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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#ECDHM2021
The whole group is attending the European Conference on Donor Health and Management! #ECDHM202. Steven won the award for the best long...
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Eva-Maria has been interviewed for the AABB News magazine
Read the piece: “Understanding blood donor motivations” here!
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Talk by Caroline about social norms, incentives and prosocial behaviour
Caroline presented recent findings regarding the relationship between social norms, incentives and prosocial behavior.
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COVID-19 & blood donation
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only disrupted all our lives this year, but has also had consequences for blood operators around the world....
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POP! Plasma only please
Marloes Spekman was awarded project funding together with Eva-Maria Merz for their new project Plasma Only Please (POP)
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A new doctor among us...
Tjeerd Piersma has successfully defended his PhD thesis
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