… In this work, we gathered detailed Information about thalassemia and its types so that
people will get aware of this disease. This work provides details of how this disease is getting …

… ended questions related to their knowledge about thalassemia from Sep 2013 to October
2013. … Among 200 populations only 22% of the people had good knowledge about thalassemia …

… However, the percentages of parents with correct knowledge scores about Thalassemia …
correct answers about Thalassemia disease, but knowledge about Thalassemia minor still …

… Results: Sixty percent parents were unaware about the disease, 25% had a little
knowledge about the disease and only 15% knew about Thalassemia and its complications. …

… attitude of premarital couples about Thalassemia before PMS in … couples knowledge score
about thalassemia positively correlated … Knowledge in the couples about thalassemia was …

… In all the successful programs, a large majority of the adults counseled are already fully
informed about thalassemia and the methodology for its prevention, and are capable of making …

… in this study knowledge of parents about thalassemia as an inherited disease comparatively
batter. In contrast, a study was conducted at Civil Hospital, Karachi that only 15 % parents …

… assess the knowledge, attitudes and practice about thalassemia among general population.
… In the present study, commonest source of information about thalassemia was from health …

… with scores of 7 (60%) and above were considered as having adequate knowledge, while
the mean score of 5.8 of our participants indicated inadequate knowledge about thalassemia. …

… The public has to be aware of the genetic diseases, especially about thalassemia as the
most frequent genetic disorders found in the country. Public education on genetics should be …