Primary grade teachers' knowledge and perceptions of head lice. (Research...

Journal of School Health;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...Management of head lice has stumped parents...years. Infestation of head lice can affect the child...role in controlling head lice transmission and infestation...and education about head lice was considered the role of the school nurse. Each year ...

New Survey Shows People Embarrassed By Head Lice, Though Condition Has...

PR Newswire;  November 3, 2003 ;     564 words ......from school with head lice and a note from the school nurse, parents usually...encounter with head lice. According to...N., certified school nurse and author of...million cases of head lice per year, with 80 percent of school districts ...

National Survey Shows Head Lice Affects One in Four Households.

PR Newswire;  September 6, 2001 ;     700+ words ......transmitted by jumping and flying from head to head (lice cannot jump or fly) -- One in three parents believe head lice can be transmitted from pets like dogs or...different type of lice) -- 28 percent believe head lice can be picked up from playing in high grasses...all of ...

Life: Don't be such a nit twit ; Dispelling head lice myths Parents and...

Evening Mail;  July 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ......told we were fine. But head lice is a constantly occurring...detecting and treating head lice. These nurses have...stigma which surrounds head lice. People have traditionally...them. Mary Rutledge, school nurse co-ordinator with Community...anyone can do to prevent ...

Life: Don't be such a nit twit; Dispelling head lice myths Parents and...

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  July 16, 2001 ;     700+ words ......told we were fine. But head lice is a constantly occurring...detecting and treating head lice. These nurses have...stigma which surrounds head lice. People have traditionally...them. Mary Rutledge, school nurse co-ordinator with Community...anyone can do to prevent ...

Pediculosis strikes millions in U.S. every year.(management of head lice...

Chain Drug Review;  July 30, 2001 ;     525 words ......discuss it, the problem of pediculosis (head lice) affects between 12 million and 25 million...infected children under the age of 12. Head lice are tiny, wingless bugs about the size...six legs and live only on human scalps. Head lice can range in color from light brown to...

Banishing back-to-school head lice Outbreaks can crop up anywhere, but the...

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  August 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ......says Suzanne Voss, school nurse in Arlington Heights...trenches of the head-lice wars. Last year...maybe two cases of head lice; in some years...mean regular in-school head checks. If...want to get rid of head lice as quickly as possible...

Head lice.(Information: from your family doctor)

American Family Physician;  January 15, 2004 ;     544 words ...Head lice are small, wingless insects (bugs) that can...the hair and scalp of humans. Anyone can get head lice--usually from head-to-head contact, but perhaps also from sharing hats, combs, and brushes. Head lice do not jump or fly. People do not get head ...

Heading off lice // Prevention pays off, especially in schools //...

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 16, 1991 ;     700+ words ......there by the dozen were coming down with head lice, the principal told her. Would she help...career,and she has done research on the head lice problem and lectured about it at professional...elementary grades. But when youngsters bring head lice home from school, older family ...

School Nurses' Perceptions of and Experiences with Head Lice.

Journal of School Health;  April 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......misperception that head lice infestations result...is usually the school nurse,[10] A comprehensive...information on head lice? METHODS Subjects...members of the School Nurse Section of the...experience as a school nurse, and state in which...for ...

Having a Lousy Time at School;Parasitic Head Lice Are More a Nuisance Than...

The Washington Post;  April 4, 1995 ;     700+ words ......the school. Under the lenses were head lice and their eggs, including a newly...story later. Wise woman. Parents abhor head lice, those annoying pests that are endemic in school-age children. Head lice are blood-sucking parasites, known...

HEAD LICE COMMON AMONG KIDS

Dayton Daily News;  October 28, 2002 ;     590 words ......allowed back in school until she is rid of head lice. The girl's mother is horrified to discover...There are a lot of misconceptions about head lice, a common and usually harmless affliction...treat the problem realistically. `Having head lice is not a reflection of poor parental...

Hunt is on for head lice superbug

The Northern Echo;  January 15, 2000 ;     350 words ...FEARS that a "superbug" form of head lice could be developing, with a resistance to...training so they can positively identify head lice. Experts say there are increasing reports that head lice are becoming immune to some of the most...

Don't be afraid of nits; Head lice are a common but easily cured problem

Evening Times;  September 8, 2001 ;     364 words ...Like any parent, I'm never happy when one of my own children has head lice. What are head lice? Head lice (Pediculus humanis var.capitas) are human parasites. In some cultures they are acceptable and people...

HEAD LICE-MANY TREATMENTS, BUT FEW CURES.(Lifestyle)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  October 21, 1999 ;     556 words ......dreads a phone call from the school nurse, but anxiety is compounded by disgust when the problem is head lice. Head lice is one of the most common childhood...neurological problems if misused. Head lice by themselves are a nuisance...