A qualitative study of families of a child with a nut allergy

Pitchforth, Emma; Weaver, Simon; Willars, Janet; Wawrzkowicz, Emilia; Luyt, David; Dixon‐Woods, Mary

doi:10.1177/1742395311411591

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“…As with the existing literature, intrusion of a chronic illness as found in the present study affected the relationship between the food provider and the patient (11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18) . This distress was related to people's level of familiarity with attending guests and aspects of the interpersonal dynamics of the relationships.…”

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confidence: 72%

“…Within the home, interpersonal conflict within the family may arise as a result of differing views around food preparation and provision , where both activities are laden with challenging emotional content for the family . Similar emotional and lifestyle disruption around therapeutic diets has been reported in families living with epilepsy , food allergy childhood constipation , colon cancer , prostate cancer , autism , hypercholesterolaemia and coeliac disease . This breadth of evidence across a range of conditions reflects the importance of the issue.…”

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confidence: 65%

“…Potassium restriction is recommended in renal failure because a high potassium intake can result in a fatal myocardial infarction. It therefore may have been expected that this would cause increased anxiety as seen in food providers who cater for potential life-threatening threats from the diet; for example, nut allergy (12) , perhaps reflected in participants such as Janet and Sheila talking about potassium.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…The second contributing factor to risk-taking was due to their children's desire to take part in social experiences at school without feeling stigmatized for having a food allergy. While parents' desire to ease the social isolation and stigma faced by their food allergic children has been documented elsewhere, 28 we believe that this is exacerbated by the want of new immigrants to find acceptance and integration into the society of their new home putting the parents of food allergic parents in a double jeopardy situation.…”

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“We don’t have such a thing, that you may be allergic”: Newcomers’ understandings of food allergies in Canada

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Food allergies are emerging as important public health risks in Canada, affecting 3-4% of adults and 6-7% of children. Despite much lower prevalence rates among recent immigrants (i.e. in the country less than 10 years), evidence has shown this population to be more concerned about the risks of food allergies than the general population and have unique experiences around purchasing foods for allergen-free environments. As a substantial and growing segment of the Canadian population, it is important to understand newcomers' perceptions and knowledge of food allergies and related policies developed to protect allergic children (e.g. nut-free schools and or classrooms). This paper draws upon the results of focus groups conducted with newcomers from food allergic households (i.e. directly affected), as well as those with school-aged children who have to prepare or buy foods for allergen-controlled classrooms or schools (i.e. indirectly affected) living in Mississauga, Ontario. Results indicate unique challenges and understandings of food allergies as a new and unfamiliar risk for most newcomers, particularly as the indirectly affected participants negotiate the policy landscape. The directly affected group highlights the supportive environment in Canada resulting from the same policies and increased awareness in the general population.

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“…In a recent study of families of a child with a peanut allergy, researchers found that parents report being treated as “faddy” or “neurotic” (Pitchforth et al, 2011). In one study that distinguished those with food allergies and those with food intolerances, Nettleton et al (2010) found that respondents without medically-defined symptoms realize their condition as more of a social problem that those with a medically-conferred diagnosis of allergy.…”

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Parsing the peanut panic: The social life of a contested food allergy epidemic

Waggoner

2013

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As medical reports over the last decade indicate that food allergies among children are on the rise, peanut allergies in particular have become a topic of intense social debate. While peanut allergies are potentially fatal, they affect very few children at the population level. Yet, peanut allergies are characterized in medical and popular literature as a rising “epidemic,” and myriad and broad-based social responses have emerged to address peanut allergy risk in public spaces. This analysis compares medical literature to other textual sources, including media reports, legislation, and advocacy between 1980 and 2010 in order to examine how peanut allergies transformed from a rare medical malady into a contemporary public health problem. I argue that the peanut allergy epidemic was co-constructed through interactions between experts, publics, biomedical categories, and institutions, while social reactions to the putative epidemic expanded the sphere of surveillance and awareness of peanut allergy risk. The characterization of the peanut allergy problem as an epidemic was shaped by mobility across social sites, with both discursive and material effects.

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A qualitative study of families of a child with a nut allergy

Abstract: In many ways, nut allergy may be considered a form of disability, because it imposes social barriers on participating fully in society.

Cited by 48 publications

References 28 publications

Integrating renal nutrition guidelines into daily family life: a qualitative exploration

Integrating renal nutrition guidelines into daily family life: a qualitative exploration

“We don’t have such a thing, that you may be allergic”: Newcomers’ understandings of food allergies in Canada

Parsing the peanut panic: The social life of a contested food allergy epidemic

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