Allergy awareness at school or within the community
- powerpoint presentation
- article
- posters
research :
1/13 kids have allergies and 32 million people in America live with life-threatening food allergies.
lack of federal funding for epi-pens, not included in many insurance, nessacary and not typically in public environments
they have to be replaced each year, average cost $650-$750 per year without insurance.
from 2011-2016, there was a 400% increase in the cost of Mylan injectors. Soon after competitors entered the market with their own auto-injectors.
Alternative brands: Audi-Q, general Adrenaclick, and Symjepi.
According to a consumer report, only 16% of people prescribed epinephrine know how to use the auto-injector correctly, which includes parents who may need to inject their child.
