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Programs or Strategies used to help people who suffer food allergies:

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Programs or Strategies used to help people who suffer food allergies:

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FARE, Food allergy research and education. It offers a variety of helpful resources and materials to educate parents and children about the serious impacts of food allergies.

The types of food eaten within the family can help reduce the risk of a child having an allergic reaction.

FAACT, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Connective Team. This free program fulfills our mission to educate, advocate, and raise awareness for all individuals and families affected by food allergies and life-threatening anaphylaxis.

Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia, Be a mate, teaches students  and staff about food allergies and how to help their friends who are at risk of anaphylaxis. This is done by following simple steps such as:
•    Always take food allergies seriously

•    Don’t share food.
•    Wash hands after eating
•    Ask a friend what they are allergic to.

•    Get help immediately if a schoolmate has a reaction.

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Determinants - risk and/or protective factors

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Determinants - risk and/or protective factors

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Biological

Age: food allergies that are not severe in children can disappear over time

Genetic predisposition: children who have one member with one or more allergic diseases have a 20 to 40 per cent greater risk of developing a food allergy. This increases to 50 to 80 percent if there are two or more family members with allergic conditions

Sex: a higher proportion of male children tend to have food allergies compared to female children.

Behavioural

Breastfeeding: exclusive breastfeeding in the first four to six months of a child's life can protect against the development of food allergies in early childhood. If a child is allergic to a particular food, then it is important for the breastfeeding mother to avoid eating that food.

Early commencement of solid foods: starting a child on solid foods earlier than recommended can increase the risk of developing food allergies in early childhood.

Accidental consumption of foods causing an allergic response: children with food allergies may consume food that they are allergic to. Children must be taught not to take food from other children and consume only food that has been specifically prepared for them.

Physical Environment

Availability of foods causing allergic responses: where children have access to foods they are allergic to, there is an increased risk of an allergic response.

Social Determinants

Education: education plays a key role in understanding the causes of food allergies and how to prevent an allergic reaction. For a child with anaphylaxis, education regarding how to effectively administer the EpiPen is important for ensuring that the child is treated appropriately.

Family: the types of foods that are eaten within a family can reduce the risk of a child with a food allergy having a reaction. It is the responsibility of family members to ensure that a child is not at risk and appropriate supervision of a child will assist in ensuring that they do not consume foods that could potentially cause an allergic reaction.

Access to health care: children who experience a severe allergic reaction require an injection of epinephrine in order to prevent the reaction from becoming life threatening. Children who have an allergic reaction are required to be monitored in a medical facility for at least four hours to ensure that they have effectively recovered from the anaphylactic reaction.

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Physical

Taking caution when cooking

Reactions may take time to heal

Intellectual

Educated on allergies and how to treat others if they also have one

Emotional

May be sad or depressed as one is not able to experience new foods like other people can

Social

Unable to share food with others

Taking caution when going out to dinner with friends

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A serious and potentially life threatening allergic reaction is known as anaphylaxis. The symptoms of this include swelling in the airway, serious breathing difficulties, decrease in blood pressure, loss of consciousness and possibly death. Children with severe allergies, a reaction may occur from touching or breathing particles of food.

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Incidence and prevalence of Food Allergies?

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Incidence and prevalence of Food Allergies?

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Prevalence: In Australia the highest prevalence of allergies is in among the working population, with 78% of people

Incidence: Melbourne demonstrated proven incidence of food allergies at the age of 12 months to be high that it was previously suspected

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Food Allergies are an adverse immune response to a food that has been eaten.