Social Aspects of Pain (SocSIG) Mission and Vision
The Social Aspects of Pain Special Interest Group (SocSIG) aims to:
- Raise awareness and understanding of the social context of pain within the IASP community and the community at large.
- Provide a forum for interdisciplinary researchers with a common interest in social aspects of pain and pain management to connect with each other, exchange ideas, and discuss advances in our understanding of social contributors to and consequences of acute and chronic pain.
- Foster collaboration between basic and clinical researchers to demonstrate how social factors can be harnessed to improve pain management.
- Facilitate international and interdisciplinary collaborations among researchers and clinicians with a common interest in the social context of pain.
SocSIG plans to achieve these aims by:
- Bringing together groups of researchers to conduct systematic reviews of social interventions for acute and chronic pain management.
- Providing a discussion forum for clinicians and researchers to connect with each other.
- Holding satellite meetings and workshops at bi-annual IASP World Congress Meetings.
- Promoting meetings, workshops, symposia, and events that are relevant to SIG members.
Social Aspects of Pain Committee
Social Aspects of Pain Resources:
- The social threats of COVID-19 for people with chronic pain
K. Karos, J. McParland, S. Bunzli, H. Devan, A. Hirsh, F. Kapos, E. Keogh, D. Moore, L. Tracy, C. Ashton-James
PAIN, October 2020 - The Critical Role of Social Aspects of Pain in Advancing Health Equity in Pain Care: Past, Present, and Future
This webinar examined the role of social factors as determinants of whether people will experience - and how they express - pain in everyday and healthcare settings and featured presentations by:- Kenneth D. Craig, OC, PhD, FCAHS, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Katelynn Boerner, PhD, RPsych, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Joanna L. McParland, PhD, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland (moderator)
- 2022 Global Year for Translating Pain Knowledge to Practice
- 2019 Global Year Against Pain in the Most Vulnerable
- 2008 Global Year Against Pain in Women
- 2007 Global Year Against Pain in Older Persons
- 2006 Global Year Against Pain in Children
- 2005 Global Year for the Right to Pain Relief
- IASP's Topic Page on COVID-19 and Pain