Sharma Akanksha, Harish Jagga Sankalp, Kumar Dinesh, Thaman Richa Ghay
MBBS, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
Department of Medicine, Sri Guru Ram Das University of Health Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India.
J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2021 Nov;13(Suppl 2):S1488-S1495. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_264_21. Epub 2021 Nov 10.
A blood donation camp was organized in the institute which was a student initiative and a street play on blood donation awareness was carried out at different parts of the institute. For this reason, the study aimed at assessing the knowledge, attitude, and practises among the voluntary donors was carried out to bring out further awareness programs.
The study is a Cross-sectional analysis to know about the knowledge, attitude, and practises among the donors as well as collect information regarding the rare blood groups. The idea to conduct a blood donation camp at a tertiary care hospital in Amritsar was initiated by the students of the 2, 3, and 4 professional year and was implemented on February 8, 2018. On this day, two awareness street plays were carried out, first at the outpatient department area and then near the college entrance to spread the message about the benefits and necessity of blood donation. The activity of blood donation was executed by a group of 15 team members and the staff posted in the blood bank of the institute. Each donor was taken care of by looking after any postdonation weakness or nausea plus were also provided with refreshments. At the end, feedback forms were handed over and 50 such filled forms were collected.
Out of the 50 donors, there were 21 male (42%) and 29 females (58%), with a mean age of 21.45 ± 1.35 years. It was recognized that, among 50 donors, 52% of the donors have not donated in the last 2 years while 58% of the donors would voluntarily like to donate blood again. It was seen that 52% of the donors had fear of needles acting as a hindrance for the blood donation.
My experience during the whole journey of the initiative was quite enlightening. Looking at the enthusiasm of the donors and the organizing team, it also encouraged the patients' relatives and professors to come forward for the donation. The success of the event has further encouraged me to carry out such more awareness projects in the future.
学院组织了一次献血活动，这是一项学生倡议，并且在学院不同区域开展了一场关于献血意识的街头剧表演。因此，开展了这项旨在评估自愿献血者的知识、态度和行为的研究，以推出进一步的宣传项目。
本研究为横断面分析，旨在了解献血者的知识、态度和行为，并收集有关稀有血型的信息。在阿姆利则一家三级护理医院举办献血活动的想法由二、三、四年级的学生发起，并于2018年2月8日实施。在这一天，进行了两场宣传街头剧表演，一场在门诊部区域，另一场在学院入口附近，以传播献血的益处和必要性的信息。献血活动由15名团队成员和学院血库的工作人员负责执行。对每位献血者的献血后虚弱或恶心情况进行照料，并提供茶点。最后，发放了反馈表，共收集到50份填写好的表格。
在50名献血者中，男性21名（42%），女性29名（58%），平均年龄为21.45±1.35岁。据了解，在50名献血者中，52%的献血者在过去两年内未献过血，而58%的献血者愿意再次自愿献血。可以看出，52%的献血者因害怕针头而对献血造成阻碍。
在整个活动过程中的经历很有启发性。看到献血者和组织团队的热情，也鼓励了患者家属和教授前来献血。此次活动的成功进一步鼓励我在未来开展更多这样的宣传项目。
