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2. Theorizing Beta Thalassemia Major: an Overview of Health Sociology

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Muhammad Abo ul Hassan Rashid and Saif-Ur-Rehman Saif Abbasi

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Beta Thalassemia Major, Sociology, Health, Illness, Bio-psychosocial, Social Sciences
Abstract

This research focuses on specific models of health and illness, explored by many researchers across the world. The sequential variations and critic of each model is summed up by researcher and the relevant theoretical orientations of beta thalassemia major have been tried to integrate. Beta thalassemia major is a common genetic disorder, due to abnormalities in human globin (alpha or beta). The highest prevalence rate of disease has been seen in Saudi Arabia, Jordon, India, Bangladesh and Pakistan, due to repeated cousin marriages, strong beliefs of cultural and traditional practices and lack of knowledge for the prevention and management of beta thalassemia major. The focus of epidemiologists remained on genetic causes and ignored the social, cultural, religious and psychological factors which preponderate over biological aspects of health. The academician and health experts lacked to focus the theoretical orientations of beta thalassemia major, this paper elucidates the models of health and illness and provides and logical theoretical itinerary for beta thalassemia major.

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2020
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3. Socio-religious Prognosticators of Psychosocial Burden of Beta Thalassemia Major

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Malik Maliha Manzoor, Saif-ur-Rehman Saif Abbasi, and Muhammad Abo Ul Hassan Rashid

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Adult, Rural Population, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Adolescent, Cousin, 050109 social psychology, Disease, Psychosocial burden, 03 medical and health sciences, Social support, Consanguinity, 0302 clinical medicine, Social, Religious, Adaptation, Psychological, medicine, Humans, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Pakistan, 030212 general & internal medicine, Social isolation, Marriage, Beta Thalassemia major, General Nursing, Stereotyping, Original Paper, Cultural Characteristics, 05 social sciences, beta-Thalassemia, Religious studies, Beta thalassemia, Social Support, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Social relation, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, body regions, Religion, Social Class, Anxiety, medicine.symptom, Psychology, Psychosocial, Stress, Psychological, Clinical psychology, Cousins
Abstract

The study investigates the socio-religious factors in the propagation of genetically inherited disease of Beta thalassemia. The disorder which reportedly has a significant protraction through repeated cousin marriages results in the social maladjustment of the parents of the sick children due to constant depression, anxiety, and weak social interaction and may lead to social isolation as well. This research aims to find out the significant effect of socio-religious trends on psychosocial burden of beta thalassemia major among cousin and non-cousin couples in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. It takes a sample of 932 parents of sick children, among whom 735 were married with cousins and 197 with non-cousins, for data collection. The findings reveal that inadequate knowledge of the disease, insufficient or misdirected social support, stigmatization, and marriage breakups caused by the disease, superstitions, and misinterpretations of religion and the subsequent practices accordingly as significant predictors of psychosocial burden of beta thalassemia major among non-cousins and cousin couples. Additionally, it also finds patriarchy as only significant predictors of outcome variable among cousin couples.

Published
2020

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