A night of new insights and cohesion at the West Best Talkshow
Eva-Maria Merz was invited as a guest speaker at the West Best Talkshow to enlighten the residents about blood donation.
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A bloody nice evening
Dr. Eva-Maria Merz organinzes "A bloody nice evening" in collaboration with Pakhuis de Zwijger. With a diverse program about blood donation.
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Rijksmuseum Boerhaave pop-up exhibition: The power of plasma!
The Boerhaave museum hosts a new pop-up exhibition about the power of plasma! In addition, Dr. Eva-Maria Merz will give a Stokvis Lecture.
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Work and play: Our writing retreat in Limburg
Our research team went on a writing retreat in Limburg to get away from the office and focus on writing and team-building.
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Blood, it runs in the family: How Families Can Shape the Future of Blood Donation
New research provides insights in how familiy influence matters for shaping future blood donors and how blood banks play into this.
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European Conference on Donor Health and Management: our experiences
Our donor research team attended the ECDHM in Vienna where we presented our findings and learned a lot from international colleagues.
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“I Don’t Like It, But I Learned A Lot” How can serious games prepare the next generation of donors?
We developed and tested a serious game at NEMO Science Live to increase awareness on plasma donation and prepare next generations of donors.
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The social contagion of prosocial behaviour: How neighbourhood blood donations influence individual
Research findings on how neighourhood blood donations can influence an individual
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Inaugural lecture Eva-Maria Merz
Eva-Maria has been appointed full professor of Donor Behavior at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The...
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How can we convince more people to answer donation solicitations?
Solicitations for donations are a highly effective tool that many organizations use to elicit donations of blood, time, or money.
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Is blood donation contagious?
Joris, Eva, Bianca and Pamala research if individuals can"be infected" with blood donation behaviour by their social group.
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How public trust and healthcare quality shape blood donation behavior?
Although blood donation takes place in a medical setting within the larger healthcare system, little is known about how (perceptions of)...
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Why incentives work sometimes and sometimes not...
Incentives have surprisingly inconsistent effects when it comes to encouraging people to behave prosocially. Caroline, Eva, Bianca and...
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What are the consequences of Sanquin's ferritin policy?
To prevent (negative consequences of) temporary deferral due to low hemoglobin, the Dutch national blood service Sanquin introduced a...
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Do deferred donors continue their donations?
Marloes, Theo and Eva conducted a large scale register study in the Netherlands to answer this question. Here are some main takeaways:...
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How do you increase blood donor return after deferal?
This is probably a question that many marketing officers for blood banks ask. Marloes, Theo and Eva-Maria come to your aid with their...
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How does closing donation centers impact donor behaviour?
For each additional kilometre of travel distance, the risk of lapse steadily increased.
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How do childbirth, starting a new job or the death of a family member influence blood donation?
A quick overview of how different life events influence blood donation.
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New to the field of blood donation and don't know where to begin or what works?
Then you should take a look at this literature review by Tjeerd, Rene, Elisabeth, Wim and Eva - Individual, contextual and network...
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Blood Donation Narratives on Social Media: A Topic Modeling Study
Research findings on how social can impact blood donor recruitment and retention.
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