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Increasing Blacks' Representation And Utilization On The Bone Marrow Registry: An Action-Oriented Needs Assessment, Indria Gillespie
Increasing Blacks' Representation And Utilization On The Bone Marrow Registry: An Action-Oriented Needs Assessment, Indria Gillespie
University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this action-oriented needs assessment was to ascertain the knowledge, motivation, and culture (KMC) needs of Blacks regarding joining the Be The Match bone marrow registry and participating in the bone marrow donation process. This needs assessment will be utilized to lay the foundation for an educational and research based nonprofit organization, Angels In Disguise, that I developed. This study will also be used to inform the bone marrow registry of the KMC needs of the Blacks who participated in this study. The data collection came from nine observations, four post-observation surveys, five donor interviews, two prototype development …