2018 Volume 32 Issue 4 Pages 654-665
Oita Prefecture established an expert committee on allergies consisting of members from the prefectural medical association, prefectural pediatric association, prefectural pharmaceutical association, prefectural dietetic association, faculty of medicine, faculty of food and nutrition, school commissioned physicians, the prefectural board of education, nursing teacher group, and prefectural welfare and health administration as a subsidiary of the Oita Prefecture Regional Health Council chaired by the prefectural governor. A survey on the actual situation of school lunches and training of the management staff in public and private nursery schools, kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools, high schools, and special support schools was conducted, from which issues were obtained. General Guidelines for Management of Food Allergy was established for schools, kindergartens, and nursery schools within the prefecture, based on the survey findings such as diagnosis, providing non-allergic food and responding to anaphylaxis. In prefectures having few pediatric allergic specialists and pediatric allergic educators, measures initiated in cooperation with the prefectural welfare and health administration, prefectural medical association, and prefectural board of education will be requiring.
