Understanding Pediatric Food Allergies and Treatment Choices
Challenging Allergies: The Search for a Magic Bullet for Pediatric Food Allergies
This project aims to understand how parents of children with food allergies make decisions about different treatment options, including clinical trials and unregulated therapies.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Chapel Hill, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11118991 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
We want to learn about the experiences and perspectives of parents whose children have peanut or other food allergies, especially those who have not participated in clinical trials. We will also look at how some private practices offer unregulated food allergy treatments. By combining these insights with ongoing work on clinical trial participation, we hope to get a full picture of how families navigate the complex world of food allergy care.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Parents of children aged 0-11 years old with food allergies, particularly those who have considered or are considering various treatment approaches, would be ideal participants for interviews.
Not a fit: Patients seeking direct medical treatment or a cure for their child's food allergy will not receive a direct clinical benefit from this sociological research.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: This work could help healthcare providers and policymakers better understand the challenges families face and improve support for parents making critical decisions about their child's food allergy treatment.
How similar studies have performed: Ethnographic and sociological studies exploring patient and parent experiences with medical treatments are a well-established research approach.
Where this research is happening
Chapel Hill, United States
- Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Fisher, Jill a — Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
- Study coordinator: Fisher, Jill a
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.