In this study, the relationship between the awareness of blood program and the blood donation experience has been studied to know whether they corelate or not. The awareness of blood program was divided into 4 areas of knowledge and measured: the
eligibility of blood donation, knowledge about blood, blood donation program, and general facts about blood donation. The experience of blood donation was divided into 3 groups: the registered donor, the non-registered donor, and the nondonor.
The result in this study shows that the awareness of blood program is related with 3 factors, such as the eligibility of blood donation, blood donation program, and general facts about blood donation. The difference in this case is significant at
0.05
level. However the knowledge about the blood is not corelated with blood donation experience, but only with sex(P<0.05).
These results suggest that stable blood supply should be realized by securing new donors and by establishing of donor registration system. This is realized by the stir up the level of awareness and interest of blood program through strengthening
public
relations.
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