The attitude of Canadian university students toward a behavior‐based blood donor health assessment questionnaire

SL Go, CTY Lam, YT Lin, DJ Wong… - …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: In Canada, all men who have sex with men (MSM) are indefinitely deferred
from donating blood. The purpose of this study was to determine the acceptability of an …

Prevalence, disclosure and interpretations of sexual activities in a sample of Canadian college-aged blood donors

M Mair, SP Barrett, T Campbell… - International journal of …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
This study assessed the prevalence, level of disclosure, and interpretations of sexual
activities in a sample of 123 college-aged blood donors in Montreal, Quebec. Within six …

Assessing unintentional creation of bias against men who have sex with men as a function of exposure to blood donor screening questionnaire: A national …

A Hofkirchner, T Kohut, SF O'Brien, WA Fisher - Transfusion, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background Canadian Blood Services (CBS) screens donors based on group
status (eg, men who have sex with men, MSM) instead of specific, high‐risk sexual practices …

Alternatives to blood donor deferral of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: acceptability of screening the sexual risk behavior of all blood donors

WA Fisher, T Kohut, H Woo, J Haw - Transfusion, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Blood operators screen donors to reduce the risk of transfusion‐transmitted
infections (TTIs). Many are evolving screening procedures from those that defer all who have …

HIV-related behaviours among voluntary blood donors in Hong Kong

JTF Lau, J Thomas, CK Lin - Aids care, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The present study examined the prevalence of and factors associated with deferrable risk
behaviours practised by male voluntary blood donors in Hong Kong. Attitudes aud …

Transition to a 1‐year deferral for male blood donors who report sexual contact with men: staff perspectives at one blood collection organization

SD Hughes, B Custer, N Laborde, N Sheon - Transfusion, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Front‐line staff at blood collection organizations (BCOs) play important
roles in keeping the blood supply safe, yet research on their professional practice and …

Perceptions about blood donation, transfusion and the risk of HIV infection: implications for the blood transfusion service

RS Bhopal, RT Mcewan, R Madhok, A McCallum - AIDS care, 1992 - Taylor & Francis
To assess perceptions of risk of AIDS/HIV infection from donation to, and receipt of, blood
from the British Blood Transfusion Service, we undertook self completion surveys (n= 1874 …

AIDS knowledge and beliefs related to blood donation in US adults: results from a national telephone survey (CME)

WR Steele, PM High, GB Schreiber - Transfusion, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Misperceptions about the risk of contracting AIDS from donating blood may
be preventing people from donating, while incorrect beliefs about AIDS screening tests or …

Context and social perceptions of blood donation in donors found positive for human immunodeficiency virus in France

A Duquesnoy, B Danic, A Santos, C Martinaud… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND In France, information collected during postdonation interviews showed that
a majority of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‐infected donors were not eligible to …

Sex, risk, and education in donor educational materials: review and critique

MA Cascio, R Yomtovian - Transfusion Medicine Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Food and Drug Administration guidelines prohibit men who have sex with men (MSM) from
donating blood to prevent the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV/AIDS) …