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Marcela ,Patricia Ibarra, Maldonado,Marcela ,Patricia Ibarra, Maldonado,Marcela Vásquez,Patricia Ibarra,Mónica Maldonado,

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of students, professors, and other staff at the University of Talca, Chile, regarding voluntary blood donation. METHODS: From June to July 2002 a previously-validated survey was administered to 487 individuals in the university community. The survey sought to measure their understanding of blood donation, i.e., motivators and reasons for becoming a blood donor and the myths and fears that might deter blood donation. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. RESULTS: Only 14% of survey participants had donated blood in the past, and most of these (43.3%) were professors or other academics. Of the participants who were planning to donate blood in the future, students were the majority (88.1%). When the males in the group that was planning to donate were compared to the females, the difference was not statistically significant (90.0% vs. 84.2%, respectively). Of the deterrents to blood donation, 73.4% said the collection instruments might not be sterile. CONCLUSIONS: The university population represents a pool of desirable donors; an informative and motivating campaign could successfully convert the 87.3% potential donors into actual volunteer blood donors.

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M ,P Ibarra,M Maldonado,M ,P Ibarra,M Maldonado,M Vásquez,P Ibarra,M Maldonado,

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article

Journal: Revista panamericana de salud pública = Pan Americ

VOLUME: 22

Page Numbers: 323-8

Journal Abbreviation: Rev. Panam. Salud Publica

ISSN: 1020-4989

DAY: 16

MONTH: Nov

YEAR: 2007

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AFFILIATION: Departamento de Bioquímica Clínica e Inmunohematología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Talca, Chile. mvasquro@utalca.cl.

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