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Ten email netiquette tips
Ten email netiquette tips
Composing an email to suit your audience is a vital part of communicating your message. If your email is unpleasant to read, hard to find or lost among a sea of other emails, you will have wasted time and not accomplished your goal. Further, email is a one-way medium. When writing, we can't see or hear the recipients, which is vastly different in the telephone or being face-to-face. To help overcome this, here are my 10 tips for email netiquette. On the left is the poor example and on the right, you'll find the improved one. Tip number 1, make subject lines meaningful.
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The applications to purchase the all new 2017 Ford GT were due just under 3 months ago and Ford has started notifying the chosen ones about the next steps for purchainsg the new Ford GT. Congratulation emails started going out yesterday around 8PM EST as was first reported on the FordGTForum by member DBK and 6 minutes later I received the email with the great news. A 2nd wave of emails went out later on that evening notifying some applicants that they were on the priority wait list and a 3rd wave went out thanking those for applying but deferring them to later opportunities. Read More


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In The Game is a Kartemquin documentary film directed by Peabody award-winner Maria Finitzo (Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita, 5 Girls) that follows the ups and downs of a girls' soccer team to reveal the very real obstacles that low-income students confront in their quest for higher education. Set in a primarily Hispanic neighborhood, Kelly High School on Chicago's south side is an inner city public school struggling to provide the basics for their students, many of whom do not make it to college, either because they cannot compete academically or because their families do not have the financial resources to send them to college. The girls face an uneven playing field - or in the case of the girls at Kelly High School, no soccer field at all - little or no support, problems at home, uncertain futures, discrimination, and poverty, but remain undaunted thanks to their teammates and the dedicated mentoring of their coach.
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We left Teppan Fuji well after dark and we came prepared for it. Headights, red blinky things, reflective tape, and bright colors. That's how you get noticed, all right! Bob has been getting a lot of wear out of his school bus yellow AdventureWear jacket. As you can see, the color is pretty hard to miss, which is exactly why I purchased it for him.
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As people reach age 60, their investment needs change. No longer are they simply accumulating money for retirement, they are getting to the age of retirement. At that point, protecting their retirement accounts becomes as important as obtaining investment gains. Investors should carefully consider the available options and determine what types of investments are best for their specific situation.
Declining Risk
Though each investor will have to decide how much risk is too much, as an investor nears retirement, it is important to reduce risk. Investors should reduce the amount of money invested in the stock market and increase the amount of money invested in fixed-rate securities each year. One formula to determine proper exposure to the stock market is to subtract the investor's age from 115. For example, using this formula, an 80-year-old investor should have 35 percent of his investments invested in the stock market.
Mutual Funds
The volatility of the stock market provides the opportunity for those owning stocks to see rapid appreciation on the value of their investment. This volatility, however, also means that the investment potentially can decline rapidly. Investors 60 or older should consider moving the portion of their retirement money invested in stocks into well-diversified mutual funds that reduce the risk of rapid price movements. These funds provide investors some exposure to the stock market without the risk inherent in owning individual stocks.
Bonds are a popular fixed-rate investment product. A bond works like a loan. The investor loans the money to a corporation or government entity and receives interest payments over time and the entire investment amount when the bond matures. Bonds are a useful investment for people nearing or in retirement as the money is secure and provides a source of income. In general, the riskier the bond, the higher the return, with stable government bonds typically paying a lower rate of return than many bonds issued by corporations.
An immediate annuity is another investment for those approaching retirement age to consider. An immediate annuity is an investment product that provides the investor with a stable monthly payment for life or other period of time. Annuities remove the risk of investment, but annuities are difficult and expensive to close. Investors making the decision to buy an annuity need to fully understand all of the rules regarding the annuity to make certain that it will meet their needs.
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Many investment companies provide specialized programs to manage retirement accounts. These services work to manage the money of retirees based on the investor's age, expected date of retirement, tolerance to risk and other factors. Investors who do not feel comfortable managing their own account should consider using one of these programs. As when choosing any investment plan, investors should talk to a number of different companies and compare the costs and benefits of each plan.
