'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."- Sir Professor Michael Marmot
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Background
Health equity is the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. Striving towards health equity is fundamental to improving the health of individuals and societies. The social determinants of health are a major contributor to health inequities. These are the broad socio-economic and environmental circumstances of peoples lives and the systemic drivers of these circumstances: the unequal distribution of money, power and resources. 'Social determinants' importantly impact the lives and health outcomes of people living with pain, but greater understanding is needed. The under-reporting of socio-demographic information in pain research contributes to the 'invisibility' of health inequities in the pain field. |
Research Team
Emma Karran, PhD Project Lead Lorimer Moseley, AO,DSc,PhD Trevor Barker, Patient Partner Mark Boyd, MD Aidan Cashin, PhD Alessandro Chiarotto, PhD Lara Maxwell, PhD Vina Mohabir, Patient Partner Jennifer Petkovic, PhD Saurab Sharma, PhD Peter Tugwell, OC,MD,FRCP |
Providing researchers with clear guidance about what data they should routinely collect and how to collect it,
is an important step towards greater illumination, understanding and action to reduce health inequities for people with pain.
is an important step towards greater illumination, understanding and action to reduce health inequities for people with pain.
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Goal
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To develop recommendations for a minimum dataset of socio-demographic items to guide the standardised collection of 'equity-relevant' data in human adult pain research.
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