Background Head lice infestation (pediculosis) is a serious health problem that can cause a high level of anxiety and psychological frustration, especially in developing countries.Socio-demographic factors are important determinants of the occurrence of head lice infestation. This study aimed to determine the head lice infestations and the factors affecting the rate of infestationin primary sch...

results a total number of 20 out of 1772 (1.12%) examined students were found to be infested by lice. although the infestation rate was higher in girls, the difference of infestation rate between genders was not statistically significant (p > 0.05). the rate of head lice infestation was siginificantly (p < 0.05) correlated to their hair-washing behavior. parents’ literacy level also was siginif...

BACKGROUND Head lice infestation affects mainly school-aged children and prevalence varies from region to region. Head lice infestation is of public health concern and screening is integrated into the School Health Programme. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of head lice infestation in primary school-aged children in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive study. S...

Head lice infestation contributes a significant morbidity among schoolchildren in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was designed to determine the prevalence and associated factors of head lice infestation among primary schoolchildren in Kelantan, Malaysia. Six schools were randomly selected from three sub-districts of Kuala Krai, Kelantan. A total of 463 eleven-year-old pupils were screened by ...

BACKGROUND Head lice infestation is a common public health problem that is most prevalent in primary school children throughout the world, especially in developing countries including different parts of Iran. This study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors associated with head lice infestation and pediculicidal effect of 1% permethrin shampoo in primary schools girls of Bashagard ...

Background: Head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is one of the common health problems of the children in elementary schools. The aim of this study was to determine risk factors associated with head lice (Pediculosis) infestation among elementary school students in Meshkinshahr County,  Northwestern Iran. Materials and Methods: This descriptive-analytic study is done over 1,950 students (1,055...

Human head lice (Pediculus capitis) infest people worldwide and are most prevalent in children, the aim of this study was to determine the socioeconomic status of the family and hygienic practices in the home on prevalence of head lice infestation in children. The prevalence was investigated among 192 houses in Gaza city with 608 children. The hair was examined for head louse infestation. A tot...

background: pediculosis capitis is a continuous common health problem worldwide. pediculus capitis distributes quickly in overcrowded regions. the goal of the present research was to determine some epidemiological features of head lice infestation in khorram-shahr county, southwestern iran.   methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on the patients with head lice infestatio...

BACKGROUND Health providers need to know which measures to take and children to prioritize in order to decrease costs associated with head lice infestations. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to determine the most important predictors for head lice and identify the major drivers of an infestation outbreak in a low-prevalence area. METHODS The study was based on three datasets of head lice prevalence (r...