- "New York Times"; Investing; For Boomers Near Retirement, Toolboxes Aplenty; Elizabeth Harris; January 4, 2004
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LOS ANGELES -- The good news for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night was that one of their most miserable road trips in recent memory was behind them. The bad news was that the misery had followed them home from St. Louis.
It became evident fairly quickly in a 5-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants before 45,056 at Dodger Stadium that simply returning to the West Coast wouldn't be enough to solve the Dodgers' offensive problems. They continued right down to the final two outs of the game, a strikeout by Blake DeWitt with runners on first and second and another strikeout by Casey Blake with the bases loaded.
That left the Dodgers hitless in four at-bats with runners in scoring position for the game, and 5-for-36 with eight strikeouts and two double-play grounders in those situations during what is now a five-game losing streak to begin the second half.
Trailing 4-1 in the bottom of the sixth, the Dodgers got runners to second and third with two outs, only to have Matt Kemp hit a grounder to third. They got a gift run on that play -- a gift from both Giants third baseman Pablo Sandoval, who tagged James Loney coming from second rather than throwing across to get Kemp at first, and from plate umpire Mike Everitt, who wrongly ruled that Jamey Carroll crossed home plate before Sandoval tagged Loney.
Trailing 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh, the Dodgers loaded the bases with two outs, only to have Andre Ethier ground to first.
Finally, trailing 5-2 in the bottom of the ninth, the Dodgers got a leadoff single from Russell Martin, a one-out single from Rafael Furcal and a two-out walk from Ethier, only to have Blake strike out to end the game.
"I think when we're getting up there with opportunities, wanting to get it done, we haven't been able to for whatever reason," Dodgers utility man Jamey Carroll said. "When you haven't won any games, I guess it could lead to wanting too badly to be the guy who gets the big hit, and nobody has been able to do it."
Indeed, the Dodgers (49-44) -- who remain mired in fourth place in the National League West and trail division-leading San Diego by six games -- appear to be pressing in such situations, and manager Joe Torre admitted that it is becoming a concern.
"I think it is getting into our heads a little bit now," Torre said. "There have been a couple of opportunities where we were probably squeezing the sawdust out of the bat."
In five games since the All-Star break, the Dodgers have scored a total of 11 runs. In 45 offensive innings since the All-Star break, the Dodgers have scored in a total of six of them.
There was good news for the Dodgers offensively. Kemp and Martin, both of whom had been struggling, got three hits apiece. Furcal, who hadn't been struggling at all and now has enough plate appearances to qualify as the leading hitter in the NL at .338, also had three hits, one of them a solo homer leading off the sixth.
But the rest of the news was pretty much bad, including the fact that Ethier is now hitless in his past 12 at-bats, albeit with five walks, and Blake is now hitless in his past 13.
"Andre looks like he is getting frustrated because they seem to be [pitching] around him," Torre said. "He just has to maintain his patience."
So do the rest of the Dodgers. Especially in key situations.
Key Performance
James McDonald, who was promoted earlier in the day from Triple-A Albuquerque for the first time this season, made his first big league start in almost 15 months. There are no guarantees he will make another one anytime soon.
McDonald gave up four runs on nine hits over five innings and seemed to be in constant trouble after retiring the Giants in order in the first. With John Ely having pitched seven solid innings for Albuquerque against Round Rock on Sunday in his first start since being demoted, and with Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti already burning up the phones in advance of the July 31 trading deadline, there is no guarantee McDonald will start the next time the fifth spot in the rotation comes up (on Saturday against the New York Mets).
"I think we have to wait and see where we are," Torre said.
Both Torre and McDonald felt the right-hander had good stuff and made some good pitches. But the result is what matters, and at a time when the Dodgers are becoming increasingly desperate for just one victory, McDonald simply wasn't good enough.
Whether he was good enough to warrant another chance remains to be seen.
