A systematic literature review of pediculosis due to head lice in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories: what country specific research on head lice is needed?

BMC Family Practice

Peter D Massey²  Deon Canyon¹  Humpress Harrington⁴  Rick Speare³ 

[1]Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1960 East-West Rd, Biomed Building #T103, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA

[2]Health Protection, Hunter New England Population Health, Tamworth 2340, Australia

[3]Tropical Health Solutions, 72 Kokoda St, Idalia, Townsville 4811, Australia

[4]Atoifi College of Nursing, Atoifi, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands

关键词: French Polynesia;    Solomon Islands;    Papua New Guinea;    Systematic literature review;    Pacific Island Countries and Territories;    Pediculus humanus var capitis;    Pediculosis;    Head lice;   

Others  :  809205
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-5945-14-11

 received in 2014-04-06, accepted in 2014-06-20,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Lack of guidelines on control of pediculosis in the Solomon Islands led to a search for relevant evidence on head lice in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs). The aim of this search was to systematically evaluate evidence in the peer reviewed literature on pediculosis due to head lice (Pediculus humanus var capitis) in the 22 PICTs from the perspective of its value in informing national guidelines and control strategies.

Methods

PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL and Scopus were searched using the terms (pediculosis OR head lice) AND each of the 22 PICTs individually. PRISMA methodology was used. Exclusion criteria were: i) not on topic; ii) publications on pediculosis not relevant to the country of the particular search; iii) in grey literature.

Results

Of 24 publications identified, only 5 were included. Four related to treatment and one to epidemiology. None contained information relevant to informing national guidelines.

Conclusions

Current local evidence on head lice in the PICTs is minimal and totally inadequate to guide any recommendations for treatment or control. We recommend that local research is required to generate evidence on: i) epidemiology; ii) knowledge, attitudes and practices of health care providers and community members; iii) efficacy of local commercially available pharmaceutical treatments and local customary treatments; iv) acceptability, accessibility and affordability of available treatment strategies; and iv) appropriate control strategies for families, groups and institutions. We also recommend that operational research be done by local researchers based in the PICTs, supported by experienced head lice researchers, using a two way research capacity building model.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Speare et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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