Challenging Fear of Anaphylaxis: An Ethical Framework for Implementing Oral Food Challenges in Allergy Clinical Practice

This project aims to improve food allergic children’s quality of life by developing ethical and implementation frameworks to conduct oral food challenges in clinical practice settings. Caregivers’ fear of anaphylaxis can result in unwarranted restrictions on a child’s activities that raise important bioethics issues related to the child’s best interests. Ethical and safe food challenges in a controlled, clinical environment can improve children’s wellbeing by educating caregivers about food allergy risks and empowering them to manage future allergic reactions.