"I try not to worry about that," said McDonald, who logged major league time each of the past two seasons and was on the playoff roster both years. "I just worry about what I can do tomorrow and the next day. If they do call on me, I'll be ready to go back out there."
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After the Giants loaded the bases with nobody out in the second inning following a leadoff walk to Buster Posey, McDonald managed to escape without a run scoring, striking out Travis Ishikawa, getting Nate Schierholtz to pop up and retiring Madison Bumgarner on a ground ball. But McDonald had to throw 22 pitches that inning, something that might have adversely affected him later on. He gave up two runs in the third and two more in the fourth.
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In Tuesday's matchup, two of the brightest young pitching talents in the National League will face off: Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw (9-5, 3.16) versus two-time defending N.L. Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum (10-4, 2.94). Kershaw is coming off one of his worst starts of the year in Thursday night's second-half opener at St. Louis, where he gave up five runs and failed to get through the fifth inning. Lincecum, by contrast, is coming off a two-hit shutout of the New York Mets on Thursday night at AT&T Park.
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Phantom City Creative continues its series of Mondo posters inspired by Batman: The Animated Series with "Mudslide" and "The Man Who Killed Batman."
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Understanding non-return after a temporary deferral from giving blood: a qualitative study
Health behavior, health promotion and society
The reasons why deferral from blood donation reduces the likelihood of future return remain unclear. This aim of this study was to investigate possible reasons why deferral has such a dramatic impact on donation patterns.
Qualitative methods were used to explore donors' motivations to give blood, their experiences of temporary deferral, and their intentions to return once eligible. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 23 donors in the two weeks following a temporary deferral due to a low haemoglobin concentration. The Framework approach was used to analyse data and identify themes associated with prompt return, ascertained from Blood Service records.
We found that, predominantly, individuals give blood because it represents an easy and convenient way to help others, and provides personal rewards, such as enhancing positive self-concepts and valuable knowledge about health. Deferral disrupts the habit of regular donation, and additionally, introduces an element of practical and emotional hassle to what is generally seen as an undemanding activity. Return after deferral was related to four aspects of a person and their context: an individual's other obligations, especially parenting; whether donation arrangements were facilitated by a range of supports; the presence of a strong "blood donor" identity; and whether deferral left the donor feeling valued and appreciated.
Aspects of the deferral process need to be improved to ensure individuals feel valued, and continued attention should be given to the convenience of donation, especially for those with competing obligations.
Because only 3% of the Australian public donate, the Australian blood supply is reliant on a small group of committed, regular volunteer donors, making both recruitment and retention efforts vital to guarantee that the blood supply is maintained
Several studies have shown that donors are less likely to return to donate blood after a temporary deferral
While several studies have investigated the influence of temporary deferral on subsequent donation patterns, none have specifically explored the reasons why deferral has such a negative impact on return. In order to understand why donors are less likely to return after a deferral, we conducted a qualitative study exploring donors' motivations for giving blood, perceptions of the deferral experience, previous experiences of lapsing from donation, their intentions to return in the future, and actual return behaviour once eligible. We then developed a conceptual framework to explain return after a temporary deferral.
Ethics approval was obtained from the Human Research Ethics Committees of the University of Adelaide and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (the Blood Service).
In mid-2007, on a weekly basis for three months, donation records were extracted for all South Australian donors deferred for low haemoglobin during the previous week. Donors were selected based on a recorded haemoglobin concentration of <120 g/L for women, and <130 g/L for men (the acceptance thresholds at the time of the study). Potential participants were selected through purposive sampling, a non-probability sampling method that ensures that the sample shares key characteristics with the population in question
Donors were initially sent an information letter and a follow-up phone call was made approximately three days after mailing the letter to discuss interest in participation. A total of 50 donors were sent letters of invitation and 29 agreed to schedule an interview. Data saturation, the point at which the no new themes emerged, was deemed to occur after 25 interviews
Data collection and analysis
Semi-structured interviews were undertaken to allow donors to express a diversity of views and to allow for the emergence of new issues. Interviews were conducted by TH, using a semi-structured interview guide. The topics covered are shown in the section (Topics covered in the interview guide). All participants signed a consent form and gave permission to have the interview recorded. The first four interviews were used to develop and pilot the interview guide, with a further 25 interviews completed during May and June of 2007. Interviews took place between 7 and 20 days from the date of the deferral and ranged from 22 to 54 minutes in length. Poor quality recording resulted in two interviews being unable to be transcribed and therefore unable to be analysed further (only minimal notes were taken during interviews). As a result, 23 interviews were available for analysis. Interviews were transcribed and pseudonyms used to protect the identity of the participants. The demographic and donation characteristics of these 23 participants are shown in Table
Topics covered in the interview guide
What are donors' perceptions of the deferral experience?
