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TI Attitudes and beliefs about blood donation among adults in Mwanza
Region, Tanzania.
DT 9603
AU Jacobs B; Berege ZA; Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania.
SO East Afr Med J. 1995 Jun;72(6):345-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96060378
AB A study was carried out to assess the attitudes and beliefs about blood
donation among the population of Mwanza Region, Tanzania, in order to
target better the voluntary blood donor recruitment and retention. A
random sample of 1141 adults, 743 residents of Mwanza town and 398 from
Mwanza rural areas were interviewed on aspects related to blood
donation. A high proportion (26.4%) of interviewees had already given
blood but only 3.8% had donated voluntarily within the last 10 years.
Voluntary blood donation was correlated with secondary school
attendance. We noted a positive attitude towards voluntary blood
donation although the majority of people would do so only for an
incentive in the form of remuneration. Respondents frequently thought
that blood donation would infect them with HIV or damage their health.
No correlation was found between fear to donate and self perceived risk
for HIV infection. We found that a substantial number of men would
accept pre-test counselling on HIV in order to infect others if found
positive. Thus we recommend that HIV counselling should be done with
extreme care and defer individuals with wrong intentions from blood
donation. Donor recruitment campaigns should also focus on clearing
wrong conceptions about blood donation through providing information on
all aspects related to blood donation. Based on these findings, a scheme
for blood donor recruitment and retention in Mwanza Region is proposed.
DE Adolescence Adult *Blood Donors *Blood Transfusion/ADVERSE EFFECTS
Counseling Female Human HIV Infections/TRANSMISSION *Knowledge,
Attitudes, Practice Male Middle Age Questionnaires Rural Health
Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Tanzania Urban Health JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).