Parent perspectives on food allergy management and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne F Russell ◽  
Olga S Kagan ◽  
Mary M Huber
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Allergy ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Patient Specific ◽  
Parent Perspectives ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Disruptions ◽  
School Reentry ◽  
Medical Recommendations ◽  
Allergy Management

Background: U.S. national emergency was declared in mid-March 2020 due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Subsequently, a period of stay-at-home orders, regulatory changes, evolving medical recommendations, and food supply chain disruptions occurred. There is little published research on how such changes affected food allergy management for children with this diagnosis.Objective: The study goal was to identify parent perspectives with regard to if and/or how pandemic-related regulatorychanges and evolving medical recommendations have affected food allergy management.Methods: A survey was distributed to parents of children with food allergy. An electronic Internet forms survey link wasavailable for completion during July 2020. Data were presented as descriptive statistics, cleaned, and coded into a spreadsheetbefore analysis. Frequencies and percentage were calculated to describe participants’ characteristics and responses.Results: Of 377 responses, 359 met inclusion criteria. Concerns about COVID-19 exposure were expressed in 65.7% about accessing an emergency department and 73.6% had school reentry concerns; 66% had not discussed recommended anaphylaxis management algorithm changes with a provider; 85.8% had not discussed the temporary U.S. Food and Drug Administration food labeling policy with a provider. Most (62%) reported shortages of preferred safe food brands. 62% spent more time cooking safe foods from scratch. With regard to the recommendation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for classroom dining, 57.7% planned to request modifications. With regard to the CDC’s recommendation to use inhalers versus nebulizers, 37.7% had not discussed the topic with a provider. Ninety-two written comments were analyzed and grouped into seven themes.Conclusion: New pandemic-related regulations, food supply chain disruptions, and evolving medical recommendations resulted in intensified burdens for respondents, including the increased time needed to complete food allergy management and school reentry concerns. Study results can inform clinical team members (e.g., physicians, nurses, dieticians) of effects thatpandemic-related changes may have on this patient population, with subsequent consideration of patient-specific screening,education, and shared decision-making with regard to risk mitigation needs.

scholarly journals Parent perspectives on food allergy management and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-151
Author(s):  
Anne F. Russell ◽  
Olga S. Kagan ◽  
Mary M. Huber
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Allergy ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Parent Perspectives ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Disruptions ◽  
School Reentry ◽  
Regulatory Changes ◽  
Medical Recommendations ◽  
Allergy Management

Background: U.S. national emergency was declared in mid-March 2020 due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Subsequently, a period of stay-at-home orders, regulatory changes, evolving medical recommendations, and food supply chain disruptions occurred. There is little published research on how such changes affected food allergy management for children with this diagnosis. Objective: The study goal was to identify parent perspectives with regard to if and/or how pandemic-related regulatory changes and evolving medical recommendations have affected food allergy management. Methods: A survey was distributed to parents of children with food allergy. An electronic Internet forms survey link was available for completion during July 2020. Data were presented as descriptive statistics, cleaned, and coded into a spreadsheet before analysis . Frequencies and percentage were calculated to describe participants’ characteristics and responses. Results: Of 377 responses, 359 met inclusion criteria. Concerns about COVID-19 exposure were expressed in 65.7% about accessing an emergency department and 73.6% had school reentry concerns; 66% had not discussed recommended anaphylaxis management algorithm changes with a provider; 85.8% had not discussed the temporary U.S. Food and Drug Administration food labeling policy with a provider. Most (62%) reported shortages of preferred safe food brands. 62% spent more time cooking safe foods from scratch. With regard to the recommendation by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for classroom dining, 57.7% planned to request modifications. With regard to the CDC’s recommendation to use inhalers versus nebulizers, 37.7% had not discussed the topic with a provider. Ninety-two written comments were analyzed and grouped into seven themes. Conclusion: New pandemic-related regulations, food supply chain disruptions, and evolving medical recommendations resulted in intensified burdens for respondents, including the increased time needed to complete food allergy management and school reentry concerns. Study results can inform clinical team members (e.g., physicians, nurses, dieticians) of effects that pandemic-related changes may have on this patient population, with subsequent consideration of patient-specific screening, education, and shared decision-making with regard to risk mitigation needs.

scholarly journals Food and You 2 - Wave 2

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth Armstrong ◽  
Lucy King ◽  
Robin Clifford ◽  
Mark Jitlal
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Allergy ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Food Safety ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Consumer Knowledge ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Eating Out

