title: Identifying belief targets to increase bone marrow registry participation among students who have never donated blood.
abstract: New members on bone marrow registries worldwide are needed to allow sufficient diversity in the donor pool to meet patient needs. We used the theory of planned behaviour belief-basis and surveyed students who had not donated blood previously (i.e. non-donors) (N = 150) about the behavioural, normative, and control beliefs informing their intentions to join the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry. Key beliefs predicting non-donors' intentions included: viewing bone marrow donation as an invasion of the body (β = -.35), normative support from parents (β = .40), anticipating pain/side effects from giving blood (β = -.27), and lack of knowledge about how to register (β = -.30). Few non-donors endorsed these beliefs, suggesting they are ideal targets for change in strategies encouraging bone marrow donor registration.
authors.affiliation: a Behavioural Basis of Health , Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University , Mt Gravatt , Australia .
authors.forename: Melissa K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hyde
authors.forename: Patrick J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: McLaren
authors.forename: Katherine M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008297:Male; D011582:Psychological Theory; D012042:Registries; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D055815:Young Adult