1Health Education, Abadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran
2Student Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
3Epidemiology, Student Research Committee, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
4Member of Research Committee, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran
5Master of Educational Management, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
6Health Education and Health Promotion, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
7Abadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran
Abadan School of Medical Sciences, Abadan, Iran
*Corresponding author's present address: Health Education, Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran; E-mail: naserporf@yahoo.com
Online published on 9 January, 2018.
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of pediculosis and its related factors in elementary students in the city of Khorramshahr. A cross-sectional, descriptive-analytic that carried out on 170 female students in Khorramshahr city on March and April of 2015. 22 subjects (12.9%) got infestation of head lice in the past three months and 148 (87.1%) could not experienced infestation of louse. The mean score of awareness between the studied sample was 48.41 ± 3.12 with maximum value 36 and minimum value 4. Regression analysis was used to predict behaviours. Results showed that only the awareness variable was behaviour predictive (p = 0.014). There was no significant relationship between predictive behaviours and demographic variables. The results of this study showed that the knowledge is the only predictive variable of behaviour that has significantly relationship with preventive behaviour of pediculosis. As a result, elementary school students can be protected by increasing awareness of preventive behaviours and the prevalence of pediculosis can be reduced.
Iran, Health, Lice Infestations, Students
