Nitbusters: lessons from a school-based intervention study to reduce head lice in a disadvantaged community
Michelle Maxwell A D , Belinda Crawford B and Vanessa Rose C
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A NSW Office of Preventive Health, Locked Bag 7103, Liverpool BC, NSW 1871, Australia.
B NSW Public Health Officer Training Program, NSW Ministry of Health and School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales.
C Centre for Health Equity Training Research and Evaluation, UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, Population Health, South Western Sydney and Sydney Local Health Districts, NSW Health and A Member of the Ingham Institute.
D Corresponding author. Email: michelle.maxwell@sswahs.nsw.gov.au
Health Promotion Journal of Australia 25(1) 67-68 https://doi.org/10.1071/HE13092
Submitted: 25 October 2013 Accepted: 26 January 2014 Published: 16 April 2014
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