title: Thalassaemia: 2 of 3. Current community knowledge.
abstract: In this second of three articles Simon Dyson, Verna Davis and Rafeya Rahman describe a study carried out in Manchester for the sickle-cell anaemia and thalassaemia centre to gauge the extent of community awareness about thalassaemia, the likely level of demand for further information and how that information might most usefully be given.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dyson
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rahman
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000235:genetics / Q000517:prevention & control*