ArticleTransfusion2013
Motivation and social capital among prospective blood donors in three large blood centers in Brazil.
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- A decadal profile of RhD-negative blood donors in Chongqing, China: demographics, phenotypic diversity, and donation behavior.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Factors regarding blood donation willingness and preferences toward feedback between first-time donors and repeat donors in China: a cross-sectional survey.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Does Religiosity Predict Blood Donation in Brazil?Journal of religion and health · 2022Article
- Epidemiological risk factors associated with primary infection by Epstein-Barr virus in HIV-1-positive subjects in the Brazilian Amazon region.Scientific reports · 2021Observational
- The influence of sociodemographic and donation behaviour characteristics on blood donation motivations.Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue · 2021Article
- Using Digital Platforms to Promote Blood Donation: Motivational and Preliminary Evidence from Latin America and Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Does Social Capital Explain Community-Level Differences in Organ Donor Designation?The Milbank quarterly · 2015Article
- Contribution of the Retrovirus Epidemiology Donor Study (REDS) to research on blood transfusion safety in Brazil.Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia · 2014Article
- Blood Donation Knowledge Questionnaire (BDKQ-Brazil): analysis of items and application in primary healthcare users.Hematology, transfusion and cell therapyArticle
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Abstract
backgroundStudies analyzing motivation factors that lead to blood donation have found altruism to be the primary motivation factor; however, social capital has not been analyzed in this context. Our study examines the association between motivation factors (altruism, self-interest, and response to direct appeal) and social capital (cognitive and structural) across three large blood centers in Brazil. STUDY DESIGN AND
methodsWe conducted a cross-sectional survey of 7635 donor candidates from October 15 through November 20, 2009. Participants completed self-administered questionnaires on demographics, previous blood donation, human immunodeficiency virus testing and knowledge, social capital, and donor motivations. Enrollment was determined before the donor screening process.
resultsAmong participants, 43.5 and 41.7% expressed high levels of altruism and response to direct appeal, respectively, while only 26.9% expressed high levels of self-interest. More high self-interest was observed at Hemope-Recife (41.7%). Of participants, 37.4% expressed high levels of cognitive social capital while 19.2% expressed high levels of structural social capital. More high cognitive and structural social capital was observed at Hemope-Recife (47.3 and 21.3%, respectively). High cognitive social capital was associated with high levels of altruism, self-interest, and response to direct appeal. Philanthropic and high social altruism were associated with high levels of altruism and response to direct appeal.
conclusionCognitive and structural social capital and social altruism are associated with altruism and response to direct appeal, while only cognitive social capital is associated with self-interest. Designing marketing campaigns with these aspects in mind may help blood banks attract potential blood donors more efficiently.
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