Q&A: Providers can do more to reduce racial disparities in food allergy care

PHOENIX — Racial disparities touch every aspect of clinical care for food allergies, from prevention and diagnosis to insurance coverage and to the diversity of the workforce providing treatment.
The Food Allergy Outcomes Related to White and African American Racial Differences (FORWARD) study has published multiple papers exploring where these disparities come from and how they best can be addressed.
Andrea Pappalardo, MD, FAAAAI, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at University of Illinois at Chicago, discussed these findings as well as her own experience as the asthma

PHOENIX — Racial disparities touch every aspect of clinical care for food allergies, from prevention and diagnosis to insurance coverage and to the diversity of the workforce providing treatment.
The Food Allergy Outcomes Related to White and African American Racial Differences (FORWARD) study has published multiple papers exploring where these disparities come from and how they best can be addressed.
Andrea Pappalardo, MD, FAAAAI, assistant professor of medicine and pediatrics at University of Illinois at Chicago, discussed these findings as well as her own experience as the asthma