Evaluating a program to increase blood donation among racial and ethnic minority communities in New York City

Transfusion

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3061-3067

  Frye, Victoria ^a,b   Caltabiano, Melinda ^a   Kessler, Debra A ^a   Schaffler, Harvey ^a   Reboza, Mark ^a   Hillyer, Christopher D ^a   Shaz, Beth H ^a  

^a NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; DOCUMENTATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FAINTNESS; FEAR; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRECISEMATCH PROGRAM; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RACE; TRUST; UNITED STATES; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD DONORS; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS;

EID: 84925548291     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/trf.12767     Document Type: Article

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