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Ethiopian Public Health Association (EPHA) th Abstract Book of the 27 EPHA Annual Conference 22-24 February 2016 Addis Ababa Attaining Universal Health Service Coverage and Sustainable Development Goals Related to Health: Opportunities and Challenges. February, 2016 Addis Ababa 1 Abs 01 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Blood Donation and Associated Factors among Adults in Debre Markos Town, Northwest Ethiopia. Yenework Acham, MPH; Ahmed Esmael, MSc; Kedir Yimam, MPH* *Department of Public Health, Medicine and Health Science College, Debre Markos University, Debre Markos, Ethiopia. Background: Even if the demand for blood supply accelerating in Ethiopia, evidences indicates that severe shortage of blood supplies hitting the vast majority of population. Thus, identifying motivational factors affecting blood donation and recruitment of safe and low risk donors is necessary. Therefore, this study aimed at assessing knowledge, attitude and practice of blood donation and its associated factors. Methods: Community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Debre Markos Town from February to April 2015. Multistage sampling technique with single population proportion formula was employed to get the total sample size of 845. Interviewer administered questionnaire employed for the data collection. Binary logistic regression was fitted to assess the relationship between outcome variables and explanatory variables. Results: In this study, 436 (56.5%), 403 (52.2%) and 124 (16.1%) of respondents were found to be knowledgeable, had favorable attitude and reported the practice of blood donation. Younger age, male sex, having formal education and radio listener were independent predictors of knowledge. Being at high school and above level, having good income, listening radio and being knowledgeable were significantly associated with favorable attitude.
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