<![CDATA[Scabies elimination is always challenging, as treatment alone is not sufficient to stop the transmission. To stop the transmission in places such as boarding schools, a community-based approach and cooperation with the teacher and managerial team are important. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of scabies detection training for non-medical personnel (NMP) in improving knowledge about scabies. This cross-sectional study was conducted in an Islamic boarding school in Bogor. NMPs in boarding school were trained to detect and prevent scabies in their communities. The training consists of expert lectures, group discussions and simulation training. All the participants were required to fill out the pre-test and post-test questionnaires. In 60 participants, there was a significant improvement from pre-test to post-test scores (p<0.001), and 85% showed an improvement in post-test. The knowledge about scabies' symptoms and signs had the best improvement, while the knowledge improvement about the elimination of mites and scabies prevention was still poor after the training. The improvement of scabies knowledge after training was significant. Training models focused on NMP knowledge in recognizing scabies for early detection in the community have the potential to be used by collaboration of health practitioners and boarding school management to eradicate the scabies problem.]]>
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