Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Voluntary Blood Donation Among Urban People in Sellur, Madurai: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Knowledge, attitude, voluntary blood donation, urban population, blood donors, community health, Tamil NaduAbstract
Voluntary non-remunerated blood donation is widely recognized as the safest and most sustainable source of national blood supplies.1 Despite substantial institutional and governmental advancements in blood banking infrastructure across India, regional shortages and localized deficits continue to pose challenges to healthcare delivery systems.3 This descriptive, non-experimental, cross-sectional study was conducted to evaluate the level of knowledge and attitude toward voluntary blood donation among urban residents in Sellur, Madurai, and to assess whether these variables are significantly associated with selected sociodemographic factors.1
A sample of 40 participants was selected from the Sellur urban community using a non-probability convenience sampling technique.1 Data collection was executed utilizing structured knowledge and Likert-scale attitude questionnaires.1 The empirical findings revealed that the vast majority of the study population (90.0%, ) possessed an average level of knowledge, while 7.5% ( ) exhibited above-average knowledge and 2.5% ( ) demonstrated below-average knowledge.1 Regarding attitude, 92.5% ( ) of the participants demonstrated a positive attitude toward voluntary blood donation, with the remaining 7.5% ( ) exhibiting a neutral attitude.1
Inferential analysis using the chi-square ( ) test established that there was no statistically significant association ( ) between participants' knowledge or attitude and their selected sociodemographic variables, leading to the rejection of the study's research hypotheses.1 These findings indicate a baseline of positive community willingness and moderate procedural awareness that is uniform across different demographic sub-strata.1 This uniform distribution suggests that public health interventions should focus on community-wide strategies to convert this highly favorable attitude into regular donation practices, bridging the pervasive gap between blood donation awareness and actual clinical donation rates.
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