Author Details What parents in Australia know and do about head lice Megan Counahan1 DPH, Epidemiologist, megancounahan@yahoo.com.au Ross Andrews2 PhD, Associate professor, ross.andrews@menzies.edu.au Helen Weld3 MPH, Scholar, helenweld@hotmail.com Walsh Helen4 GCDE, Regional health promotion, helen.walsh@dhs.vic.gov.au Rick Speare5 PhD, Professor, Richard.Speare@jcu.edu.au 1, 3, 5 James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. 2 Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. 4 Department of Human Services - Barwon-South Western Region, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Correspondence: M Counahan, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia  Author contribution: Megan L Counahan: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, collected data, statistical analysis. Ross M Andrews: supervised data collection, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts, designed the project. Helen Weld: collected data, contributed to drafts. Walsh Helen: collected data, contributed to drafts. Rick Speare: designed the project, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts, statistical analysis, collected data. Citation: Counahan ML, Andrews RM, Weld H, Helen W, Speare R.  What parents in Australia know and do about head lice. Rural and Remote Health 7: 687. (Online) 2007. Available: http://www.rrh.org.au Received: 20 November 2006 Revised: 28 June 2007 Accepted: 25 July 2007