Designing and testing an ethnic-ancestry question for Australian blood donors: Acceptability, feasibility, and understanding.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to evaluate the acceptability, feasibility, and understanding of a donor ethnic-ancestry question with Australian blood donors.

Background

Ethnic-ancestry assists blood collection agencies to meet the demand for rare blood-types. However, there is no standard ethnicity question used by health/blood services around the world and we do not know how blood donors in Australia will respond to being asked for this information.

Methods/materials

A survey and ethnic-ancestry question was administered to a sample of donors (n = 506) to evaluate their views on being asked for their ethnic-ancestry, test a comprehensive ethnic-ancestry list, and determine the level of information required by donors.

Results

Donors reported being very comfortable provid

SUBMITTER: Gahan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9320970 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature