Division of Allergy and Immunology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.
Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill.
J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2022 Jan;10(1):81-90. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2021.10.058. Epub 2021 Nov 30.
Food allergies affect 32 million Americans. Restricted diets due to food allergies can be difficult to maintain especially when the household is food insecure. Food insecurity is defined as the inability to acquire food for household members due to insufficient money or resources for food. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many people to face food insecurity for the first time with Latinx, Native American, and Black communities disproportionately affected. Because of the increase in food insecurity, this work group developed a survey regarding food insecurity screening. This survey was sent out to a random sample of American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology members to assess food insecurity knowledge and practices. The majority of survey participants did not routinely screen their patients for food insecurity. The biggest barrier identified to screening was lack of knowledge of how to perform a screen and resources available when a patient screened positive. This work group report provides guidance on how to implement and perform a food insecurity screen, including federal resources and assistance programs.
食物过敏影响了 3200 万美国人。由于食物过敏而限制饮食可能很难维持，尤其是当家庭面临食物不安全时。食物不安全是指由于资金或食物资源不足，无法为家庭成员获得食物。COVID-19 大流行使许多人首次面临食物不安全，拉丁裔、美国原住民和非裔社区受到的影响不成比例。由于食物不安全的增加，这个工作组开发了一项关于食物不安全筛查的调查。这项调查是向美国过敏、哮喘和免疫学学会的随机成员样本发送的，以评估食物不安全的知识和做法。大多数调查参与者没有定期对患者进行食物不安全筛查。筛查的最大障碍是缺乏筛查的知识和当患者筛查呈阳性时可用的资源。本工作组报告提供了关于如何实施和进行食物不安全筛查的指导，包括联邦资源和援助计划。
