Assessment of knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding blood donation among adults in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State
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2016
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Department of Health promotion and Environmental Health Education, Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin
Abstract
The aim of this research was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of adults in Ado-Ekiti
regarding blood donation. It was a non-experimental descriptive design that utilized structured
questionnaire to collect data from 196 respondents using multistage sampling technique. Data
collected were analysed manually and were presented in tables, pie charts, histograms and bar charts.
The findings revealed that majority (96.9%) of the respondents had adequate knowledge of blood
donation. 33.7% of the respondents expressed fear of donating blood and 73% of the respondents will
readily donate to a close relative in need of blood. 33.7% of the respondents had never donated blood
before while 39.8% of the respondents have donated blood once. The respondents had a good
knowledge about blood donation. However their attitude towards blood donation just fair and the
practice toward donating blood was poor
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Knowledge, attitudes, practices and blood donation