Barriers to blood donation in African communities in Australia: The role of home and host country culture and experience

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1809-1819

  Polonsky, Michael Jay ^a,b   Renzaho, André M N ^a,b   Brijnath, Bianca ^a,b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIGRANT BIRD; RACE; RACISM; RELIGION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WITCHCRAFT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD DONORS; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051648366     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2010.03053.x     Document Type: Article

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