Mixed-methods exploration of the knowledge of young adults about blood donation processes; a one-center cross-sectional study in a tertiary institution

• Belinda Baidoo ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Belinda Baidoo, Elizabeth Ankomah

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Patrick.adu@ucc.edu.gh (PA); belindabaidoo1206@gmail.com (BB)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health, Sciences College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Elizabeth Ankomah ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Belinda Baidoo, Elizabeth Ankomah

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health, Sciences College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Mohammed Alhassan,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health, Sciences College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Godfred Benya,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health, Sciences College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Emmanuella Obike,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health, Sciences College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6571-3297

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• Audrey Benfo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health, Sciences College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Joseph Boachie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health, Sciences College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

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• Patrick Adu

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Patrick.adu@ucc.edu.gh (PA); belindabaidoo1206@gmail.com (BB)

  Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health, Sciences College of Health and Allied Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9686-8300

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