School of Social Sciences and Humanities, La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Clinical Services and Research, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Melbourne.
Transfus Med. 2022 Jun;32(3):237-242. doi: 10.1111/tme.12865. Epub 2022 Apr 21.
We aimed to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and understanding of a donor ethnic-ancestry question with Australian blood donors.
Ethnic-ancestry assists blood collection agencies to meet the demand for rare blood-types. However, there is no standard ethnicity question used by health/blood services around the world and we do not know how blood donors in Australia will respond to being asked for this information.
METHODS/MATERIALS: A survey and ethnic-ancestry question was administered to a sample of donors (n = 506) to evaluate their views on being asked for their ethnic-ancestry, test a comprehensive ethnic-ancestry list, and determine the level of information required by donors.
Donors reported being very comfortable providing their ethnic-ancestry and the majority of donors found an ethnic-ancestry option they were happy with (91.3%). Overall donors reported a high level of understanding of why ethnic-ancestry was important to blood donation. However, when provided more information on why ethnic-ancestry is required, donors reported increased understanding.
The findings from this study demonstrated that it is acceptable and feasible to introduce a comprehensive ethnic-ancestry question for Australian blood donors. We also found that a greater understanding is achieved when a more comprehensive explanation for inclusion of the question is provided.
我们旨在评估澳大利亚献血者对带有种族背景的供者问询的可接受性、可行性和理解程度。
种族背景有助于采血机构满足稀有血型的需求。然而，世界各地的卫生/血液服务机构并未使用统一的种族背景问询标准，我们也不清楚澳大利亚的献血者对此类信息的问询会作何反应。
方法/材料：对（n=506）献血者样本进行了调查和种族背景问询，以评估他们对被问询种族背景的看法，检验全面的种族背景清单，并确定献血者所需的信息水平。
献血者表示非常愿意提供自己的种族背景，且大多数献血者对他们所满意的种族背景选项（91.3%）感到满意。总体而言，献血者表示非常理解种族背景对献血的重要性。然而，当提供更多关于为什么需要种族背景的信息时，献血者的理解程度也随之提高。
本研究结果表明，向澳大利亚献血者引入全面的种族背景问询是可以接受且可行的。我们还发现，当更全面地解释包括该问题的原因时，献血者的理解程度会更高。
