The CARD system provides strategies that can be used to help cope before and during vaccination and needle procedures for children. The system consists of resources such as videos, handouts and activities that will help to prepare you and your child for vaccinations.
Text LinkThis online collection of informational packages provides information for parents and caregivers on acute, transitional, and chronic pain in children.
Text LinkThe Youth in Pain: Solutions for Effective Opioid Use project is one of SKIP’s most recent initiatives and was established in response to Health Canada’s Action Plan for Pain in Canada (2021), and guided by SKIP’s 2020 Opioids and Our Children national scoping meeting. The project’s overall aim is to share evidence-based solutions for the medical use of opioids to address short- and long-term pain in youth.
Text LinkThis standard guides the delivery of quality pediatric pain management. It focuses on how organizational leaders and dedicated teams should provide care based on the needs, goals, abilities, and preferences of children and their families. It does not prescribe a particular approach or intervention to pain management.
Text LinkThe Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Survey was developed and launched on International Women’s Day 2021 with the goal of eliciting a stronger understanding of patients’ experiences and identifying information gaps across different stages of life. This report on the survey's findings will help organizations in continuing to raise awareness and advocating for better care and health outcomes for women+*. The insights and testimonials provided will also help guide the development of programs and resources to support the community.
Text Link"Needle pokes" are one of the most common sources of pain for children seeking emergency medical care. This video and infographic provide information about needle pokes and useful tips for parents and families who have a child that may require a needle poke.
Text LinkThis eBook follows a teenager and her family’s experiences dealing with chronic pain, sharing the struggle to achieve daily activities and how the family learned to cope with and manage her pain. This tool is also available as an audiobook with breathing exercises, and as a videobook.
Text LinkAn archive of webinar recordings on patient engagement in research from the Chronic Pain Network.
Text LinkProviding care in the clinical areas of chronic pain, mental health and substance use, either alone or as co-morbidities, can be challenging. The BC Adaptive Mentorship Network for Pain, Mental Health and Substance Use (BCAMN) aims to build primary care capacity to support British Columbians living with chronic pain, mental health and substance use conditions.
Text LinkPain Waves is a podcast created by Pain BC where listeners can hear leading chronic pain experts and people in pain discuss the latest pain management research, tools, stories, and trends.
Text LinkDo you need to speak confidentially about pain? You are no longer alone, the AQDC can support you. To be even more proactive, a support line has been created to help you better communicate your pain problems.
Text LinkThe aim of the Veteran and Family Well-Being series is to provide education on the evolution of pain management and current best practices in evidence-based interdisciplinary care. Presented in an accessible manner, the target audience is veterans, their families, health care professionals, case managers, and researchers.
Text LinkAQDC’s Support Groups are part of its ongoing support framework for people living with chronic pain and their loved ones.
Text LinkCoaching for Health is a free telephone coaching program designed to help people living with pain learn self-management skills, regain function and improve their well-being.
Text LinkPain BC's Pain Support and Wellness Groups offer an opportunity for people living with persistent pain in BC to meet regularly online to build a community of support while learning about pain, pain management and coping strategies.
Text LinkWith Dr. Arun Radhakrishnan’s leadership, the Centre for Effective Practice has partnered with the Atlantic Mentorship Network - Pain & Addiction and Pain BC to develop adaptive mentoring networks in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and British Columbia.
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