It takes a village: perceptions of Winnipeg parents, students, teachers and school staff regarding the impact of food allergy on school-age students and their families.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The entire school community contributes to the safety of students with food allergy. We sought to determine the food allergy perceptions and education needs of parents, students and school staff, with the goal of enhancing food allergy education in schools.

Methods

With ethics approval from the University of Manitoba and participating school divisions, elementary school principals emailed SurveyMonkey^® Questionnaire Links to their parent/caregiver contact list and school staff. We compared anonymous responses of parents of children with and without food allergy, students with and without food allergy, and parents and school staff using chi-squared tests.

Results

Participants included 561 parents of school-age children (ages 7-12 years, 19% with f

SUBMITTER: Ross N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188203 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature