A quasi-experimental design was carried
out throughout the present study with application
of pre and post tests approach for
the study and control groups, from 1
st of
march to the end of May 2010 at Hawler
Thalassemia Center in Erbil City. The sample
consisted of (100) mothers having thalassemic
child, they were divided into two
groups, the 1
st group included 50 mothers
exposed to the educational health programme
(study group) and another group
of (50) mothers were not exposed to the
educational health programme and were
considered as (control group).the sample of
present study included Mothers who have
children diagnosed with Thalassaemia
major and recipients of Desferal Therapy
by attending Hawler Thalassaemic Center
in Erbil city for blood transfusion and followup
with their age ranging from 3 to 18 years