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2019: THE GLOBAL YEAR AGAINST PAIN IN THE MOST VULNERABLE
from APS MAR19 eNews
by auspainsoc
Each year the IASP identifies an area of pain that needs extra attention and then brings together experts in the area to help develop and disseminate resources to improve patient outcomes. Last year you might recall the Year for Excellence in Pain Education.
2019 has been declared the Global Year Against Pain in the Most Vulnerable, with an aim to focus attention on the following vulnerable populations:
• Pain in older persons (including pain in dementia)
• Pain in infants and young people
• Pain in individuals with cognitive impairments (non dementia-related) or psychiatric disorders
• Pain in survivors of torture
The IASP have developed a number of webpages and resources dedicated to this year’s global year. Through the IASP website, you can access publications on the topic (including new and archived PAIN journal articles), webinars and factsheets for the assessment and management of pain in specific vulnerable patient groups. There are also instructions on how you might participate in this year’s global activities, including how to add the Global Year logo and hyperlink to your email signature, and how to follow the #GYPainVulnerable conversations. These can all be found, along with the IASP President’s GY message, at https://www. iasp-pain.org/GlobalYear
The Australian Pain Society, as a chapter of the IASP, fully supports the 2019 Global Year against Pain in the Most Vulnerable and asks you to get involved. You may wish to participate by writing an article for our newsletter telling members what you have done (contact the newsletter editor aps@apsoc.org.au) There are other ways to participate, such as; providing your APS State Director with information on events/ education/research occurring in your work area focused on this year’s global year; becoming a member of the APS Pain In Childhood Special Interest Group; or most appropriately, by attending this year’s APS conference on the Gold Coast.
As 2019 progresses, we will include more Global Year updates in these Newsletters.
Di Black
