Awareness of undergraduate students regarding blood donation among non-medical colleges in selected setting Khan Faizan1, Praveen Uppu2,*, Kaur Gurpreet3, Deepika3, Singh Deeksha3 1Staff Nurse, Max Hospital, New Delhi 2PG-TUTOR, Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Nursing, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, UP 3Staff Nurse, Apollo Hospital, Delhi *Correspondence author: Mr. Uppu Praveen, PG-Tutor, Teerthanker Mahaveer College of Nursing, Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Moradabad, UP, E Mail id: uppupraveenkumar@gmail.com
Online published on 9 January, 2019. Abstract Background Blood is life sustaining fluid and is valuable and donating blood can save the life of individuals. The South East Asia's estimated blood requirement is about 16 million units per year, but it collects just about 9.4 million units annually, leaving a gap of 6 million units. (World health organization1. Objective of the study to determine the awareness level of non-medical undergraduate students regarding blood donation using questionnaire on awareness regarding blood donation Method A descriptive survey was conducted among 104 non-medical undergraduate students who were studying at selected setting. Random sampling technique was adopted for se lection of the colleges and Multi stage (Proportionate and random) sampling technique for selection of the sample and Tools used were demographic proforma and tool for assessment of level of awareness regarding blood donation, data was obtained by self-administered questionnaire. Results Majority 79(75.9%) of the sample had moderate level of awareness regarding blood donation and around 24 (23.7%) of the sample had high level awareness regarding blood donation. Conclusion With help of organizing various awareness progarmmes we can improve the awareness which will make the students to participate actively in voluntarily donating the blood. Top Keywords Awareness, blood donation, non-medical undergraduate students. Top |