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

Q3 Medicine

Turkiye parazitolojii dergisi Pub Date : 2022-11-28 DOI:10.4274/tpd.galenos.2022.24006

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

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Abstract

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.

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教育与定期检查对阿达纳地区头虱流行的影响

目的:本研究对阿达纳三个村庄学校的家长和教师进行了关于弓形虫病的培训，通过调查来衡量他们的知识水平，并确定弓形虫病在这些疫源地的流行情况。方法:将问卷前后各30个问题分别发放给家长和老师。采用Pearson相关分析对答案进行分析。总共有418名学生接受了虱子检查。头虱对照结果采用卡方检验和t检验。结果:我们观察到家长和教师的意识水平有所提高。此外，教师和家长的性别被认为是提高这种意识的最重要因素。由于采取了防治头虱的措施，弓形虫病的患病率由15.22%下降到1.71%。结论:提高家长和教师对弓形虫病相关健康问题的认识是非常重要的，而定期对学龄儿童进行梳理可能是控制这一常见虫害的必要条件。

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