{"id":2523,"date":"2019-11-19T12:14:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T17:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/?page_id=2523"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T13:40:01","slug":"about-the-national-pediculosis-association","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/about-the-national-pediculosis-association\/","title":{"rendered":"The National Pediculosis Association&reg;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Pediculosis Association\u00ae<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">National Pediculosis Association Mission Statement<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Pediculosis Association (NPA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated since 1983 to protecting children, their families and their environment from the misuse and abuse of prescription and over-the-counter pesticide treatments for lice and scabies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pediculosis (the medical term for an infestation of lice) provides a public health opportunity to teach important lessons about communicable disease preparedness, responsible personal behaviors, environmental health, and the importance of learning about pharmaceutical remedies before using them on our children and ourselves.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NPA is committed to setting the highest possible public health standards for children as they relate to the communicability and treatment of head lice. NPA has been the <strong>leader<\/strong> in raising pediculosis as a public health priority and a <strong>pioneer <\/strong>in public health education and research on pediculosis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Pediculosis Association,\u00ae Inc. (NPA)<br> 1005 Boylston Street \/ STE 343<br> Newton, MA 02461<br> 617-905-0176 \/ <a href=\"mailto:npa@headlice.org\">npa@headlice.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About LiceMeister\u00ae Comb<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 1997, the LiceMeister\u00ae Comb has been the preferred choice of many professionals and the gold standard in combing tools for lice and nits. It is the only comb to carry the name of the National Pediculosis Association (NPA). It is an FDA cleared medical device for the purposes of routine screening, early detection and removal of lice and nits (lice eggs).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sophie.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sophie.png 528w, https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sophie-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Pediculosis Association\u00ae National Pediculosis Association Mission Statement The National Pediculosis Association (NPA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated since 1983 to protecting children, their families and their environment from the misuse and abuse of prescription and over-the-counter pesticide treatments for lice and scabies.&nbsp; Pediculosis (the medical term for an infestation of lice) provides a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2523","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3382,"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2523\/revisions\/3382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.headlice.org\/comb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}