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  • Exploring the role of gender and risk perceptions in people’s decisions to register as a bone marrow donor

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    Mclaren, Patrick J
    Hyde, Melissa K
    White, Katherine M
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    Hyde, Melissa K.
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract
    Increasing the number of bone marrow (BM) donors is important to ensure sufficient diversity on BM registries to meet the needs of patients. This study used an experimental approach to test the hypothesis that providing information about the risks of BM donation to allay unsubstantiated fears would reduce male and female participants' perceptions of risk for donation and joining the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR). Males' and females' intentions to register on the ABMDR and their attitudes, norms and perceived behavioural control (efficacy) in relation to registering were also explored. Participants were allocated ...
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    Increasing the number of bone marrow (BM) donors is important to ensure sufficient diversity on BM registries to meet the needs of patients. This study used an experimental approach to test the hypothesis that providing information about the risks of BM donation to allay unsubstantiated fears would reduce male and female participants' perceptions of risk for donation and joining the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR). Males' and females' intentions to register on the ABMDR and their attitudes, norms and perceived behavioural control (efficacy) in relation to registering were also explored. Participants were allocated randomly to either a risk (exposed to risk information about BM donation) or no-risk (not exposed to risk information) condition. In partial support of hypotheses, exposure to risk information did reduce perceived risk for registering on the ABMDR for males only. Participants in the risk condition also demonstrated lower scores on attitude (males only) and intention compared with participants in the no-risk condition. These findings highlight the complex role of risk perceptions and gender differences in understanding people's decisions to join a BM registry.
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    Journal Title
    Health Education Research
    Volume
    27
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyr112
    Copyright Statement
    © 2012 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Health Education Research following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version, Exploring the role of gender and risk perceptions in people’s decisions to register as a bone marrow donor, Health Education Researc, Vol.27 (3), 2012, pp.513-522 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/her/cyr112.
    Subject
    Curriculum and pedagogy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/48852
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