Donating money in return for blood donation does not always increase blood donation



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donation, which provides blood for blood transfusions and blood products, is often a problem with insufficient blood donation in response to demand, and in some countries overseas, money is paid for donating blood. However, 'monetary rewards for blood donation do not always lead to an increase in blood donation,' said Gretchen Chapman, a professor of psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.

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In Japan, ' blood selling ', which receives money in return for donating blood , is prohibited by the ' Law Concerning the Stable Supply of Safe Blood Products ' at the time of writing. However, the United States is the only developed country to legally permit blood sales, and low-income earners are paid to sell their blood. It has also provided a constant supply of blood, with human and animal blood exports accounting for 2.3% of US export revenues in 2017.

Chapman provides blood to fulfill his desire to help others, his desire to get something in return, and his desire to be seen by others generously I thought the blood donation system, which made money in return, made sense.


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So, Chapman, in collaboration with social psychologist Jeffrey DeWitt, gave a gift of $ 10 (about 1100 yen) as a reward for blood donation to Rutgers NJ State University staff and 4,528 students and students. The we.

In an invitation email to the experiment, Chapman said that half of the subjects said, `` Gift cards are just a reward for blood donation, '' and the other half said, `` Gift cards are advertised during the United States Heart Month every February. Is part of that. ' According to Chapman, half explained that `` gift cards are part of the promotion of the United States Heart Month '' to the target subjects that `` blood donation is done to help people, gift cards just happened to be received '' image It seems that there was an aim to give.

In addition, only half of both groups were additionally described as saying, 'A bandage with a large blood donation mark will be wrapped around the arm to spread awareness of the importance of blood donation.' Chapman states that the experiment was intended to see how 'the reason for giving the gift card' and 'the situation where others may know that the subject donated blood' could affect the behavior of the subject.


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Mr. Chapman and Mr. DeWitt said, `` A situation where the generosity of blood donors becomes objectively apparent after emphasizing that blood donation is done not by money but by personal generosity, '' It was said before the experiment that the proportion of responding to blood donation was the highest when it was explained that the bandage of the blood donation mark was wrapped around the arm.

Experiments have shown that 2.51% of those who 'were told to wear a blood donation mark bandage around their arms following a briefing during American Heart Month' donated blood. However, 'the person who explained that the gift card was just a reward' was 2.4% who actually donated blood, and 'the person who was told that the band of the blood donation mark was wrapped around his arm following the explanation of the American Heart Month There was no big difference. On the other hand, the percentage of those who just received a briefing during American Heart Month was 1.65%. In addition, it was found that those who explained that gift cards were merely rewards and wrapped a blood donation mark bandage around their arms were the lowest responding to blood donation, with only 1.33%.


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From this result, Chapman pointed out that whether or not a subject expects a monetary return for blood donation may not affect whether or not they actually donate blood, `` the value of paying money as a blood donation reward. May not be. ' 'If you're paying in return for a blood donation, it's best to have an excuse that makes the donor donate to others.'

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