Donate with PRIDE: Updated FDA Blood Donor Criteria and Reducing LGBTQIA+ Stigma
Author
DeLargy, Holly
Abstract
The United States trails other countries in the global north in adopting LGBTQIA+ inclusive legislation and policies. This was especially evident in the outdated and stigmatizing FDA blood donation deferral guidelines before May 2023. This project aims to bring awareness to the 2023 updates to the FDA’s blood donation guidelines to normalize LGBTQIA+ donations and subsequently reduce stigma. The dissemination methods used include social media posts, face-to-face presentations, handouts, and scannable QR codes with links. These were utilized to provide the LGBTQIA+ community and the public with awareness of these updates as they were not widely covered by news media. The results of this project were measured by the quantity of audience members reached through each of the aforementioned methods with a total of over 700. This project sought to promote word-of-mouth familiarity and discussion of the new policies to promote LGBTQIA+ inclusion and participation in the blood donation process. This advanced the goal of national awareness of the new guidelines and the reduction of stigma against the LGBTQIA+ community. The University and Medical Center IRB prescreened this project and did not require an IRB review.
Date
2024-04-15
Citation:
APA:
DeLargy, Holly.
(April 2024).
Donate with PRIDE: Updated FDA Blood Donor Criteria and Reducing LGBTQIA+ Stigma
(DNP Scholarly Project, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship.
(http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13351.)
MLA:
DeLargy, Holly.
Donate with PRIDE: Updated FDA Blood Donor Criteria and Reducing LGBTQIA+ Stigma.
DNP Scholarly Project. East Carolina University,
April 2024. The Scholarship.
http://hdl.handle.net/10342/13351.
April 29, 2024.
Chicago:
DeLargy, Holly,
“Donate with PRIDE: Updated FDA Blood Donor Criteria and Reducing LGBTQIA+ Stigma”
(DNP Scholarly Project., East Carolina University,
April 2024).
AMA:
DeLargy, Holly.
Donate with PRIDE: Updated FDA Blood Donor Criteria and Reducing LGBTQIA+ Stigma
[DNP Scholarly Project]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University;
April 2024.
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