Head Lice

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Due to lack of evidence of effectiveness, classroom or school-wide screening for head lice is strongly discouraged. *

American Academy of Pediatrics.
Clinical Report: Guidance for the Clinician Rendering Pediatric Care: Head Lice. 2002.
http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/pediatrics;110/3/638.pdf

Kids Health: Infections -- Head Lice. 2001.
http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/common/lice.html

University of Nebraska.
Head Lice Resources You Can Trust.
http://lancaster.unl.edu/pest/lice/

Head Lice in School

Healthy Children.
Signs and Treatment for Head Lice.
http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/skin/Pages/Signs-of-Lice.aspx

Health & Health Care in Schools E-journal Report.
September 2002
www.healthinschools.org/ejournal/2002/sep02_3.htm

HEALTHZONE NEWS.
Bassett Health System (NY)
Don't Panic, It's Just Head Lice. 2001.
www.healthinschools.org/headlice.asp

*Fact Box Reference

American Academy of Pediatrics, Head Lice: A Clinical Report by Drs. Barbara Frankowski and Leonard Weiner of the AAP Committee on School Health. Pediatrics, September 2002.
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