Links

Links to sites that offer information about head lice, but also offer other health/schoolo related information:

http://www.forwood.brandywine.k12.de.us/Nurse/School%20Nurse.htm Link to school's information page. Can access all policies, download forms, and view school information Parents refer to this page for school and district information, calendar, and notices. On Forwood's site, in the school nurse section I am going to place the information about lice incidence in our building.

http://www.wilmu.edu This Wilmington University's web page that accesses course requirements, Blackboard, and notices from instructors. I like to keep this site available in order to access my instructor's announcements and assignments.

http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/pediatrics;110/3/638 Link to the American Academy of Pediatrics position statement on head lice. The information posted by this supervisor board of pediatricians (AAP) supports  the Brandywine School District's new head lice guidelines. Other health related information could also be found at this site

www.hsph.harvard.edu/headlice.html This site offers the "gold standard" of head lice management. The creator, Dr. Richard Pollack, is a world renown expert on head lice and will personally answer any inquiries he receives. This site, alone, gives enough evidence-based information to substantiate Brandywine School District's new guidelines. Very readable for parents that may want to read Dr. Pollack's research and wish to contact him with questions.

www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/lice The Center for Disease Control is an expert in many areas. Most state's health departments align their policies with the CDC. The policies are evidence-based and updated daily. This is a very good source of information about head lice, but the information isn't "arranged" so that the average parent can process the information.

http://www.nasn.org/Portals/0/positions/2004pspediculosis.pdf The National Association of School Nurses has a web site that posts organization information, as well as, policy statements regarding evidence-based practice recommendations. It is essential for school nurses to align their practice with the NASN.

Mike, if you are looking at this page, I could not get the hsph and CDC to be underlined.....What did I do wrong?