Attitude, Knowledge, and Willingness to Donate Blood Among Health Professional Students in Northern Uganda
While health profession students in northern Uganda exhibit adequate knowledge and positive attitudes towards blood donation, actual blood donation practices remain suboptimal. These findings highlight the need for interventions to translate knowledge and attitudes into consistent donation practices among this population.
Authors
- Joseph Baruch Baluku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5852-9674)
- Felix Bongomin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4515-8517)
- Ivaan Pitua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0768-1315)
- Daniel Ebbs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0426-0865)
- Brenda Nakitto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8712-3137)
- Peninah Nannono
Institutions
- Gulu University (UG)
- Yale University (US)
- Gulu Hospital (UG)
- Makerere University (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Blood Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jbm.s521698
- Primary Topic
- Blood donation and transfusion practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00