[Deliberate use of several products for Pediculus capitis (De Geer, 1778) control by parents or tutors of elementary school children].

Introduction: self-medication and use of several products as peliculicides seem to be common procedures for those persons living with schoolchildren, in order to eliminate head lice.

Objective: to analyze the deliberate use of several products by the people living with elementary school children, so as to control their pediculosis capitis.

Methods: a questionnaire- and exchange of opinion-based survey on the products used to control or eliminate head lice was administered to 896 people who lived with children aged 5 to 10 years.