Developing a National Food Allergy Strategy for Canada | GET-FACTS: Knowledge Translation

On June 23^rd 2015 over 30 key stakeholders attended a meeting in Toronto to begin the conversation to assess the appetite for, and capacity for, developing a National Food Allergy Strategy for Canada (NFASt).

Presentations from that meeting include:

Becker, A. (2015, June). CHILD: The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development Study (.pdf).
Clarke, A. (2015, June). Prevalence of Food Allergies: What is KNOWN, What is UNKNOWN (.pdf).
Clarke, A., Elliott S.J., & team. (2015, June). Prevalence, Perception, Experience... (.pdf).
Waserman, S. (2015, June). Toward a National Food Allergy Strategy "The Gaps Story" (.pdf).
Marshall, J. (2015, June). The Science of Food Allergy (.pdf).

On February 20th 2016 a smaller group of 15 key stakeholders met to discuss the next steps in forming a National Food Allergy Strategy for Canada.

Group discussing the formation of a National Food Allergy Strategy (NFASt) for Canada.

Groups discussing the formation of a National Food Allergy Strategy (NFASt) for Canada

One of the many items discussed was the UK publication Making Sense About Science: Making Sense of Allergies. The group asked, can we have a Canadian version of this that helps the public understand the science facts and debates surrounding food allergy?