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    Caring for Those Who Share: Improving the Health of Wisconsin Blood Donors

    Project Overview

    4th Funding Cycle Development Award
         Project Start Date: 7/1/2008
         Project End Date: 6/30/2009

    Project Goal Statement: This proposal aims to identify and prevent treatable disease in prospective Wisconsin blood donors who are not allowed to donate because of anemia, through the use of an interventional tool and increased awareness about the need for further evaluation.

    Original Award Amount: $49,959
    Adjusted Award Amount: $47,208*

    Community Partners:
    Primary Community Partner: National Anemia Action Council, Inc.
    Additional community partner organization names: BloodCenter of Wisconsin

    Academic Partners:
    Primary Academic Partner: Kenneth G. Schellhase, MD, Department of Family and Community Medicine
    Additional Academic Partner: Anne Marbella, MS, Department of Family and Community Medicine

    Project Progress Summary Reports:
         Project Progress Report Summary 7/1/2008 - 4/30/2009
         Project Final Report Summary    

    Affiliated Web Pages:
         BloodCenter of Wisconsin
         National Anemia Action Council, Inc.

    Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)

    • Outreach Materials / Events
      • Educational brochure distributed to consented donors
    • Papers
      • Young S, Fink A, Geiger S, Marbella A, Mast AE, Schellhase KG. Community blood donors’ knowledge of anemia and design of a literacy-appropriate educational intervention. Transfusion.