Assessment of Faculty Studentsʼ Awareness about ?Pediculosis? in Najaf Province, Iraq
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Malak Majid Al-musawi, Kifah Fadhil Hasson Al-shabaa, Widad Hashim Yahya Al-muhana.
Introduction: Pediculosis is a common health problem. Many studies had implemented to show prevalence of head lice infestation, but assessment of knowledge and awareness level regarding it, had never been studied in Najaf. The present study designed to be the first investigation at this topic. Objectives & Methods: Questionnaires were answered by 300 biology department students their ages (18-24) years during February-May in 2020 in Najaf Province. Multinomial regression models were used to analyze the predictor variables of pediculosis students’ knowledge.
Results: Out of 300 participants included, (98%) correctly answered about prevention & eradication, (88.0%) about infectivity aspects which considered a good informative level. Moderate level of information about lice biology (71.3%), transmission and clinical features (64.3%). While infestation likelihood (58.3%), and treatment (52.3%) aspects appeared mild awareness level toward pediculosis, lice survival aspects (40.5%) showed a weak knowledge level. (82.3%) of the participants felt ashamed if their child/ren or family member/s infested with pediculosis.
Conclusions: The overall percentage of correct answers was about 67.13%, it is substandard knowledge level regarding pediculosis in the present study.
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| Pubmed Style Malak Majid Al-musawi, Kifah Fadhil Hasson Al-shabaa, Widad Hashim Yahya Al-muhana. Assessment of Faculty Students? Awareness about “Pediculosis” in Najaf Province, Iraq. SRP. 2020; 11(11): 129-134. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.11.19 Web Style Malak Majid Al-musawi, Kifah Fadhil Hasson Al-shabaa, Widad Hashim Yahya Al-muhana. Assessment of Faculty Students? Awareness about “Pediculosis” in Najaf Province, Iraq. http://www.sysrevpharm.org/?mno=137973 [Access: March 29, 2021]. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.11.19 AMA (American Medical Association) Style Malak Majid Al-musawi, Kifah Fadhil Hasson Al-shabaa, Widad Hashim Yahya Al-muhana. Assessment of Faculty Students? Awareness about “Pediculosis” in Najaf Province, Iraq. SRP. 2020; 11(11): 129-134. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.11.19 Vancouver/ICMJE Style Malak Majid Al-musawi, Kifah Fadhil Hasson Al-shabaa, Widad Hashim Yahya Al-muhana. Assessment of Faculty Students? Awareness about “Pediculosis” in Najaf Province, Iraq. SRP. (2020), [cited March 29, 2021]; 11(11): 129-134. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.11.19 Harvard Style Malak Majid Al-musawi, Kifah Fadhil Hasson Al-shabaa, Widad Hashim Yahya Al-muhana (2020) Assessment of Faculty Students? Awareness about “Pediculosis” in Najaf Province, Iraq. SRP, 11 (11), 129-134. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.11.19 Turabian Style Malak Majid Al-musawi, Kifah Fadhil Hasson Al-shabaa, Widad Hashim Yahya Al-muhana. 2020. Assessment of Faculty Students? Awareness about “Pediculosis” in Najaf Province, Iraq. Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy, 11 (11), 129-134. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.11.19 Chicago Style Malak Majid Al-musawi, Kifah Fadhil Hasson Al-shabaa, Widad Hashim Yahya Al-muhana. "Assessment of Faculty Students? Awareness about “Pediculosis” in Najaf Province, Iraq." Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy 11 (2020), 129-134. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.11.19 MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style Malak Majid Al-musawi, Kifah Fadhil Hasson Al-shabaa, Widad Hashim Yahya Al-muhana. "Assessment of Faculty Students? Awareness about “Pediculosis” in Najaf Province, Iraq." Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy 11.11 (2020), 129-134. Print. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.11.19 APA (American Psychological Association) Style Malak Majid Al-musawi, Kifah Fadhil Hasson Al-shabaa, Widad Hashim Yahya Al-muhana (2020) Assessment of Faculty Students? Awareness about “Pediculosis” in Najaf Province, Iraq. Systematic Reviews in Pharmacy, 11 (11), 129-134. doi:10.31838/srp.2020.11.19 |
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