A atuação dos assistentes sociais nos hemocentros de Alagoas e o perfil do doador

Abstract

The debate about blood donation is a very important topic for today's society, as it is closely linked to the act of saving lives. The first blood therapy institutions emerged in Brazil in the 1940s. Since that decade, many changes have occurred, however, even with all the advances in the means of communication, the improvement of transfusion methods, with all the modernization of the equipment used, the lack of clarification by a large portion of the population regarding information about blood donation and about the professionals involved in the donation process. This lack of information contributed to the low number of donors. Currently, only 1.4% of the Brazilian population is a blood donor. We also highlight the fact that, nowadays, there is a lot of talk about the importance of promoting voluntary blood donation, however, we note that there is little debate about the importance of the role of professional Social Workers in this scenario. This was the crucial starting point for us to begin this work; In it, we discuss, among other topics, the role of the social worker in the Blood Donation Policy, as we identified that he is a fundamental professional in blood centers. Another irreplaceable actor in Blood Donation is the blood donor. When studying the donor's profile we can observe many factors, in their quantitative numbers and map which age and gender is most successful when donating, for example. And from there we seek to analyze the reasons for these results. The objective of this research is to highlight the role of Social Workers in blood centers and analyze the preponderant profile of donors in the State of Alagoas.