%0 Journal Article
%T IMAGINARIOS SOCIALES DE DONANTES VOLUNTARIOS DE SANGRE EN UN PUNTO FIJO DE RECOLECCI¨®N. BOGOT¨¢-COLOMBIA
%A Cruz Berm¨²dez
%A Harold Fabi¨¢n
%A Moreno Collazos
%A Jorge Enrique
%A Angarita Fonseca
%A Adriana
%A Calder¨®n Serrano
%A Claudia Yaneth
%A Mart¨ªnez Fonseca
%A Silvia In¨¦s
%A Restrepo
%A M¨®nica
%J Investigaciones Andina
%D 2011
%I Fundaci¨®n Universitaria del ?rea Andina
%X introduction: the voluntary donation of blood is a challenge for blood banks; it is intended for blood donations to be increased, once the preconceptions in the process become known. objective: establish the main social preconceptions related to the voluntary donation of blood. methods: a descriptive transversal study of a sample of 100 adults. the data was gathered through the application of surveys conducted during the months of july to december of 2010. the variables were: age, sex, origin, social andfinancial status, level of education and main preconceptions related to the donation of blood. a descriptive analysis was conducted; the software used was epilnfo version 3.5.1. results: the main preconception for women was "gaining weight" with a 70.59%, while for men it was "blood is commercialized" with a 36.36%. discussion: the age described in the study and the social and cultural aspects behave according to those predetermined; the social preconceptions are established mainly by the feminine gender with the weight increase. conclusion: the social preconceptions allow for the subjects to have a greater negative predisposition towards donating blood.
%K blood
%K blood donation
%K blood banks.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0124-81462011000200002&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en