“…The results obtained show that social and economic factors are linked to the beliefs that parents and guardians have about head lice. The location of the insect could have been confused with Pediculus humanus (the body lice), or even the flea, when the clothes were indicated, despite the rarity of P. humanus in Brazil 15 . Thus, despite its absence in recent research, 16 attention to its possible presence should be maintained.…”