Opinions about donating blood among those who never gave and those who stopped: A focus group assessment

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 729-735

  Mathew, Sunitha M ^a   King, Melissa R ^b   Glynn, Simone A ^b   Dietz, Stephen K ^b   Caswell, Scott L ^b   Schreiber, George B ^b  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD DONOR; CLOTHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MONEY; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC OPINION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SAFETY; SCHOOL; SUPPORT GROUP; VOLUNTEER; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33947423950     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01177.x     Document Type: Article

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