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Identifying belief targets to increase bone marrow registry participation among students who have never donated blood.
- Source :
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Psychology, Health & Medicine . Jan2014, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p115-125. 11p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- New members on bone marrow registries worldwide are needed to allow sufficient diversity in the donor pool to meet patient needs. We used the theory of planned behaviour belief-basis and surveyed students who had not donated blood previously (i.e. non-donors) (N = 150) about the behavioural, normative, and control beliefs informing their intentions to join the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. Key beliefs predicting non-donors’ intentions included: viewing bone marrow donation as an invasion of the body (β = −.35), normative support from parents (β = .40), anticipating pain/side effects from giving blood (β = −.27), and lack of knowledge about how to register (β = −.30). Few non-donors endorsed these beliefs, suggesting they are ideal targets for change in strategies encouraging bone marrow donor registration. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13548506
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Psychology, Health & Medicine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 91840420
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2013.775467