Relationship between social capital and test seeking among blood donors in Brazil

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 100-109

  Oliveira, C D L ^a   Goncalez, T ^b,c   Wright, D ^d   Rocha, P C ^c   Miranda, C ^f   Capuani, L ^c   Carneiro Proietti, A B ^e   Proietti, F A ^f   de Almeida Neto, C ^c   Larsen, N M ^d   Sampaio, D ^g   Custer, B ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^b BLOOD SYSTEMS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FUNDAÇÃO PRÓ SANGUE HEMOCENTRO DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d WESTAT   (United States)

^e FUNDAÇÃO HEMOMINAS   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^g Fundacao Hemope   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood donors; Logistic regression; Motivation; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BRAZIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION SEEKING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD DONORS; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872599110     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2012.01643.x     Document Type: Article

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