Open AccessWillingness to support antenatal blood donation among married men in a Metropolitan City in North-central Nigeria
Author(s) -
Hafsat Abolore Ameen,
Salamat Isiaka-Lawal,
BS Okesina,
RO Shittu,
Santos Ma,
M.M.B. Uthman,
Oladimeji Akeem Bolarinwa
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nigerian postgraduate medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 19
ISSN - 1117-1936
DOI - 10.4103/1117-1936.170742
Subject(s) - blood donor , medicine , donation , family medicine , marital status , developing country , test (biology) , environmental health , population , paleontology , economics , immunology , biology , economic growth
Improving blood availability through voluntary or compulsory antenatal blood donation is pivotal to reducing maternal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Willingness to donate blood is adjudged to be an important step to the actual practice of donating blood. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude and willingness of men towards antenatal blood donation.