Comments About Blood Donation: Nondonor, Exdonor,and Recent Donor Responses to Some Open-Ended Questions.

摘要

The report presents tables of comments made in response to some open-ended questions during survey research activities concerned with public attitudes and decision processes with regard to blood donation. The tables are organized by subpopulations and issues. Subpopulations include groups of respondents such as high school donors,high school nondonors in a particularly intense blood collection environment, nondonors in the general public,particularly active donors,etc. Issues include reasons for nondonation and donation,effects of the most recent donation on willingness to give in the future,recent changes in blood donation attitude or convenience,etc. To provide context for the tables of comments, a limited amount of explanatory material is also included. This report is not,however,concerned with the quantitative analysis of survey results. The primary purpose of this publication is to assist the orientation of people who are responsible for recruitment and retention of potential donors.