Open AccessKnowledge, attitude, and beliefs of young, college student blood donors about Human immunodeficiency virus
Author(s) -
Anju Dubey,
Atul Sonker,
Rajendra Chaudhary
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.126689
Subject(s) - medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , context (archaeology) , stigma (botany) , transmission (telecommunications) , young adult , family medicine , immunology , gerontology , psychiatry , paleontology , electrical engineering , biology , engineering
Young people, who tend to be healthy, idealistic, and motivated, are an excellent pool of potential voluntary unpaid blood donors. Recruiting and retaining young blood donors improves the long term safety and sufficiency of a country's blood supply. Knowledge, attitude, and beliefs about Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) should play an important role in prevention of disease transmission.