Gillis D, Slepon R, Karsenty E, Green M S
Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces.
Public Health Rev. 1990;18(4):345-50.
While socioeconomic factors have been found to be important in the incidence of head lice (Pediculosis capitis) infestation, most reports pertain to children. Furthermore, it is not clear whether similar factors are correlated with infestation with pubic lice (Phthirus pubis). We examined the association of two measures of socioeconomic status with each condition in a random sample of 500 notifications of each condition in the Israel Defense Forces. Since head lice were predominantly reported in females, and pubic lice predominantly in males, the analyses for head lice were restricted to females (474 cases) and those for pubic lice to males (481 cases). A significant negative association was found between both the number of years of formal education and a measure of socioeconomic status with infestation with both head and pubic lice. These findings suggest that among adults, both types of infestation are more common in the lower socioeconomic groups, and this should be taken into account when designing public health campaigns to control these problems.
虽然社会经济因素已被发现对头虱（头虱病）感染的发生率很重要，但大多数报告都与儿童有关。此外，尚不清楚类似因素是否与阴虱（耻阴虱）感染相关。我们在以色列国防军随机抽取的每种情况各500例报告中，研究了两种社会经济地位指标与每种情况之间的关联。由于头虱主要报告于女性，阴虱主要报告于男性，因此对头虱的分析仅限于女性（474例），对阴虱的分析仅限于男性（481例）。发现正规教育年限和一种社会经济地位指标与头虱和阴虱感染之间均存在显著的负相关。这些发现表明，在成年人中，这两种感染在社会经济地位较低的群体中更为常见，在设计控制这些问题的公共卫生运动时应考虑到这一点。
