and increased emergency conditions; the practice of health professionals and non-health professionals on voluntary blood donation is still unexpectedly low in ...
Melese Yeshambaw Teferi, Simon Genet Woldesenbet, Solomon Asnakew Feleke, Ermias Hundito Abebe, Hawult Taye Adane, Chalachew Misganaw Alemayehu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experiences and Perceptions of Chinese University Students Toward Blood Donation: A Qualitative Analysis

SAGE Open, 2023
To examine the perceptions and experiences of Chinese university students blood donors. A semi-structured, face-to-face interview was conducted with 19 university students blood donors and an inductive thematic analysis was performed to analyze the ...
Xueli Yao, Yijin Wu
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UMP, HTAA Blood Donation Campaign helps save lives [PDF]

, 2022
PEKAN, 1 June 2022 – A total of 187 donors among students and staff of Universiti Malaysia Pahang (UMP) participated in the blood donation campaign at Level 1 Lobby, Student Activity Centre (PAP), UMP Pekan ...
Siti Nurfarmy, Ibrahim
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Voluntary blood donation in a rural block of Vellore, South India: A knowledge, attitude and practice study

CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research, 2016
Context: There is a shortage of voluntary blood donors in developing countries which are, therefore, more dependent on replacement donors. Aim: To study the knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding voluntary blood donation in a rural block in Vellore,
Akhil Kurup, Avanish Jha, Shalini Sahu, K. N. C. Sindhu, Arun Bhatt, Anu Mary Oommen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

An international comparison of deceased and living organ donation/transplant rates in opt-in and opt-out systems: a panel study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: Policy decisions about opt-in and opt-out consent for organ donation are based on limited evidence. To fill this gap we investigated the difference between deceased and living organ donation rates in opt-in and opt-out consent systems across ...
Ronan E O’Carroll, Eamonn Ferguson, Shepherd, Lee, O’Carroll, Ronan E, Ferguson, Eamonn, O'Carroll, Ronan, Lee Shepherd   +6 more
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An Exploratory Study of the Differences in Attitudes and Motives Regarding COVID-19 Plasma Donation

Acta Medica Lituanica, 2022
Background: Understanding the attitude and motives and differences between voluntary and replacement blood donation is the key to the sustainable availability of this precious resource.
Ashish Maheshwari, Mohit Varshney, Meenu Bajpai, Neeraj Raizada, Tarika Sharma   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Serum Ferritin and Blood Pressure modulation in first-time and regular blood donors

Annals of Health Research, 2019
Background: The health benefits of blood donation are well known. However, the overall effect of long term regular blood donation on body iron store and blood pressure need to be evaluated among voluntary blood donors.
Alani Aalamu, Vincent Osunkalu, Aderonke Lawal-Folorunsho   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Circulating microRNA signatures of cachexia and cancer in Canis familiaris as a comparative oncology model for human disease

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Circulating microRNAs as biomarkers of cachexia and sex‐specific cancer in senior dogs. In 25 client‐owned dogs, four circulating miRNAs (miR‐15a, miR‐15b, miR‐16, miR‐140) were downregulated in cachexia, with miR‐16 the strongest individual biomarker (AUC = 0.899).
Soon‐Seok Park, Kyongman An, Gyeonghwa Kim, Soo‐Nyun Choi, Hong‐Ki Lee, Keun Hur, Kyu‐Shik Jeong   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors affecting Voluntary Blood donation in Zambia

, 2012
The study attempted to investigate those factors that affect voluntary blood donation - in relation to the supply of a safe and adequate blood to hospitals in Zambia. A'cross sectional survey of a systematic, randomly selected, secondary school students,
Kongwa, Patricia Namukolo Mutumba
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