ReviewA systematic review and meta-analysis of antecedents of blood donation behavior and intentions
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Method
Fig. 1 presents a summary of the procedure used for selecting the studies for this meta-analysis, including the literature review, application of exclusion criteria, and development and cross-validation of predictor categories.
Results
Across studies of donation behavior and intentions, the majority took place in the USA, Australia and the UK. Owing to the large number of university studies, approximately a third of the samples comprised participants whose reported age was less than 25 years. Most samples comprised repeat whole-blood donors. A detailed summary of the demographic characteristics of each sample is presented in the Supplementary materials.
Tables 1 and 2 present the associations between each antecedent and
Discussion
Incorporating studies of blood donor motivation drawn from the last four decades, the purpose of this meta-analytic review was to identify the factors that are most strongly associated with donation behavior and intentions, and to assess the impact of methodological and contextual differences between studies. These factors were drawn from six major programs of research: the TPB, prosocial motivation, affective expectations, collection site experiences, past donation behavior, and donor
Acknowledgments
We would like to acknowledge Australian governments that fully fund the Australian Red Cross Blood Service for the provision of blood products and services to the Australian community. This study was also supported by a Business and Economics Faculty research grant from the University of Melbourne. The authors would like to acknowledge Jo En Yap for her assistance in collecting research papers for this synthesis. We would also like to formally acknowledge the Australian Red Cross Blood Service
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