Mieczysław Radochoński
Anna Radochońska
Attitudes of the Polish university students toward voluntary blood donation
Mieczysław Radochoński
Anna Radochońska
Wydział Pedagogiczny Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego, Rzeszów, Polska
Faculty of Education, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszów, Poland
Abstract
Objective: Assessment of the attitudes of young adults toward giving the blood voluntarily in situa-tion of the observed decline in blood donation in Poland. Design: A quantitative survey using personal interviews based on a questionnaire conducted in uni-versity lecture rooms. Participants: For the quantitative survey a representative sample of 306 non-donor Polish university students were selected by multistage sampling. Main results: Only 19,0% of participants definitely considered voluntary blood donation, while 37,9% not decided yet or never thought about it. A significant correlation, both positive and negative, was found between an intention to give blood and personal norms (religious, moral and social). Students representing low and high level of intention distinctly differ in motives toward blood donation: social or individual. Conclusion: There is a urgent need for further research on the attitudes of young adults toward voluntary blood donation that contribute to better understanding of recent decline in blood donation in Poland.
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