Aim of the webinar:

The aim of the live journal club is to:

  • Understand which health experiences and beliefs associated with blood donation have been explored to date, and regional variations in these
  • Identify the differences between beliefs about health impacts and experiences
  • Identify the gaps in our knowledge of how health perceptions affect donor behaviour and why these may be important

Level of education:

Fundamental awareness / basic knowledge 

What prior knowledge is required?

Attendees are recommended to read the Open Access publication: Thorpe R, Masser B, Coundouris SP, Hyde MK, Kruse SP, Davison TE. The health impacts of blood donation: a systematic review of donor and non-donor perceptions. Blood Transfus. 2024 Jan;22(1):7-19. https://doi.org/10.2450/BloodTransfus.494

Target audience:

Anyone interested in donor behaviour and health, and particularly in undertaking research on this topic

Speakers:

Rachel Thorpe

Rachel Thorpe

Donors and Donation WP Chair, Social researcher, health sociologist, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood, Melbourne, Australia

Rachel Thorpe, PhD, is a sociologist and Senior Research Fellow at Australian Red Cross Lifeblood and Honorary Fellow in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne. Rachel’s background is sociology of health. She uses social theories to investigate donation and donors within the context of their lives, social systems and changing technologies. A key focus of her current research is examining barriers and enablers to donation for older people, and donor perspectives on the use of genomic technologies in transfusion medicine.

https://www.lifeblood.com.au/our-research/program/meet-our-researchers/dr-rachel-thorpe 

Barbara Masser

Barbara Masser

Australian Red Cross Lifeblood Chair of Donor Research, The University of Queensland and Australian Red Cross Lifeblood



 

 
Yasmin Mowat

Yasmin Mowat

Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Australia

 

 
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