Food and You 2 is a biannual survey which measures self-reported consumer knowledge, attitudes and behaviours related to food safety and other food issues amongst adults in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The survey is primarily carried out online using a methodology known as ‘push-to-web’. Fieldwork was conducted between 20 November 2020 and 21 January 2021. A total of 5,900 adults from 3,955 households across England, Wales and Northern Ireland completed the survey. Topics covered in the Food and You 2: Wave 2 Key Findings report include: Trust in FSA and the food supply chain Concerns about food Food security Eating out and takeaways Food allergy, intolerance, and other hypersensitivities Food safety in the home

scholarly journals Food Supply Chain Disruptions Owing to Covid-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-103
Author(s):  
Anupam Saxena ◽  
Preetam Suman
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Critical Component ◽  
Research Protocol ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Supply Chain Disruptions ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Selection Of

The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that food supply chains are the most critical component of economic and human activities. It has also created a lot of interest among researchers, practitioners and policymakers to study the significant challenges of the food supply chain caused by the pandemic. Therefore this work wanted to investigate the critical supply chain challenges due to Covid-19 with the help of a systematic literature review of well-established articles published in interdisciplinary journals. The selection of thirty one papers was made through a research protocol that helped select and identify research papers which were coded with the help of qualitative software Atlasti 9.0 to study which supply chain challenge amongst disruption, forecasting and inventory was most prominently studied in the literature. Results of software coding revealed that disruption was coded 170 times whereas forecasting 10 times and inventory 37 times as challenges of food Supply Chain Management (SCM). Therefore, it was concluded that most of the researchers considered disruption as one of the significant food supply chain challenges. Further coding also revealed that lockdown and labour related issues were the primary reasons for food supply chain disruption.

scholarly journals Food Supply Chain Disruptions and Resilience Under the Stress of COVID-19: Evidence from Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
Saugat Khanal ◽  
Padam Bahadur Poudel ◽  
Jeevan Lamichhane ◽  
Alagathurai Ajanthan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Disruptions

scholarly journals Mitigating Food Supply Chain Disruptions Amid Covid-19

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arianto Patunru ◽  
Galuh Hatta ◽  
Pingkan Audrine
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Disruptions

scholarly journals Conception of a Simulation Model for Business Continuity Management Against Food Supply Chain Disruptions

2015 ◽  
Vol 107 ◽  
pp. 146-153
Author(s):  
Frank Schätter ◽  
Ole Hansen ◽  
Maja Herrmannsdörfer ◽  
Marcus Wiens ◽  
Frank Schultmann
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Business Continuity ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Disruptions ◽  
Business Continuity Management

Impact of modern Retail over Food Supply Chain Management

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-47
Author(s):  
N.Arunfred N.Arunfred ◽  
◽  
Dr.D.Kinslin Dr.D.Kinslin
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management

Identifying Business-to-Business Unfair Trading Practices in the Food Supply Chain: The case of Cyprus

New Medit ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marinos Markou ◽  
Andreas Stylianou ◽  
Marianthi Giannakopoulou ◽  
Georgios Adamides
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
State Level ◽  
Strategic Partnerships ◽  
Food Supply Chain ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Food Supply Chains ◽  
Enforcement Policy ◽  
Monitoring And Enforcement

Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) between businesses in the food supply chain have a significant impact on the various stakeholders involved, and on the environment. So far, no attempt has been made at the Member State level for the identification of UTPs in the food supply chain and their impact on the relevant stakeholders. This study drew on this gap and attempted to identify the UTPs that exist in the Cypriot food supply chain, assess their impact on the involved stakeholders and provide guidelines that will assist the transposition of EU relevant Directive to the national law. To achieve this goal, the study was based on a quantitative survey of a representative sample of businesses using a specific questionnaire. The results showed that particular UTPs do appear in the food supply chain with a different frequency, while the majority of businesses have been victims of UTPs in the last five years. Notably, the estimated cost of UTPs as a percentage of the business annual turnover is considered important ranging from 5.7% for retailers to 31.9% for farmers. Thus, most participants agree that UTPs in the agricultural food sector should be regulated by national legislation. We argue that the national legislation for UTPs should be a mix of policies that integrate private, administrative and judicial methods of monitoring and enforcement. Policy and decision makers should seek to reinforce the role and the bargaining power of small businesses in the food supply chain. This might be accomplished through the development of efficient producers’ organizations, short food supply chains, interbranch organizations and strategic partnerships.

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