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Assessment of behaviour towards blood donation among interns of Government Medical College Raigarh, Chhattisgarh

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Chaurasia Ravindra Kumar1 , Agrawal Roshan2 , Sahu Tribhuwan Kumar3 , Patel Kishor Kumar4 (Corresponding author), Noor Sofia5

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Safe and effective blood donation is a vital component in improving health care delivery for preventing the spread of blood borne diseases worldwide. According to World Health Organization (WHO), at least 1% of the nation’s population should donate blood voluntarily to meet the basic requirement for blood and blood products. Blood scarcity is frequently encountered in health care settings and is attributable to an imbalance between increasing demand for safe blood in one hand and failure to organize regular blood supply due to misconceptions, perceived harms and risks, lack of motivation among donors. Here, medical students/Interns can serve as a readily available pool of voluntary blood donors for the attached Medical College Hospitals and help reduce some of the scarcity of blood and blood products. Moreover, they can motivate a healthy population towards voluntary blood donation and thus may substantially narrow the gap between demand and supply of blood. This study was undertaken to assess the behaviour of blood donation among interns of Late Shri Lakhiram Agrawal Memorial Govt Medical College, Raigarh (CG). Similar studies were done in other colleges of Chhattisgarh but not in this college. Behavioural studies are a commonly used tool to investigate various aspects of human behaviour. By assessing what people know, how they feel about it, and what they actually do based on their knowledge, the investigator is better able to appreciate the outlook of the people regarding behaviour and suggest relevant remedial measures

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