The National Pediculosis Association (NPA) encourages parents to work as a community during back-to-school and send their children to their classrooms free of pediculosis, a communicable disease. NEWTON, Mass., Sept. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- September is National Head Lice Prevention Month! No matter what the school policy or other more pressing public health issues in the news – head lice infestations known medically as pediculosis, can be extremely challenging for the people who have them. The NPA encourages parents to work as a community during back-to-school and send their children into the classroom free of pediculosis, a communicable disease. Routine screening and early detection with a comb should be the parental "go to" prevention tool, striving always be …
September is National Head Lice Prevention Month
"Even with the ongoing challenges of COVID-19, parents, schools and child care administrators need to be prepared to control head lice." NEWTON, Mass. (PRWEB) August 27, 2021. National Pediculosis Prevention Month was first designated in 1985 via H.J. Res. 223. This will be the 36th consecutive year that the nonprofit National Pediculosis Association (NPA), has sponsored its campaign to inform communities about the importance of routine screening, early detection and the safest possible approach to managing pediculosis, known medically as head lice. https://www.headlice.org/comb/pediculosis-prevention-resolution-submitted-to-congress/ NPA's president Deborah Altschuler says that head lice prevention remains important during the ongoing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents, …
Back to School in the Era of COVID-19 NPA Says: Parents Still Need to Be Prepared for Head Lice
The National Pediculosis Association’s (NPA) 2020 head lice prevention campaign offers the first comprehensive list of the benefits of combing, a basic hygiene measure. NEWTON, Mass. (PRWEB) August 25, 2020 Back to school 2020 is fraught with challenges for parents and school leaders trying to figure out whether, let alone how, children and staff can return to school safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The heightened attention to this communicable virus has reminded us of the importance of having comprehensive management protocols in place in anticipation of public health issues that affect children – including recurring communicable diseases, such as pediculosis (head lice). Like hand washing, combing is a basic hygiene measure. www.headlice.orgNational Pediculosis …