What do donors understand about the reasons for their deferral?
What are donors' intentions regarding seeking further investigations into the cause of their low haemoglobin, and what is their motivation for doing so?
How do donors talk about their intentions to return once eligible?
Do participants see themselves as "blood donors", and how do their self-perceptions compare with the concept of a "blood donor identity"?
Motivations for donating for the first time, and then for continuing to give blood
Descriptions of unsatisfactory donation experiences
The circumstances leading to a cessation from donation during previous phases of the donor career, and recommencement after the break
Reflections on giving blood as a voluntary activity
Responses to the information that deferral reduces the likelihood of return
Analysis was guided by the Framework approach
After the indexing stage of analysis had been completed, whether or not donors had returned after being eligible to do so was ascertained from the Blood Service donor database. A cut-off of nine months from being eligible to return was selected as time-to-event analysis conducted previously revealed that donors were unlikely to return beyond this point if they had not already done so
The first part of the results section presents analysis of participants' motivations for giving blood. The next part describes the circumstances leading to previous breaks from giving blood, and is followed by participants' experiences of deferral and their intentions to return. Finally, we present analysis of the themes that were consistently linked with whether or not a donor returned once eligible, and a conceptual model resulting from this analysis.
Motivations for giving blood, self-perceptions and benefits
When asked why they donated blood, participants described a range of motivations including altruism and an awareness of need, following the example set by parents and family members, and personal knowledge of a transfusion recipient. Several donors described the habitual nature of their commitment to give regularly.
Most participants had thought about giving blood for a long period of time before their first attempt. Intentions were often translated into action after a specific trigger, such as encouragement from others, an organised group effort, a particular appeal from the Blood Service, or a convenient opportunity. For example, one participant described the reason she finally donated with a work group.
Some donors also described other ways that attending to give blood had been facilitated by supportive environments, including being allowed by their employers to give blood during work hours. However, the majority of participants did not appear to be supported this way.
The majority of participants saw themselves as a "blood donor" which was predominantly seen as eliciting positive self-perceptions, such as being unselfish, useful, and community-minded.
Giving blood was considered an appropriate activity for someone enjoying good health, and meeting the criteria to give blood reinforced an individual's status as a healthy person.
Participants also described extrinsic and intrinsic benefits of giving blood (Figure
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Personal benefits of being a blood donor
Personal benefits of being a blood donor.
Relatively few negative aspects of donation were reported. The most common drawbacks were the inconvenience of the time required to give blood, discomfort of the needle, and physical reactions to donation. These negatives tended to be described as minor inconveniences.
Blood donation compared to other altruistic activities
Participants were asked to reflect on giving blood compared to other altruistic activities, such as volunteering time or donating money to a charity. Most described blood donation as a smaller investment of time and energy than volunteering, and a contribution that was possible regardless of financial situation, unlike donating money.
Another appealing characteristic was that blood donation didn't require a regular and sustained commitment, as donors gave as part of a pool. Correspondingly, postponing donation was perceived not to have catastrophic consequences.
Reflections on ceasing donation and previous experience of "lapsing"
Participants were asked their views on ceasing donation. For the most part, deferred donors did not plan to stop giving blood, and most suggested that the decision would be imposed upon them. However, two of the longest serving donors noted that their continued commitment to giving blood depended on the activity remaining easy.
