Background

The aim of the IASP Global Year Against Pain is to raise awareness of a different aspect of pain each year. The theme for 2005-2006 was Pain in Children. This theme was emphasized throughout the year with updated materials. IASP Chapters and individuals involved in pain research and treatment organized Global Year events in their communities to focus attention on this facet of pain, with the ultimate objective of improving pain relief in children throughout the world.

Resources

Publications Available for Download

• Psychological Interventions for Acute and Chronic Pain in Children, Pain: Clinical Updates, Volume XIV, Number 4 (September 2006). Author: C. Liossi
• Fetal Pain?, Pain: Clinical Updates, Volume XIV Number 2 (June 2006). Author: KJS Anand
• Why Children's Pain Matters, Pain: Clinical Updates, 2005 Volume XIII, Number 4 (September 2005). Authors: G. Allen Finley, Linda S. Franck, Ruth E. Grunau, and Carl L. von Baeyer
• Children - Not Simply "Little Adults", chapter 30 from The Paths of Pain: 1975-2005, IASP Press, 2005
• Pain in Infants, Children, and Adolescents, chapter 41 from Core Curriculum for Professional Education in Pain, Third Edition, IASP Press, 2005
• "Children's Pain Matters! Priority on Pain in Infants, Children and Adolescents" – A statement from the IASP Special Interest Group (SIG) on Pain in Childhood
• "Ten ways parents can help ease pain in children" and "Myths vs Facts of Children's Pain" – Documents provided by the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada