'The ISSHOOs Project'
Identifying Social Factors that Stratify Health Opportunities & Outcomes (ISSHOOs) in Pain Research
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"Health inequalities and the social determinants of health are not a footnote to the determinants of health. They are the main issue."- Professor Sir Michael Marmot
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Overview
Health equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and equal opportunity to live a healthy life and no-one is disadvantaged from achieving their highest level of health because of socially determined circumstances. The social determinants of health have a major influence on health equity. The social and environmental factors that impact health outcomes have also been shown to differentially impact pain outcomes. Despite this awareness, the collection and reporting of data that can illuminate pain-related health inequities is scarce. Inequities in pain outcomes will continue to remain largely unseen and unaddressed unless concerted efforts are made to bring them to focus. Providing researchers with clear guidance about what data they should routinely collect and why they should collect it, is an important step towards greater understanding and action on the social determinants of health as they relate to persistent pain. |
Research Team
Emma Karran, PhD Project Lead Lorimer Moseley, AO,DSc, PhD Trevor Barker Mark Boyd, MD Aidan Cashin, PhD Alessandro Chiarotto, PhD Lara Maxwell, PhD Vina Mohabir Jennifer Petkovic, PhD Saurab Sharma, PhD Peter Tugwell, OC, MD, FRCP |
The aim of the ISSHOOs project is to reach agreement on what participant information relating to the social determinants of health should be collected and reported in all human pain studies
