Objective: Without a supply of blood, health services could not meet their clinical needs.
Similarly, organs for transplantation save and transform lives. Donations are acts of …

Abstract Background State of the Science (SoS) meetings are used to define and highlight
important unanswered scientific questions. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute …

Background Although the need for whole blood is declining, so too are the number of first‐
time and repeat blood donors. To develop new recruitment and retention strategies …

In this review, we provide critical analysis of social science research into blood donation
motivation and behavior. We first share an understanding of the existing literature and …

Diversification of blood collection agencies'(BCAs) core business requires donors to donate
substances of human origin (SoHO) beyond whole‐blood. Whole‐blood donors are …

BACKGROUND Willingness to donate blood depends on personal characteristics, beliefs,
and motivations, but also on the cultural context. The aim of this study was to examine …

In contrast to opt-in systems, relatively little is known about what influences whether or not
people register a decision about organ donation in opt-out systems. We address this gap in …

Abstract The two African countries South Africa and Ghana both suffer from low recruitment
and retention of blood donors and daily face the challenge of matching supply and demand …

Inspired by the analytical shift toward understanding altruism from an institutional
perspective, this article presents an empirical analysis of the impact of institutionalized …

Background Against a background of declining blood donor numbers, recruiting new donors
is critical for the effective operations of healthcare providers. Thus, interventions are needed …