more blood donations!!!

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The economic principle 

I will be focusing on is that people generally respond to incentives in predictable ways. My research question is "How should we get more blood donations without using money as an incentive?" The article I will be using was published by Sheryl Ubelacker which is titled "Non-cash incentives could boost blood donations without risking supply." I feel this will help my research question because it gives full detail as why money won't work and why simple household items could boost blood donations without using money as an incentive. 

Blood donations are well taken care of and the reason why usually they aren't paid for is that it goes directly into the body, not like plasma where it's separated into pharmaceuticals. Ubelacker states "For a long time, there had been a sort of aversion to any form of reward, or economic incentive, to stimulate blood donations, based on the idea that this might actually reduce motivation because this is not an altruistic act." Instead of using money as an incentive, hospitals can give out item such as body wash or toothpaste. They also can give incentives for coming to the donation centers whether they donate or not so then that decreases the risk of people giving blood donations who are unhealthy. So with this information, my next research question will be "Are gay men allowed to give blood donations?"