Patient education in food allergy: Educational tools

Severe food allergies, sometimes involving the vital forecast of the patients, are frequent and often carry away consultations and hospitalizations. Treatments according to the indications are still often the allergen eviction to avoid the accidents or the administration of the oral tolerance protocols, which require information and skill on behalf of the patients and of their family. The Research group in therapeutically education in food allergy (Groupe de recherche en education therapeutique dans l'allergie alimentaire), in the light of the recommendations of the French Health Authorities (HAS) in patients therapeutically education, has written the reference table of skills to be acquired by the patients to train in the educational tools. It would specify the way of creating and using them, in connection with the objectives of the reference table of skills. They were estimated and validated, with the aim of harmonizing the practices in this domain; these tools should arise to the largest number of teams interested in the therapeutic education in food allergy. (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.