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What are donors' perceptions of the deferral experience?
In order to understand why donors are less likely to return after a deferral, we conducted a qualitative study exploring donors' motivations for giving blood, perceptions of the deferral experience, previous experiences of lapsing from donation, their intentions to return in the future, and actual return behaviour once eligible.
It is also possible that interaction with the researcher may have changed the likelihood of return, as the interviews involved considerable reflection on the commitment to give blood and the deferral experience, and at least two additional contacts during the deferral period.
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This analysis found relatively few differences between returning and non-returning donors in some respects: levels of altruism, length of donation history, knowledge of the need for blood, and experience of deferral (with the exception of those who felt particularly upset by their treatment).
The next part describes the circumstances leading to previous breaks from giving blood, and is followed by participants' experiences of deferral and their intentions to return.
Jennifer Romig, another 2009 University of Chicago graduate, decided to return to the Washington office of Ropes & Gray after her deferral year, but said her experience at Southeast Louisiana Legal Services in New Orleans would color the rest of her career.
The CASI format of the questionnaire is likely to have facilitated disclosure, but our estimates of non-compliance with the MSM donor deferral and of same sex experience among men should be treated with caution.
Four aspects of a person and his/her context were found to be associated with whether or not a donor returned promptly once eligible: being female with dependent children, having donation facilitated by a supportive environment, the strength of the donor identity, and the experience at the deferral event.
"The enrollment funding will help our colleges respond to the tremendous demand they are experiencing, but the deferral still puts us in a tough spot," Scott said.
Qualitative methods were used to explore donors' motivations to give blood, their experiences of temporary deferral, and their intentions to return once eligible.
A crucial finding, that some "non-compliers" dissociated past male sexual experience from the MSM donor deferral, has important implications for communication of any deferral criterion.
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