An analysis of decision making in cord blood donation through a participatory approach.
We analysed knowledge, comprehension, opinions, attitudes and choices related to cord blood donation in seven heterogeneous focus groups including pregnant women, future parents, cord blood donors, midwives and obstetricians/gynaecologists. Comparative evaluations focused on attitudes before versus after delivery and preferences of public versus private banking. The study outlined large support to altruistic cord blood donation and need for better health professionals education in this field. Collected information was presented in a public conference and used to develop an informative brochure which was tested for readability and clearliness in four workshops and finally distributed to 26 regional delivery suites.
Salvaterra
Elena
E
Centro di Medicina Trasfusionale, Terapia Cellulare e Criobiologia, Fondazione Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Italy. msalvaterra@bp.lnf.it
Casati
Sara
S
Bottardi
Simonetta
S
Brizzolara
Antonella
A
Calistri
Daniela
D
Cofano
Rosanna
R
Folliero
Emanuela
E
Lalatta
Faustina
F
Maffioletti
Cristina
C
Negri
Mariangela
M
Rebulla
Paolo
P
D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001771:Blood Banks; D001782:Blood Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D036101:Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000523:psychology; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood; D017144:Focus Groups; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008880:Midwifery; D010358:Patient Participation; D011247:Pregnancy