A stage model of blood donor behaviour: Assessing volunteer behaviour

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-372

  Ferguson, Eamonn ^a,c   Chandler, Susie ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Health Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood donation; Intentions; Trans theoretical model; Volunteerism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD DONORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 19944375815     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105305051423     Document Type: Article

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