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Alliance with the School Personnel Is Crucial for the Management of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in School Children

Background: School nurses play an important role in coping with food allergy (FA) in schoolchildren, but in schools with no school nurse, the school personnel should be prepared to manage health emergencies. This study aimed to evaluate allergy management competences in primary schools in Cyprus. Me...

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Autores principales: Efthymiou, Dimitris, Panayi, Persefoni, Feketea, Gavriela, Pitsios, Constantinos, Muntean, Ioana Adriana, Vassilopoulou, Emilia
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8468908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574193
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10092083
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author Efthymiou, Dimitris
Panayi, Persefoni
Feketea, Gavriela
Pitsios, Constantinos
Muntean, Ioana Adriana
Vassilopoulou, Emilia
author_facet Efthymiou, Dimitris
Panayi, Persefoni
Feketea, Gavriela
Pitsios, Constantinos
Muntean, Ioana Adriana
Vassilopoulou, Emilia
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description Background: School nurses play an important role in coping with food allergy (FA) in schoolchildren, but in schools with no school nurse, the school personnel should be prepared to manage health emergencies. This study aimed to evaluate allergy management competences in primary schools in Cyprus. Methods: The study was conducted September 2016 to May 2017 in 11/13 primary schools, selected by stratified random sampling. Information was collected from a principal/designated teacher using a questionnaire from the EuroPrevall Project, adapted for Cypriot teachers. Results: An average of six children with FA per school was reported in the preceding three years. Protocols for the management of chronic diseases, including allergies, were in place in 8/11 schools. Regarding recognition of FA, 8/11 respondents knew some of the signs and symptoms. In an allergic emergency, 9/11 would call the child’s parent/caregiver first and 2/11 emergency medical support. Epinephrine auto-injector (EIA) was reported by 2/11 respondents to be available in the school, but only one reported training in its use. Conclusions: The preparedness of primary schools in Cyprus did not meet safety standards regarding the preparedness of school personnel to cope with an allergic reaction in children with FA, including the use of EIA.
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spelling pubmed-84689082021-09-27 Alliance with the School Personnel Is Crucial for the Management of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in School Children Efthymiou, Dimitris Panayi, Persefoni Feketea, Gavriela Pitsios, Constantinos Muntean, Ioana Adriana Vassilopoulou, Emilia Foods Communication Background: School nurses play an important role in coping with food allergy (FA) in schoolchildren, but in schools with no school nurse, the school personnel should be prepared to manage health emergencies. This study aimed to evaluate allergy management competences in primary schools in Cyprus. Methods: The study was conducted September 2016 to May 2017 in 11/13 primary schools, selected by stratified random sampling. Information was collected from a principal/designated teacher using a questionnaire from the EuroPrevall Project, adapted for Cypriot teachers. Results: An average of six children with FA per school was reported in the preceding three years. Protocols for the management of chronic diseases, including allergies, were in place in 8/11 schools. Regarding recognition of FA, 8/11 respondents knew some of the signs and symptoms. In an allergic emergency, 9/11 would call the child’s parent/caregiver first and 2/11 emergency medical support. Epinephrine auto-injector (EIA) was reported by 2/11 respondents to be available in the school, but only one reported training in its use. Conclusions: The preparedness of primary schools in Cyprus did not meet safety standards regarding the preparedness of school personnel to cope with an allergic reaction in children with FA, including the use of EIA. MDPI 2021-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8468908/ /pubmed/34574193 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10092083 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Panayi, Persefoni
Feketea, Gavriela
Pitsios, Constantinos
Muntean, Ioana Adriana
Vassilopoulou, Emilia
Alliance with the School Personnel Is Crucial for the Management of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in School Children
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title_fullStr Alliance with the School Personnel Is Crucial for the Management of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in School Children
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title_short Alliance with the School Personnel Is Crucial for the Management of Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis in School Children
title_sort alliance with the school personnel is crucial for the management of food allergy and anaphylaxis in school children
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8468908/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574193
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/foods10092083
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