Health Education Process on Blood Donations

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Keywords:

blood donation, education for health, knowledge about blood donations

Abstract

Introduction: Health education is a widely used tool in recruiting new blood donors.

Objective: To update health personnel regarding the health education process on blood donations.

Methods: This review was carried out through Medline and SciELO repository using the key words: blood donation, health education, knowledge about blood donations. The articles published during the last 5 years and which addressed health education and blood donations were considered. For the analysis, thirty articles were chosen for the combination of the word blood donation, another 30 for the combination of health education and another 30 for knowledge about blood donations. The 90 references were analyzed, and after checking those that would be useful for fulfilling the objective of the article, those that appear in the review were chosen.

Conclusions: The process of health education on blood donations is determined by cultural and tradition differences and by inequalities in the economic and technological development achieved in each country.

 

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Author Biographies

Max Ramiro Ochoa Ortega, Policlínico Docente "Hermanos Cruz"

Médico. Especialista de Segundo Grado en Medicina General Integral. Máster en Longevidad Satisfactoria. Profesor Auxiliar. Investigador agregado

Guillermo Luis Herrera Miranda, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río

Especialista de Segundo Grado en Medicina Interna. Doctor en Ciencias Pedagógicas. Investigador auxiliar. Profesor Titular

Published

2024-05-15

How to Cite

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Ochoa Ortega MR, Herrera Miranda GL. Health Education Process on Blood Donations. Rev Cubana Salud Pública [Internet]. 2024 May 15 [cited 2025 Feb. 22];49(4). Available from: https://revsaludpublica.sld.cu/index.php/spu/article/view/16948

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