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Title: | Motivations and deterrents of blood donation among blood donors during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Hong Kong | Authors: | Siu, JYM Chan, EA Li, ASC Lee, YM |
Issue Date: | Dec-2022 | Source: | Health expectations, Dec. 2022, v. 25, no. 6, p. 3192-3201 | Abstract: | Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a reduction in blood donations and limited blood supply in many countries. The theory of planned behaviour has been widely used in past studies to understand the factors influencing blood donation. However, this theory limits analyses to the individual level. Furthermore, most research on the determinants of blood donation during the COVID-19 pandemic is quantitative in nature, with relevant qualitative research being rare. Objectives: To investigate the motivators and demotivators for donating blood among current blood donors during COVID-19 pandemic. Design: Forty in-depth, individual semistructured interviews were conducted with current blood donors from December 2020 to March 2021 in Hong Kong. Thematic content analysis was adopted in the data analysis. Results: The majority of the participants (n = 37) were demotivated from donating blood during the COVID-19 pandemic. Factors at the perceptual, social and institutional levels interacted to cause this reluctance. Only three participants felt more motivated to donate blood. The data revealed that sociocultural forces and government pandemic prevention policies strongly affected the participants' motivations to donate blood during the pandemic. Conclusion: This study presents a macro understanding of blood donation behaviour by investigating the institutional, social and perceptual factors influencing current blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic. This adds a more comprehensive understanding of blood donation where the theory of planned behaviour is widely used in past studies. Public Contribution: The participants shared their experiences in the interviews. Their experiences provide hints for explaining the decreasing blood donation during the pandemic times. |
Keywords: | Barriers Blood donation COVID-19 Current blood donors Hong Kong Motivation Pandemic |
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell | Journal: | Health expectations | ISSN: | 1369-6513 | EISSN: | 1369-7625 | DOI: | 10.1111/hex.13626 | Rights: | © 2022 The Authors. Health Expectations published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The following publication Siu, JY-m, Chan, EA, Li, AS-c, Lee, YM. Motivations and deterrents of blood donation among blood donors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong. Health Expect. 2022; 25: 3192- 3201 is available at https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13626. |
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