Volume 2 , Issue 2 , June 2026 , Pages 220-234
Asst.L.Mujda Yasin Mohammed 1 ; Nyan Luqman Aziz 1
1 Sulaimani University, College of Humanities, Department of Social Work
The family as the first social environment is the primary goal of providing a suitable environment for individuals, but when there is an incompatibility or abnormal situation in the family affects all family members, especially parents The aim of the study is to present the problems (social, psychological, economic) of families with children with thalassemia.
This research is a qualitative study in terms of methodology. The research community consists of parents of children with salasemia and their children aged between (5-13) years, receiving treatment at the Center for Salasemia and Hereditary Blood Diseases in Sulaimani Salasemia patients were recruited from the Center for Salasemia and Inherited Blood Diseases. The researcher used interviews to collect data.
The researcher came to the following conclusions:
1. Families generally have good social relationships and their child's illness has not affected any of their relationships within and outside the family and has not caused any social problems
2. Psychologically, families generally face fear, shock, hesitation, death anxiety, sadness, constant crying, fear of pregnancy, fear of loss and depression.
3. The families have been affected by their child's illness and some of them have faced economic problems and crises.