Knowledge, attitude,practice and associated factors towards voluntary blood donation among non health undergraduate students of Addis Ababa university,Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.
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2020-06
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Background-Blood and blood products are unique and precious national resources because they
are obtained only from individuals who donate blood. It contributes to saving millions of lives
each year in both routine and emergency situations. At a minimum, the World Health
Organization estimates that a country needs 1% to 3% of its population to donate blood to meet
its need. Yet, many African countries including Ethiopia are far below the minimum blood
collection rate.
Objective- To assess knowledge, attitude, practice, and associated factors towards voluntary
blood donation among non-health students of Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia,2019.
Methods-A cross-sectional study was conducted among 363 students in three selected non health
college
students of Addis Ababa University
who were selected randomly.
A stratified
random
sampling
procedure was employed
according
to the departments
and year
of the study.
A
pretested
self-administered
questionnaire was used to
collect data.
Both bivariate and
multivariable
logistic
regressions were used to identify
associated factors.
Result- The proportion of students having good knowledge of blood donation, favorable attitude
and practice were 68%, 94.8% and 23.1 % respectively. Knowledge was significantly associated
with Religion [(AOR=7.516, 95%CI: (1.313-43.018)] , information Heard/seen about blood
donation [AOR=6.184, 95%CI: (1.852-25.073)] and departmental grouping[AOR=3.326,
95%CI: (1.457,7.589)].Attitude was significantly associated with Religion [AOR=6.72, 95%CI:
(1.057-42.729)] and poor knowledge [AOR=.330, 95%CI: (.118-.919)].The practiced of
voluntary blood donation was significantly associated with Taking part in blood donation
campaign[AOR=19.485, 95%CI: (9.082-41.802)] and poor knowledge [AOR=0.323, 95%CI:
(0.144-0.726)].
Conclusion
: Significant numbers of students in this study have poor knowledge and practice of
blood donation while the level of attitude is good. Having taken part in blood donation
campaigns and good knowledge about blood donation increased the odds of the practice of VBD
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice