@article {46225, title = {School nurses{\textquoteright} perceptions of and experiences with head lice}, journal = {Journal of School Health}, volume = {69}, year = {1999}, month = {1999}, pages = {153 - 158}, abstract = {

Researchers examined school nurses\&$\#$39; perceptions of head lice, perceived self-efficacy in dealing with head lice, and personal experience in reducing head lice problems. Survey data from a two-wave mailing from 382 school nurses found most nurses supported a \"no-nit\" rule of forced absenteeism of any child with nits in their hair (60\%). They perceived OTC treatments for head lice as very effective in killing adult lice (66\%), and 9\% perceived them as not effective. Nurses had a high efficacy expectation regarding their ability to control head lice (63\%), and they had high outcome expectations regarding the results of their work with students and families of students (66\%). Most nurses received their information about head lice from professional journals (76\%) and professional conferences/conventions (62\%).

}, keywords = {adult, Analysis of Variance, animals, Attitude of Health Personnel, child, Child, Preschool, humans, Lice Infestations/nursing/prevention \& control, Middle Aged, Organizational Policy, Pediculus, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, scalp dermatoses, School Nursing, Self Efficacy, U.S.A.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.1999.tb04174.x}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1746-1561.1999.tb04174.x}, author = {Price,J. H. and Burkhart,Craig N. and Craig G. Burkhart and Islam,R.} }