Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion

Department of Social and Public Health, Yirgalem Hospital Medical College, Yirgalem, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Voluntary Blood Donation among Undergraduate Students in Awada Campus, Hawassa University, Southern Ethiopia
  Author(s): Tsegaye Shamebo*, Chalachew Gedebo, Mihretab Damtew, Takele Woldegeorgis, Elisabeth Girma and Daniel Terefe
  
  Background: Blood donation is a voluntary procedure that can help save the lives of others. Donated blood plays an important role during cases of surgery, accident, childbirth and bleeding. In Ethiopia, there has been great inadequacy and inequity in access to blood. Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practice of voluntary blood donation among students of the University of Hawassa, Awada Campus. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between March 01 and April 01 2017. The data was collected using a standardized and well-structured self-administered questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 programs. Results: Of a total 346 students who participated in the study, 109 (31.5%) were females and 237 (68.5%) were males. Two hundred and seven (59.8%) of the respondents expressed good knowledge about common types of blood groups, while 132 (38.. View more»
  

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