Abstract :
Introduction: Advances in healthcare require adequate quantities of safe blood, which can be obtained by regular voluntary blood donation. The college-going students constitute a healthy pool of potential donors. This study was conducted to explore the knowledge, attitudes and practices of blood donation in undergraduate medical students, so that the existing lacunae in the system may be identified and remedied.
Materials and Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 388 undergraduate medical students, using a structured questionnaire which contained both close and open-ended questions on attitudes and practices. Knowledge was assessed by interview by a single observer.
Results: Only 18.04% students had donated blood. Gender was found to be insignificant and socio-economic status (p=0.00004) and knowledge about donation (p
Keyword :
Blood donation, Medical Students, Undergraduate