The development of the program of voluntary blood donation promotion in students population of the University of Belgrade
Background/Aim. Given that in each country students represent the most progressive population group, as of 2001, the Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia (BTIS) has been carrying the program of voluntary blood donation promotion and education of volunteers at the University of Belgrade (UB...
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| author | Jovanović-Srzentić Snežana Rodić Ivana Knežević Mirjana |
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| description | Background/Aim. Given that in each country students represent the most
progressive population group, as of 2001, the Blood Transfusion Institute of
Serbia (BTIS) has been carrying the program of voluntary blood donation
promotion and education of volunteers at the University of Belgrade (UB). In
2011, the BTIS intensified all activities at the UB. The aim of this study
was to present activities performed from 2001 at the Blood Donors` Motivation
Department (DMD) of the BTIS related with increasing the level of awareness
on voluntary blood donation in the Belgrade students` population, enhancing
their motivation to become voluntary blood donors (VBDs), increasing the
number of blood donations at faculties of the UB, and increasing the number
of blood donations in the UB students population compared with the total
number of blood units collected by BTIS in Belgrade, with the emphasis on the
year 2013. Methods. Initially, the applied methodology was based on
encouraging students to donate blood through discussions and preparatory
lectures, followed by organized blood drives. Appropriate selection of
volunteers at each faculty was crucial. Besides their recognisable identity,
they had to have remarkable communication skills and ability to positivly
affect persons in their environment. The applied principle was based on
retention of volunteers all through the final academic year, with the
inclusion of new volunteers each year and 1,000 preparatory lectures on the
annual basis. The activities were realized using two Facebook profiles, SMS
messages and continuous notification of the public through the media.
Results. There was an increase in the average number of students in blood
drives at the faculties from 2011, when the average number of the students
per blood drive was 39, followed by 43 in 2012 and 46 in 2013. The number of
students who donated blood in 2013 increased by 21.3% compared with 2012
data. Conclusion. The applied concept highly contributed to generation and
retention of future VBDs willing to regularly donate blood in the coming
years, with a minimum risk of transmission of transfusion transmissible
diseases markers. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cc5c07d5c2d9457085f892e2d2acc9192025-08-20T03:19:32ZengMinistry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, BelgradeVojnosanitetski Pregled0042-84502015-01-0172648949410.2298/VSP1506489J0042-84501506489JThe development of the program of voluntary blood donation promotion in students population of the University of BelgradeJovanović-Srzentić Snežana0Rodić Ivana1Knežević Mirjana2Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia, BelgradeBlood Transfusion Institute of Serbia, BelgradeBlood Transfusion Institute of Serbia, BelgradeBackground/Aim. Given that in each country students represent the most progressive population group, as of 2001, the Blood Transfusion Institute of Serbia (BTIS) has been carrying the program of voluntary blood donation promotion and education of volunteers at the University of Belgrade (UB). In 2011, the BTIS intensified all activities at the UB. The aim of this study was to present activities performed from 2001 at the Blood Donors` Motivation Department (DMD) of the BTIS related with increasing the level of awareness on voluntary blood donation in the Belgrade students` population, enhancing their motivation to become voluntary blood donors (VBDs), increasing the number of blood donations at faculties of the UB, and increasing the number of blood donations in the UB students population compared with the total number of blood units collected by BTIS in Belgrade, with the emphasis on the year 2013. Methods. Initially, the applied methodology was based on encouraging students to donate blood through discussions and preparatory lectures, followed by organized blood drives. Appropriate selection of volunteers at each faculty was crucial. Besides their recognisable identity, they had to have remarkable communication skills and ability to positivly affect persons in their environment. The applied principle was based on retention of volunteers all through the final academic year, with the inclusion of new volunteers each year and 1,000 preparatory lectures on the annual basis. The activities were realized using two Facebook profiles, SMS messages and continuous notification of the public through the media. Results. There was an increase in the average number of students in blood drives at the faculties from 2011, when the average number of the students per blood drive was 39, followed by 43 in 2012 and 46 in 2013. The number of students who donated blood in 2013 increased by 21.3% compared with 2012 data. Conclusion. The applied concept highly contributed to generation and retention of future VBDs willing to regularly donate blood in the coming years, with a minimum risk of transmission of transfusion transmissible diseases markers.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2015/0042-84501506489J.pdfblood donorsstudentsaltruismmotivation |
| spellingShingle | Jovanović-Srzentić Snežana Rodić Ivana Knežević Mirjana The development of the program of voluntary blood donation promotion in students population of the University of Belgrade Vojnosanitetski Pregled blood donors students altruism motivation |
| title | The development of the program of voluntary blood donation promotion in students population of the University of Belgrade |
| title_full | The development of the program of voluntary blood donation promotion in students population of the University of Belgrade |
| title_fullStr | The development of the program of voluntary blood donation promotion in students population of the University of Belgrade |
| title_full_unstemmed | The development of the program of voluntary blood donation promotion in students population of the University of Belgrade |
| title_short | The development of the program of voluntary blood donation promotion in students population of the University of Belgrade |
| title_sort | development of the program of voluntary blood donation promotion in students population of the university of belgrade |
| topic | blood donors students altruism motivation |
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