A Report on Blood Donation Practices and Migration Studies

This report examines the intricate relationship between migration and blood donation, focusing on the context of New Zealand and the experiences of migrants from India and Pakistan. It begins by outlining the blood donation system in India, exploring the knowledge, attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, and behaviors surrounding blood donation within the Indian population. The report then shifts its focus to New Zealand, discussing the patterns of migration and the challenges and opportunities that arise when integrating migrant communities into the blood donation system. It highlights the diverse cultural backgrounds of migrants and their potential influence on blood donation practices. The report also delves into the specific challenges faced by New Zealand in encouraging blood donation among migrants, including different perceptions, beliefs, and misunderstandings. It concludes by emphasizing the need for awareness campaigns and the importance of providing accurate information to address misconceptions and encourage greater participation in blood donation within New Zealand's diverse population. The report uses references in APA style to support the findings.

Migration and blood donation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
Blood donation system in India and their knowledge, perceptions, beliefs, attitude and
behaviors regarding blood donation.......................................................................................3
Migration along with blood donation in the context of New Zealand...................................4
New Zealand Migration patterns............................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Blood donation refers to providing blood to a needy person. Voluntary blood donation
which is generally referred as a simple and safe procedure that involves donor and receiver.
Donors are the one who donates their blood either whole blood or some specific red blood cells,
platelets or plasma. In New Zealand, this is a normal procedure for donating blood which can
rather help to provides saving lives of other people during an emergency. In this report, there is a
discussion about knowledge, belief, attitude and perception of Indian’s blood donation system
and their behavior. There is also a discussion about migration and blood donation in context to
New Zealand. There is also a discussion about the pattern of New Zealand migration (Naeem,
(2021)).
MAIN BODY
Blood donation system in India and their knowledge, perceptions, beliefs, attitude and behaviors
regarding blood donation.
There are different beliefs and perceptions about blood donation within India. there is a
perception that when any people donate their blood then they may get physically weak or may be
chances of getting an infection. there is also a perception that due to donation of blood they can
get weak physically (Lee, (2017)). There are about 78% of people who never donate their blood.
There are about 44 % of a donor who are having the belief that they may get weakness or anemia
or chances of reduced immunity within their body due to donation of blood. In India, there are
about 50% of people who are having a positive attitude regarding the donation of blood when
they are asked. There is a belief that during the donation of blood they have observed that there
was no any privacy provided to the donor. Due to such type of experience, they feel discomfort
and have never donated again. These are some of the beliefs, perceptions and attitudes of people
in India for donating blood (Mohapatra, (2018)). Such type of attitude may lead to creating a
difficulty for blood donation within New Zealand which shows the behavior regarding blood
donation. For this, there is a need for creating an awareness among such types of people for
donating blood willingly. Some different organizations and hospitals organize blood donation
camps. There is a system of arranging blood camps on different places where people like to visit
and donate blood either in such blood camps, blood banks in a hospital or directly donate to the
receiver. Due to different camps and efforts of the government, they can minimize the gap

between the demand and supply of blood. This is the blood donation system in India which is to
fulfill the demand of blood either by providing blood to the hospital of blood bank or in blood
camp or directly to the receiver (Elton-Chalcraft, (2020)).
Migration along with blood donation in the context of New Zealand
It can be observed that in New Zealand, there are different migrants from Pakistan in
India. It should also need to donate blood within the country. This is the one through which they
can help and share their participation for providing a better and healthy country by donating
blood. This can be a most precious gift for anyone who is needed for saving their life. This can
also be said as a gift of life. Migrants come from different cultures, places and having different
attitudes and beliefs towards to blood donation. This create the difficulty for donating blood to
the developed country like New Zealand. New Zealand influences every people of the country
for donating blood for providing better opportunities when it is needed for the needed person.
This can help to save someone's life who is necessarily needed for this. Due to having different
beliefs, attitudes and perceptions of migration (Chauhan, (2018)). This created difficulty with a
New Zealand for donation of blood which is due to different perception, beliefs,
misunderstanding and due to their background. There is a need to provide awareness about blood
donation which can provide them enough information and motivate them willingly. Blood
donation within New Zealand for providing participation in blood donation for saving someone's
life during an emergency. With the help of creating awareness and providing information related
to fact about donating blood and removing the perception which is not correct about donating
blood. This can influence them to donate blood within New Zealand. New Zealand government
need to make some specific guideline for blood donation for the migrants. This can influence
enough to migrants for willingly donate their blood within New Zealand (Menner & Küpper,
(2019)).
New Zealand Migration patterns
Every year many people come to New Zealand either as skilled worker or for their study
purpose. According to statistics, New Zealand has estimated about net migration within 2016-17
year. about 72,300 (Howland, (2019)). There are the different largest groups of India, China,
United Kingdom, South Africa, Philippines, Australia who stay there as a migrant arrival. There
are about an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 visitors to New Zealand in the year 2021. This is the
impact due to the covid-19 pandemic. This created shortage in migration but it is estimated that

there will be a large number of migrants afterward. Due to having developed countries, they
needed for skilled workers which includes education, health sector, agriculture, and information
technology along with trade and constructions. Due to having skill shortage, they are need for
skilled workers who are generally migrants within New Zealand (Kragelund Nielsen &
Andersen, (2020)).
CONCLUSION
From above discussion, it can be concluded that there is a need for blood donation for
providing better safety during emergency times when there is a need for blood. Due to different
cultures, beliefs, perceptions and systems of blood donation to the migrants create difficult for
New Zealand government to accept blood from those migrants. In New Zealand, there is need to
making aware to people for blood donation different patterns of migrants within New Zealand.
Migrants came for getting education and are generally skilled workers to get paid for their work.
In this report, there is a discussion about migrants form India and Pakistan who have different
cultures, beliefs, perceptions and different patterns.

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