Food Insecurity in the Food Allergic Population: A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Adverse Reactions to Foods Committee
Autor: | Brian P. Vickery, Bruce J. Lanser, Brooke I. Polk, J. Andrew Bird, Lucy A. Bilaver, Ruchi Gupta, Christina E. Ciaccio, Eileen Vincent, Jodi Shroba, Ashley Ramos, Emily Brown, Anne F. Russell, Kim Mudd, Rajeshree Das, Amika Sood |
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Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Food Supply Food Assistance Programs Food allergy Environmental health Pandemic Hypersensitivity medicine Humans Immunology and Allergy Social determinants of health education Pandemics education.field_of_study Food security SARS-CoV-2 business.industry digestive oral and skin physiology COVID-19 medicine.disease United States Health equity Food Insecurity Food Assistance business |
Zdroj: | The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. 10:81-90 |
ISSN: | 2213-2198 |
Popis: | 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. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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