Many participants discussed circumstances surrounding previous breaks from donation. There were a number of common themes in these accounts. First, there were two factors that contributed to a break: changes in personal circumstances (such as change in job, moving further from a collection site, or having children, see Figure
Figure 2
Pathway to unintentionally lapsing from donation
Pathway to unintentionally lapsing from donation.
Only one participant described intentionally delaying returning after an unsuccessful donation attempt unrelated to low haemoglobin. She initially stated the reason for slow return was
Several donors returned from a substantial break after a specific trigger or prompt, similar to the reasons given by participants for instigating a first attempt. These triggers all occurred at a stage when donation could be more easily accommodated in their lives, although it appeared the circumstances had been favourable for a period of time prior to returning.
Perceptions of the deferral experience
Most participants described negative emotional responses resulting from their deferral. Some strong negative emotions resulted from denial of the opportunity to help and the disruption to the donors' self-perceptions as capable, competent, and healthy individuals. Some interviewees were also anxious about a possible underlying condition.
Others were annoyed at having their time wasted, or upset with the way they were treated by collection staff.
Most negative emotional responses to deferral appeared to be short lived, and it was common for donors to say they hadn't thought about their deferral much since the event. At the same time, some also recognised that they had gained valuable knowledge about their health (elaborated below). A small group reported no negative responses to deferral. Most of this group had been deferred for low haemoglobin on more than one occasion, and some had anticipated the most recent deferral event.
Deferral and implications for health
The Blood Service provides information about haemoglobin, iron, and the purpose of further testing after deferral for low haemoglobin in three ways: information brochures available immediately following the deferral (the first containing information about the role of haemoglobin, iron, and ways to increase iron intake and absorption, and the second explaining the need for deferred donors to seek further testing and the possibility of conversion to apheresis donation); a verbal explanation from the collection nurse; and in a letter mailed to deferred donors with their Ferritin test result.
The letter regarding Ferritin test results was a specific source of confusion as not one donor was familiar with the word "ferritin" and several donors queried its meaning during the research interview, indicating the letter did not contain an adequate explanation.
Donors expressed poor understanding of haemoglobin in biomedical terms, with limited understanding of the role of haemoglobin in the body, and its relationship to dietary iron intake or possible underlying disease.
Although most donors had limited understanding about the role of haemoglobin in the body, it did not diminish their belief that there were justifiable reasons for their deferral, indicating high levels of trust in the organisation.
While most donors expressed negative responses to their deferral, some also recognised that being deferred had benefits.
In relation to the verbal explanation provided by the collection nurse, some participants felt the reasons suggested, such as poor diet, stress, and heavy menstrual cycles, did not necessarily apply to them.
Three donors described interactions with nursing staff that were less than satisfactory, characterised by inadequate explanations and poor staff treatment.
Which personal characteristics and circumstances are associated with return
Only 11 of the 23 participants returned within nine months of being eligible to do so. One additional donor was not eligible to return (on medical advice), and one participant was deceased at the time of follow up. Four aspects of a person and his/her context were found to be associated with whether or not a donor returned promptly once eligible: being female with dependent children, having donation facilitated by a supportive environment, the strength of the donor identity, and the experience at the deferral event.
First, the finding that not one woman (of five) who both worked and had dependent children returned within nine months of being eligible suggests that donors with the most responsibilities and demands on time are the most poorly placed to overcome the disruption to their donation pattern associated with deferral. This subset also tended to give blood on their own, not as part of an organised group. The following quotes are illustrative.
In contrast, the majority of older participants returned after deferral, even though they also tended to not give in an organised group. Fewer competing demands appeared to mean that return was less contingent on the activity remaining easy.
