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Introduction: Parental awareness is the best method to prevent thalassemia in children. Parental knowledge regarding thalassemia helps to improve the quality of life in the children. This study has been undertaken to assess the knowledge regarding thalassemia among parent of under 5-year child in selected hospital Latur. Aim: 1. To assess the knowledge about thalassemia among parents. 2. To co-relate knowledge of thalassemia of parents with demographic variable. Methods and Material: Quantitative research approach was used and descriptive research design control group design was chosen for this study. Nonprobability- Purposive sampling technique was used. The samples were 60 parents having 0-5-year child from the selected areas. Self-administered questionnaire was used to check the knowledge regarding thalassemia among parent of under 5-year child. Results: The study revealed that there was significant association of pretest knowledge with demographic variable that are gender and education qualification and previous knowledge regarding thalassemia. The obtained chi square value that is 9.33 of knowledge with demographic variable that is gender and educational qualification previous knowledge regarding thalassemia were found significant. Conclusion: This study concludes that was there effective in assessing knowledge of the parents regarding thalassemia.