Scenarios for Joining the Bone Marrow Donor Registry (Based on a Mass Survey)

With the increasing number of patients with cancer and autoimmune diseases requiring transplants, recruiting volunteers to the bone marrow donor registry is a pressing issue for Russian society. Difficulties in selecting a suitable recipient dictate the need to expand the database by 34%. A research project to study the motives and factors for potential bone marrow donation focused on identifying the life scenarios for registry participants. These scenarios detail motivations and have practical significance, driven by the search for effective channels for engaging potential bone marrow donors in volunteer activities. This article, based on a typology of open-ended responses from a questionnaire survey of participants in a database of potential hematopoietic stem cell donors, presents basic scenarios for registry entry. The following scenarios are characterized: those related to the close social environment (a friend, spouse, acquaintance joined the register), the experience of a loved one’s illness (a family member or friend fell ill), a social service scenario (career blood donors), professional scenarios (medical workers, representatives of law enforcement agencies, employees of public organizations), an emotional scenario (response to a message, a story in the media), and a random scenario (participation in an event, campaign).

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