Open AccessFacilitators and Barriers to Minority Blood Donations
Author(s) -
Regena Spratling,
Raymona H. Lawrence
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1538-9847
pISSN - 0029-6562
DOI - 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000355
Subject(s) - psycinfo , cinahl , ethnic group , donation , medline , family medicine , blood donor , medicine , psychology , gerontology , nursing , psychological intervention , political science , immunology , law
Minority blood donations have historically been low in the United States; however, increasing the proportion of minority blood donations is essential to reducing blood transfusion complications-particularly in African Americans with sickle cell disease and thalassemia.