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Exploring Blood Donation Challenges and Mobilization Mechanisms in North China During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A
Zhuo Wang1,2, Hejian Wang1
1School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China.
Insights
The COVID-19 pandemic decreased blood donations in North China due to restrictions and fear. Mobilization efforts were bureaucratic and ideological, but group donations may harm long-term civic engagement.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Sociology
Background:
- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly disrupted global blood supply chains.
- Research has primarily focused on mixed blood donation models, leaving non-remunerative models understudied.
- North China utilizes a non-remunerative blood donation model.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate blood donation challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave in North China.
- To explore blood mobilization mechanisms within a non-remunerative donation system.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative research approach.
- Semi-structured interviews conducted in Chengde from April to June 2020.
- Participants included blood donors, potential donors, station leaders, and government officials.
Main Results:
- Key challenge: reduced blood donations due to lockdowns and public apprehension.
- Mobilization strategies involved bureaucratic and ideological approaches.
- Group blood donation, while helpful in emergencies, may negatively impact long-term civic engagement.
Conclusions:
- Provides insights into non-remunerative blood donation systems during public health crises.
- Recommends balancing societal and state perceptions for inclusive blood donation policies.
- Highlights the need to consider the long-term impact of emergency measures on donation culture.
Purpose:
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted the supply of blood globally, resulting in numerous studies focusing on the challenges in maintaining blood supply, and the responses to it, in countries with a mixed blood donation model. This study explored blood donation challenges and mobilization mechanisms in North China, which employs a non-remunerative donation model, during the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave.
Materials And Methods:
A qualitative approach was adopted to investigate blood donation practices in Chengde from April to June 2020. Data were collected from eight blood donors, six potential donors, three blood donation station leaders, and two government officials, through semi-structured interviews.
Results:
The major challenge for blood supply was decreased blood donations, owing to lockdown restrictions, and individual and familial apprehensions. Mobilization mechanisms included bureaucratic and ideological mobilization. However, although group blood donation alleviates the pressure on supply chains during emergencies, it is detrimental to the cultivation of civic engagement in the long run.
Conclusion:
This study contributes to the understanding of how countries with uncompensated blood donation models respond to public health emergencies. It suggests that striking a balance between the society's and the state's perception of blood donation would allow the state to incorporate the different "voices" of society, and devise an inclusive blood donation policy.
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