1Amity College of Nursing, Amity University, Gurgao
Blood transfusion saves lives and improves health, but many patients requiring transfusion do not have timely access to safe blood. Providing safe and adequate blood should be an integral part of every country’s national health care policy and infrastructure. Although half of the population in the country is medically fit to donate blood, only 4 in thousand are blood donors. Male female ratio of blood consumption is 40:60 however only 5 percent of the donors are women. Motivation and awareness activities are essential for boosting the blood stocks to meet the needs. In India, the annual collection of blood is only 5.5-6 million units against the requirement of about 8.5 million units. If only 3 percent of India’s eligible population donates their blood, there will be no shortage of blood and its components in blood banks. This would mean that a significant number of deaths could be avoided if people donate blood regularly and voluntarily. This study aims to assess the knowledge regarding Blood donation among adults. Quasi Experimental One group Pretest and Posttest design was selected to determine the effectiveness of education on Blood donation. A purposive Sampling technique was adopted to select 100 Samples. The knowledge questionnaire regarding blood donation was used to collect the data. The planned teaching Programme was developed and imparted knowledge to the adults. The result shows that Knowledge score regarding blood donation was improved after Education. The result shown that the mean post-test knowledge score was higher than the mean pre-test score. The mean pretest score was 13.5 and increased to 25.6 during post-test.
Blood donation, Knowledge, Adults
