The Sickle Cell Sabbath: a community program increases first-time blood donors in the African American faith community
The Sickle Cell Sabbath: a community program increases first-time blood donors in the African American faith community
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.02009.x
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
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2.9
通讯作者：
DeBaun, Michael R.
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作者：
Price, Cynthia L.;Johnson, Michael T.;DeBaun, Michael R.
输血疗法是镰状细胞病 (SCD) 儿童中风一级和二级预防的既定治疗方法，镰状细胞病是一种主要影响非裔美国人的疾病。非裔美国献血者更有可能拥有与经常接受输血的 SCD 儿童相容的次要红细胞抗原。这项研究检验了这样的假设：当在教堂被告知献血的重要性时，与普通人群相比，非裔美国人的首次献血率将高于预期。镰状细胞安息日计划的制定是为了提高非裔美国人信仰社区内对 SCD 和献血重要性的认识。教会参与该计划包括一个关于 SCD 的 5 分钟脚本教育课程，其中包括献血的重要性，然后是教会主办的献血活动。从 2003 年到 2006 年，13 个非裔美国教会赞助了 34 次献血活动。每个教会至少赞助了两次献血活动。大约 1200 名捐赠者参加了镰状细胞献血活动。大多数献血者都是首次献血者，与圣路易斯大都市地区的首次献血者相比，首次献血率高于预期，分别为 60%（699 人中的 422 人）和 12.2%（175,818 人中的 21,516 人）（p = 0.001）。 一项吸引非裔美国人信仰社区参与的教育计划是预期首次献血者比例的四倍多与这四年期间的一般社区相比。
Blood transfusion therapy is an established treatment for primary and secondary prevention of strokes in children with sickle cell disease (SCD), a disease that predominantly affects African Americans. African American blood donors are more likely to have compatible minor red blood cell antigens for children with SCD who routinely receive transfusions. This study tested the hypothesis that when informed at church about the importance of blood donation, African Americans will have a higher than expected rate of first-time blood donation compared to the general population.The Sickle Cell Sabbath Program was developed to increase awareness about SCD and the importance of blood donations within the African American faith community. Church involvement in the program included a 5-minute scripted educational session about SCD that included the importance of blood donations followed by a blood donor drive that was hosted by the church.Thirteen African American churches sponsored 34 blood drives from 2003 through 2006. Each church sponsored at least two blood drives. Approximately 1200 donors participated in the sickle cell blood drives. The majority of the donors were first-time donors and represented a greater than expected first-time donor rate when compared to first-time donors in the metropolitan St Louis area, 60 percent (422 of 699) and 12.2 percent (21,516 of 175,818), respectively (p = 0.001).An educational program that engages the African American faith community more than quadruples the rate of expected first-time blood donors when compared to the general community over this 4-year period.