Second, younger donors without children seemed to have a greater chance of return if, prior to deferral, donation was facilitated by a supportive environment (e.g. giving blood in an organised group; a collection site convenient to work or home). Notions of convenience differed between younger donors and older donors, with one retired donor noting that blood donation was convenient even if he had to catch two buses to attend a collection site. In contrast, younger donors tended to report giving blood was easy if they lived or worked in the same suburb as a collection site or drove directly past one whilst commuting. In these ways, supportive structures appeared to facilitate return by reducing the effort needed to give blood.
The third attribute related to the strength of the donor identity. Returning donors tended to have strong self-perceptions of being a "blood donor". This group saw donation working well in their lives: they found the activity personally rewarding, it was something that they could do with competence, and could be easily accommodated around their other commitments. Younger donors in particular saw blood donation in this way. When exploring the "blood donor" identity described by participants in this study, we found that role identity theory as traditionally applied to blood donor research such as
Interestingly, many of those with a strong identity had previously encountered difficulties giving blood, such as unsatisfactory staff treatment, physical reactions, and deferrals, suggesting that repeated successful performance is only one contributing factor to the strength of the identity. For example, one young female participant had been deferred twice in her short donation career, and had in fact returned earlier than permitted after the first deferral, resulting in her being turned away. This donor appeared to derive numerous benefits from giving blood. She emphatically described her appreciation of the "rewards" of donation, such as the free health check, the social aspect of donation (as she attends with a large group of friends), the refreshments, the atmosphere at the donor centre, the way she was treated by the staff, and finally, positive self-perceptions as a result of knowing she was
The final attribute possibly related to non-return was unsatisfactory treatment at the deferral event. Of three donors who described aspects of unsatisfactory treatment, two did not return promptly, and the third was deceased at the time of follow up. One described a lack of compassion from the staff at the donor centre ("
Negative emotional responses have been proposed as a possible reason for the reduced likelihood of return after a temporary deferral
A conceptual model for explaining return from a temporary deferral
The final stage of analysis, mapping and interpretation, resulted in the development of a conceptual model to explain why some donors returned promptly from deferral and others did not. The model is depicted in Figure
Figure 3
Conceptual model explaining likelihood of return after a temporary deferral for low haemoglobin
Conceptual model explaining likelihood of return after a temporary deferral for low haemoglobin.
Central to the model is the understanding that a deferral for a low haemoglobin level disrupts the habit of regular donation. This may be due, in part, to donors being unable to reinforce the strength of the association between context and donation behaviour during the six month deferral period
The horizontal axis in the figure represents the perceived convenience of donation. Perceived convenience is related to a number of factors: a donor's lifestyle (such as work location); collection practices (such as collection site location or opening hours); obligations and demands in a donor's life (such as family responsibilities); and whether attendance is facilitated by supportive environments. Assessments of convenience are also likely to be influenced by the practical and emotional "hassle" a deferral introduces to giving blood. Hassle incorporates the unpleasantness of the deferral event and the corresponding desire to avoid another occurrence, and reduced expectation of being accepted at a subsequent donation attempt.
The vertical axis in the figure represents the extent to which giving blood is personally relevant. As per McCall and Simmons' conceptualisation of role identity
This study suggests that deferral reduces the likelihood of return through a number of processes. First, deferral disrupts the habit of regular donation, which also increases vulnerability to changes in personal circumstances and blood collection practices. Second, the deferral process is somewhat unpleasant and introduces a level of practical and emotional hassle to what was previously an undemanding activity. Third, deferral can diminish expectations that a future donation will be accepted, partly through reducing self-perceptions of good health and competence as a donor. In other words, deferral may "tip the scales" for a donor already juggling multiple demands, leading to the view that donation is too much of a hassle, particularly if the next attempt may be unsuccessful. Finally, the experience may reduce the strength of the blood donor identity if interpreted as unsuccessful role-performance, and limiting the opportunity for successful enactment. This analysis found relatively few differences between returning and non-returning donors in some respects: levels of altruism, length of donation history, knowledge of the need for blood, and experience of deferral (with the exception of those who felt particularly upset by their treatment). The findings of this study support the wider argument that opportunity for donation is the most important predictor of whether an individual gives blood, and that proximal factors, such as where and when to donate, should be the focus of recruitment efforts
For re-engaging deferred donors, as well as recruitment of new donors, strategies to enhance convenience include maintaining a range of opening hours and locations (including mobile collections), and offering services such as transport and child-care arrangements. Another strategy endorsed by this research is supporting donation arrangements, such as through encouraging donation as part of a work or social group.
