| dc.description.abstract | Background and objectives: Despite the improvement of living standards and public health as
well as conducting the specific programs based on pediculosis control guidelines, Head Lice
Infestation (HLI) is still a worldwide health concern. HLI might cause distress and anxiety in
children and other family members. The purpose of this study was to Study of effectiveness of
parents- school participation approach on promoting of preventative behaviors about head lice
infestation on elementary school students in the city of Chaldoran.
Methods: In this Quasi-experimenjal study, a multi-stage cluster random sample of 619
mothers of students in elementary schools of Chaldoran County, located in North-West of Iran,
was recruited to participate in the study. Data were collected applying a set of questionnaires
including socio-demographic and cognitive-behavioral factors, including Pediculosis
Preventive Behaviors (PPBs), HLI knowledge, threat appraisal, as well as HLI prevention
perceived self-efficacy, response efficacy, and perceived collective family efficacy.
Results: preventive behaviors of pediculosis were improved in interventional group of stufents
such as number of hair washings per week,number of hair brushings per day,don’t Shared use
of items, don’t Shared use of mattress(p-value<0.05). but there was no significant difference in
the use of personal belongings for haircutting(p-value=0.31). After the intervention, the mean
scores of all parameters; Knowledge, Perceived susceptibility, Perceived severity, Perceived
Self-Efficacy, Response efficacy, Collective efficacy at the family, significantly improved in
the intervention mothers’ group(p-value<0.05).
Conclusion: preventative behaviors of head lice infestation increase in students by
implementing parental- school based participatory programs. | en_US |
