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Engaging Middle School Students And Parents/Guardians Via Structured Virtual Media On Food Allergy And Anaphylaxis Awareness: A Quality Improvement Project, Jodi Licata
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Abstract
Background and Significance: More than 40% of children with food allergies have experienced anaphylaxis, a life-threatening condition (Food Allergy Research & Education [FARE], 2021). Anaphylactic reactions require immediate treatment with an intramuscular injection of epinephrine by a health care professional or by a self-injectable epinephrine auto-injector device. If anaphylactic symptoms are not promptly recognized and treated, fatal consequences may occur (FARE, 2021). Repeated education, training, and a supportive social environment, specifically with adolescents, have been found to facilitate self-management with food-induced anaphylaxis (Comberiati et al., 2019). Purpose: In this quality improvement project, virtual education interventions to increase food allergy …