Vol. 7 (04) pp. 606-611 DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/8857

AWARENESS OF SCABIES AMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HAIL CITY AND ITS SURROUNDING VILLAGES, KSA.

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  • Students of faculty of medicine, Hail University.
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Background: scabies resulted from the burrowing effect of a female parasite, Sarcoptesscabiei. Scabies considered to be one of the possible health problems in our area. The aim of this study was toMeasure the level of awareness of Hail school students and its surrounding villages on scabies. Material:The work was cross-sectional study on different males and females schools, forming three groups; primary, middle and secondary, of Hail city and surrounding villages between 2018 January and 2019. Methods: The collected data, from previously designed questionnaires of different groups, were analyzed by computer using statistical SPSS program. Results: The total mean of awareness of the three groups indicated that the students of secondary schools had the highest awareness level followed by the primary level then middle students, Also the awareness level in female students more than males.

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Khalifa AM, Alshareef RA, Alabedah RS, Almarshedi RA, Alkhuraisi FY and Alshammari KF. (2019); AWARENESS OF SCABIES AMONG SCHOOL STUDENTS IN HAIL CITY AND ITS SURROUNDING VILLAGES, KSA., Int. J. of Adv. Res., 7 (04), 606-611, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/8857

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rema ahmed almarshedi
college of medicine,Hail University
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