The goal of the Women’s Chronic Pain and Prescription Opioid Project is to create sex, gender, equity, and trauma informed resources for providers that reflect women’s lived and living experiences with chronic pain and prescription opioids. The Centre of Excellence for Women's Health interviewed and consulted with women who have used prescription opioids for chronic pain, in order to embed women’s experiences, opinions and recommendations into resource development for health care providers and educators, researchers, health system planners, and other women.
Text LinkIn this video, Lindsay Wolfson and Liv Schultz, two people who experience chronic pain from the Centre of Excellence of Women's Health provide an overview of what was found in the literature and heard in interviews about women's chronic pain and prescription opioid use.
Text LinkThis document is a policy report that examines the research on sex and gender factors affecting chronic pain and applies SGBA+ to the Action Plan for Pain in Canada.
Text LinkThis guide supports healthcare providers and other health and social service providers who work with women and gender diverse individuals living with chronic pain. It explores sex- and gender-related factors that impact chronic pain, information about women’s experiences with prescribed opioids, and opportunities to build upon comprehensive pain management strategies.
Text LinkThis information package was designed by researchers and people with lived experience of chronic pain at the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, as part of a larger study on women’s chronic pain and prescription opioid use. The information included is intended to help you learn more about women’s chronic pain and strategies for pain management.
Text LinkThis information guide was designed by researchers and people with lived experience of chronic pain at the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, as part of a larger study on women’s chronic pain and prescription opioid use. The information included will help you learn more about women’s chronic pain and strategies for pain management to support your practice and facilitate trusting relationships with patients.
Text LinkThe Quebec Pain Research Network is offering various research support opportunities, including funding, recruitment, mentorship and many more as part of their Strategic Action Plan development.
Text LinkIf you’ve never worked with patient partners or caregivers in your research before (or even if you have!), the CPN Patient Engagement Committee and Network patient partners have some ideas for you to consider. In this, you will find the definition of Patient Engagement and some thoughts about the way you might work with us so that we may bring our lived experience to your research project as collaborators or partners.
Text LinkThe Quebec Pain Research Network shares publications on this page that highlight researchers, research advances as well as their activities and that of student researchers, making everything accessible to the general public.
Text LinkA free, self-paced online program for health care providers who want to support people living with pain to move with more ease.
Text LinkThis practical, compact course allows learners to develop clinically relevant approaches to chronic pain management and develop a strong grounding in pain science.
Text LinkThis free online program offered by Pain Canada covers clinically relevant strategies for managing pain before and after surgery, with an emphasis on self-management strategies patients can use.
Text LinkThis is a free self-paced online program offered by Pain Canada and designed to help people undergoing surgery and their families better manage pain after surgery and decrease complications.
Text LinkThe Power Over Pain Portal aims to provide a one-stop shop for resources for people with pain, including articles, videos, podcasts, courses, workshops, and peer support. It also links to national and provincial services.
Text LinkPain BC's free-to-access video series that provides guided movement and relaxation for people living with pain from the comfort of their homes.
Text LinkMyCarePath is an online resource developed by BC's Children's Hospital to support youth, young adults, and families across in understanding and managing chronic pain.
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