“Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Blood and Organ Donation among the College Students of Dadra & Nagar Haveli in Selected Colleges with a View to Develop a Self-instructional Module”

ABSTRACT Introduction: The life force in all human beings, regardless of colour, race or belief, flows through their arteries and veins; it is red liquid which depends on whether they are well or ill – bears good and bad tidings. Its various components form a highly developed Défense and transport system which gives and saves life. Life is a dynamic process. It starts from birth and ends in to death. In between comes a different stage of life with different diseases and problems. The medical advancement of modern medicine is organ transplantation which has the power to save the lives of the clients. Aims: The aim of the study to Assess the knowledge and attitude regarding blood and organ donation among the college students of Dadra & Nagar Haveli in selected colleges with a view to develop a self-instructional module. Method: Non-experimental descriptive research design was used. A study conducted in selected college of Dadra & Nagar Haveli with the sample size 200 who met the sampling criteria were selected with the help of a simple random sampling technique the data collected using structure questionnaire schedule and Likert scale . Results: The data obtained were analysed by using inferential and descriptive statistics. The findings of the study show that 62% of them had a average ,37% had a inadequate, 1% had a good knowledge of blood donation and 57%had a inadequate ,43% had a average knowledge of organ donation. For attitude both had a 99% of favourable and 1% has a unfavourable of blood and organ donation. The correlation between knowledge and attitude of blood donation (r=0.143) and for organ donation (r=0.162) both are positively correlation present. This study shows that association with the sociodemographic variables is significant for knowledge of blood and organ donation and for attitude of blood donation with the sociodemographic variables is significant. Conclusion: This finding suggests positive correlation between knowledge and attitude of blood donation, positive correlation of organ donation. Keywords: Knowledge. Attitude. Blood Donation. Organ Donation. College Students