For deferred donors, aspects of the deferral event could be altered to reduce the practical and emotional hassle and enhance the perceived benefits. Better communication at the time of the donation attempt is clearly indicated and likely to be a key to overcoming several barriers to return. There may be an opportunity to offer a service during and following deferral that ensures donors feel that their health is important to the organisation, and that they are personally valued and appreciated. In addition to improved communication, strategies may include promoting the ferritin testing (that already occurs) as an additional benefit to the donor, and potentially, linking donors to other health services such as nutrition counselling and further investigations of the cause of low haemoglobin. Such a service might also maintain communication with deferred donors over the deferral period to increase the likelihood of return.
It has been recognised that in order to attract new donors, blood centre need to minimise perceived costs associated with donation
The literature on new forms of civil engagement proposes that volunteers are now less likely to form long-term commitments to a role or organisation, or engage in demanding commitments, compared to volunteers in the past
Paradoxically, blood services may be better placed to maintain community support than other voluntary organisations, as by its nature blood donation is sporadic, requires low levels of commitment, and is often performed alone. This study found deferred donors have high levels of good-will towards giving blood and the agencies responsible for its collection. The challenge for blood services is to recognise that current donors' motivations and levels of commitment are different to those of previous generations
In this regard, the work of Giddens is useful to appreciate that the biographical narratives informing self-identity are fragile
This study had some limitations. Due to the qualitative methodology and small, purposive sample size, results should be interpreted with caution, and regarded as provisional. Of note, only one individual deferred at first attempt to donate was interviewed, so findings largely relate to experienced donors. Also, only one participant was aged 25–39. All participants lived in the city so findings may not apply to rural donors (reached by a mobile service). It could be that individuals willing and able to be involved in this research had stronger "blood donor" identities and greater opportunities to accommodate donation into their lives than those who declined participation.
Participants were interviewed in the weeks immediately following deferral, in order to understand proximal responses to deferral and opportunities for improving the deferral process. Ideally, participants would have been interviewed again after return or non-return had been ascertained, but that was not feasible. It is also possible that interaction with the researcher may have changed the likelihood of return, as the interviews involved considerable reflection on the commitment to give blood and the deferral experience, and at least two additional contacts during the deferral period. It was not possible to identify all donors who were medically ineligible to return and some non-returning participants may have fallen into this category. Also, some participants may have returned more than nine months after being eligible to do so, therefore the research relates to relatively prompt return. The above limitations flow through to the conceptual model. Finally, the results presented in this article represent a degree of over-simplification of all possible patterns in the data. This was a consequence of tailoring analysis to answering a specific research question, which is a characteristic of Framework analysis.
This study suggests deferral reduces the likelihood of return in a number of ways, relating the disruption of habit, the introduction of practical and emotion hassle to the donation process, and reduced strength of blood donor identity. The findings highlight the need to improve communication at the time of and following deferral, to enhance aspects of the deferral process to ensure individuals feel valued, and to maintain the convenience of giving blood to increase the likelihood of return.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the manuscript submitted to BMC Public Health.
Authors' contributions
TH conceived of the study, developed the interview guide, carried out the interviews, performed the data analysis, and drafted the manuscript. KD contributed to analysis and helped draft the manuscript. VM participated in the design of the study, contributed to analysis and helped draft the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
This research was funded by an Australian Research Council- Linkage Grant LP0669248 and an Australian Red Cross Blood Service Project Grant. We thank Prof Philip Ryan for his contributions to the broader project of which this study was part. We would like to acknowledge the Australian Red Cross Blood Service (the Blood Service) and Australian governments that fully fund the Blood Service for the provision of blood products and services to the Australian community.
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