Does questionnaire distribution promote blood donation? An investigation of question-behavior effects

Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 163-172

  Van Dongen, Anne ^a,b   Abraham, Charles ^c   Ruiter, Robert A C ^b   Veldhuizen, Ingrid J T ^a  

^a SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior change; Blood donation; Mere measurement effect; Nonresponse bias; Question behavior effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BLOOD DONOR; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BLOOD DONORS; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879417291     PISSN: 08836612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12160-012-9449-3     Document Type: Article

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