With the changing ethnic composition of the Australian population there has been a growing number of patients requiring transfusions of rarer blood types. People from ethnic minority groups are generally less likely to donate blood and this can lead to shortages for some patients from these communities. In this article we report the findings of a qualitative study of ethnic minority blood donors in Australia. We found that many of the motivators, facilitators, and barriers to donation raised by participants have been previously documented for non-ethnic minority donors, such as the desire to help others and the role of knowledge about blood donation. However, for participants these were enmeshed with, and shaped by, their culture and/or minority status. The findings demonstrate the multifaceted and interrelated nature of the motivators, facilitators, and barriers experienced by ethnic minorities to become and remain a blood donor in Australia.

随着澳大利亚人口种族组成的变化，越来越多的患者需要输注稀有血型。通常，少数族裔的人献血的可能性较小，这可能导致这些社区的某些患者短缺。在本文中，我们报告了对澳大利亚少数民族献血者进行定性研究的结果。我们发现，先前已经为非种族少数族裔捐赠者记录了参与者提出的许多激励因素，促进者和捐赠障碍，例如希望帮助他人的知识以及关于献血知识的作用。但是，对于参与者而言，他们被他们的文化和/或少数群体地位所迷住并受其影响。研究结果证明了激励因素的多面性和相互联系的性质，