%0 Journal Article %A Safizadeh, Hossein %A Pourdamghan, Nasim %A Mohamadi, Batool %T University Students Awareness and Attitude towards Blood Donation in Kerman City %J Iranian Journal of Blood and Cancer %V 1 %N 3 %U http://ijbc.ir/article-1-13-en.html %R %D 2009 %K Blood donors, Students, Awareness, Attitude, %X Background: Blood transfusion is one of the most crucial needs of the society in multiple diseases and injuries. The only source of blood is donation. Students consist a large and healthy group who are able of providing a large number of blood donation, however, blood donation is rare amongst them. This study was conducted to evaluate students awareness and attitude towards blood donation in Kerman city. Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional study, 500 students in Kerman city were evaluated using a questionnaire. T-test, Chi-square and Pearson tests were used for data analysis. Results: The mean (±SD) score of the students awareness and attitude towards blood donation were 1.96 ±3.4 out of 9 and 5.32±45.42 out of 60, respectively. Data analysis revealed that there was no significant difference in students attitude between males and females, while males were more aware than females (P %> http://ijbc.ir/article-1-13-en.pdf %P 107-110 %& 107 %! %9 Original Article %L A-10-2-13 %+ %G eng %@ 2008-4595 %[ 2009