Effect of Education and Regular Examination on the Prevalence of Head Louse Infestations in Adana

Objective:The current study provides training to parents and teachers about pediculosis in schools in three villages in Adana to measure their knowledge level by conducting surveys and to determine the prevalence of pediculosis in these foci.Methods:Pre- and post-questionnaires including 30 questions about pediculosis were handed to parents and teachers. The answers were analyzed with the Pearson correlation analysis. Overall, 418 school pupils s were examined for lice. The results of the head louse control were analyzed by the chi-square test and t-test.Results:We observed that the level of awareness increased in parents and teachers. Additionally, the gender of both teachers and parents was determined as the most important factor in increasing this awareness. Because of interventions for the control of head and lice, the prevalence of pediculosis decreased from 15.22% to 1.71%.Conclusion:It is very important that parents and teachers are aware of the health problems related to pediculosis, while regular combing of school children may be essential for the control of this common infestation..

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

Enthalten in:

Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi - 46(2022), 4, Seite 327-333

Sprache:

Englisch ; Türkisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hakan Kavur [VerfasserIn]
Halil Özkurt [VerfasserIn]
Fatma Büyükkatran [VerfasserIn]
Gülşah Evyapan [VerfasserIn]
Sümeyye Kalkan [VerfasserIn]
Zehra Çelik [VerfasserIn]
Emine Kurcan [VerfasserIn]
Duran Ali Karataş [VerfasserIn]
Davut Alptekin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Combing
Education
Head lice
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Medicine
Pediculosis
Prevalence
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doi:

10.4274/tpd.galenos.2022.24006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

DOAJ012196096