Background The health and well-being of volunteer donors is of critical concern for blood
collection agencies responsible for ensuring a stable supply of blood products. However, lay …

The work aims to analyse the youth by lifestyle and divide it into segments for more effective
interaction in advertising campaigns. The object of the study is young people aged from 18 …

The lack of blood donors is a global problem that prevents the demand for blood prompted
by an ageing population and increased life expectancy from being met. The aim of this study …

Blood donation anxiety is a major psychological obstacle for blood donation. However, it
remains unclear what the mechanism underlying the relationship between anxiety and …

Donation barriers are a crucial factor to consider in the study of blood donor behavior. Since
blood donors do not behave homogeneously, the aim of this work is to analyze how the …

Blood donation centres need to recruit and retain donors to ensure the effectiveness and
efficiency of healthcare systems, as COVID-19 has recently evidenced. In such risky settings …

Background The study of donation motivations is essential at blood transfusion centres,
because of the impact of these motivations on an individual's decision to donate. The …

The act of donating blood creates social and public value (as a transformative service), but
donors do not always repeat, so this study analyses the antecedents of attitudinal loyalty in …

Young citizens play a key role in providing a continuous blood supply for public health
system. This paper examines the prosocial behavior of young non-blood donors and …

Although blood is essential in healthcare systems for medical and surgical use, it is still a
scarce resource. Given that blood cannot be produced artificially, donors are the backbone …