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Purpose: The study aimed at determining the knowledge and thoughts of university students about root cell donation. Method: The study was carried out between 15 March and 15 May 2019 with a total of 669 students who studied at the University of Çanakkale on the eighteenth of March. The study was developed in the collection of data with the forms "Sosiodemographic and root cell donation information", "Root cell donation information" and "Root cell donation thinking". The method of face-to-face interview was used in the collection of research data. Results: 72.6 percent of students found that what they wanted to know about root cell donation, 81.3 percent found that it was necessary to perform pre-root cell donation infectious disease tests, and 54.3 percent found that personal decision was sufficient to be a donor. In 51.6 percent of students with chronic illness, people may be found in root cell donation and in 47.9 percent, people who have not suffered from hepatitis B, hepatitis C and syphilis disease, who have not been diagnosed with cancer, HIV, have not been found in root cell donation. 57.9% of students were found to have insufficient information about the root cell donation methods, 49.9% of students were found to have insufficient information about the root cell donation methods, 49.9% of students were found to have insufficient information about the root cell donation methods and 60.8% of students were found to have insufficient information about the root cell donation methods. 70.0% of students trust the information provided by the health staff about root cell donation, 76.1% are people who need root cell in the nearby environment, and 85.1% of life-saving thoughts encourage themselves to root cell donation, 54.4% can be found in root cell donation for spiritual satisfaction, 51.3% is not afraid of the idea of the deterioration of body integrity after root cell donation, 56.9% is not affected by the health of root cell donation and 89.3% is appropriate to the religious belief of root cell donation. The study found that the majority of students wanted to learn about root cell donation, and they trusted in the information provided by the health staff on this, that root cell donation is in accordance with the religious belief and that the idea of life-saving will encourage donation. It is believed that it will be useful to participate in conferences, symposiums and educational activities aimed at raising awareness of root cell donation.

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