Intervention
Training was arranged after school hours and all staff (including
teachers, teacher assistants, administrative, catering and cleaning
personnel, bus driver etc.) were invited to attend. The training
material and teaching structure were developed (and delivered) by
allergy specialists, reviewed by schools, and adapted as per their
suggestions.
We delivered a 90 minutes training session which consisted of a
theoretical and a practical workshop. The training included an
interactive presentation covering the overall management of the child
with severe food allergy and drills in the management of severe allergic
reactions/anaphylaxis. The main thematic sections of the training
session are presented in Table 1.
In order to tailor the training programme to schools’ needs, this was
first delivered to a group of primary school teachers outside the
surveyed area. Upon receiving feedback, the training programme was
revised to expand on the administration of the adrenaline autoinjector
(AAI) (pupil positioning, restraining etc.).