Ross Nancy, Dalke Sandra, Filuk Shauna, Kulbaba Bev, Marks Diane, St-Vincent Jo-Anne, Simons Elinor
Children's Allergy & Asthma Education Centre (CAAEC), Health Sciences Centre, FE-125-685 William Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3E 0Z2, Canada.
Unified Referral and Intake Service, Manitoba Health, 300 Carlton Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 3M9, Canada.
Allergy Asthma Clin Immunol. 2022 Jun 10;18(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s13223-022-00682-2.
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.
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.
Participants included 561 parents of school-age children (ages 7-12 years, 19% with food allergy), 61 students (23% with food allergy), and 203 school staff (62% teachers, 88% with experience managing food allergies in the classroom). Parents of children with and without food allergy considered food allergy when sending food to school (98% vs. 96%, p = 0.39). More parents of children with food allergy thought that greater information and awareness about food allergy was needed (74% vs. 44%, p < 0.0001). Students with food allergy were most interested (100%) in having other students learn not to bully and how to help during a reaction. Students without food allergy were most interested in learning how to prevent a reaction (70%). Fewer parents than school staff thought that food allergies in the classroom impacted teachers' time (2.1% vs. 21%, p < 0.0001) and that teachers knew how to treat allergic reactions to foods (34% vs. 94%, p < 0.0001). More parents than school staff thought that banning foods from classrooms kept allergic students safe (65% vs. 34%, p = 0.006) and that having a Food Allergy Educator speak at school would be helpful (99% vs. 67%, p < 0.0001).
Food allergy education is necessary for the entire school community and should include parents of school-aged children with and without food allergy, students with and without food allergy, and teachers and school staff. These members of the school community recognized their own and others' needs for increased food allergy education and awareness in the school setting.
整个学校社区都对食物过敏学生的安全负有责任。我们试图确定家长、学生和学校工作人员对食物过敏的认知以及教育需求，目的是加强学校中的食物过敏教育。
在获得曼尼托巴大学和参与的学校部门的伦理批准后，小学的校长们将SurveyMonkey问卷链接通过电子邮件发送给他们的家长/照顾者联系名单以及学校工作人员。我们使用卡方检验比较了有食物过敏和无食物过敏儿童的家长、有食物过敏和无食物过敏的学生以及家长和学校工作人员的匿名回复。
参与者包括561名学龄儿童的家长（7至12岁，19%的儿童有食物过敏）、61名学生（23%有食物过敏）以及203名学校工作人员（62%为教师，88%有在课堂上管理食物过敏的经验）。有食物过敏和无食物过敏儿童的家长在送食物到学校时都会考虑食物过敏问题（98%对96%，p = 0.39）。更多有食物过敏儿童的家长认为需要更多关于食物过敏的信息和认识（74%对44%，p < 0.0001）。有食物过敏的学生对让其他学生学会不欺负以及在过敏反应时如何提供帮助最感兴趣（100%）。无食物过敏的学生对学习如何预防过敏反应最感兴趣（70%）。认为课堂上的食物过敏会影响教师时间的家长比学校工作人员少（2.1%对21%，p < 0.0001），且认为教师知道如何治疗食物过敏反应的家长也比学校工作人员少（34%对94%，p < 0.0001）。认为禁止在教室里带食物能保障过敏学生安全的家长比学校工作人员多（65%对34%，p = 0.006），且认为让食物过敏教育者到学校演讲会有帮助的家长也比学校工作人员多（99%对67%，p < 0.0001）。
整个学校社区都需要进行食物过敏教育，应包括有食物过敏和无食物过敏学龄儿童的家长、有食物过敏和无食物过敏的学生以及教师和学校工作人员。学校社区的这些成员认识到他们自己以及其他人在学校环境中增加食物过敏教育和认识的需求。
