Agrawal Amit, Tiwari Aseem K, Ahuja Alok, Kalra Rakesh
Blood Bank, IMA Blood Bank of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
Asian J Transfus Sci. 2013 Jan;7(1):59-62. doi: 10.4103/0973-6247.106740.
Blood transfusions form a crucial and irreplaceable part in the medical management of many diseases. The collection of blood from voluntary, non-remunerated blood donors from low risk populations is an important measure for ensuring the availability and safety of blood transfusion. In a state like Uttarakhand which is visited by lakhs of visitors during pilgrimage season and where natural calamities and accidents are very common, the availability of blood is of utmost importance.
To find out knowledge, attitude and practices of people towards voluntary blood donation to comprehend the situation and find ways to enhance voluntary blood donation in the state of Uttarakhand.
Multi stage methodology was designed to target population including general population, influencers (doctors) and supporting organizations (camp organizers, State AIDS Control Society Officials) who were subjected to in-depth interview using pre-structured questionnaires to assess knowledge/awareness about voluntary blood donation, factors preventing and source of knowledge about voluntary blood donation.
The sample population consisted of mostly men (67%) in the age-group of 26-35 years. Requirement of blood and the measures to promote voluntary blood donation have a direct relationship with the total population and literacy level of the population. Awareness about blood donation, source of knowledge about blood donation, reasons for not donating blood are particularly stressed. With increase in educational level, the awareness level was also found to increase. While among illiterates 81 percent of the respondents knew about blood donation, among the post graduates the same ratio was found to be almost cent-percent. Among various reasons cited for not donating blood, lack of awareness being the most common reason. People gathered information about blood donation from several different sources with electronic media being the most prominent.
This study illustrates how increasing awareness and marketing 'Voluntary blood donation' can enhance adequacy of blood needs of a state or for that matter the entire country. This study also underlines how different media, especially electronic media, can be used to propagate altruistic blood donation.
输血在许多疾病的医疗管理中起着至关重要且不可替代的作用。从低风险人群中采集自愿无偿献血者的血液是确保输血用血供应和安全的一项重要措施。在北阿坎德邦这样一个在朝圣季节有大量游客到访且自然灾害和事故频发的邦，血液的供应至关重要。
了解人们对自愿献血的知识、态度和行为，以了解情况并找到增加北阿坎德邦自愿献血的方法。
设计了多阶段方法以针对包括普通人群、有影响力的人（医生）和支持组织（活动组织者、邦艾滋病控制协会官员）在内的人群，使用预先构建的问卷对他们进行深入访谈，以评估对自愿献血的知识/认知、阻碍因素以及自愿献血的知识来源。
样本人群主要为年龄在26 - 35岁的男性（67%）。血液需求以及促进自愿献血的措施与总人口和人口识字率有直接关系。特别强调了对献血的认知、献血知识来源、不献血的原因。随着教育水平的提高，认知水平也有所提高。虽然在文盲中81%的受访者知道献血，但在研究生中这一比例几乎达到100%。在不献血的各种原因中，缺乏认知是最常见的原因。人们从几个不同来源获取献血信息，其中电子媒体最为突出。
本研究说明了提高认知和推广“自愿献血”如何能够增加一个邦乃至整个国家的血液需求充足率。本研究还强调了如何利用不同媒体，尤其是电子媒体来宣传利他性献血。
