Power
Over Pain:
People Working Together to Improve Pain
Management in Their Communities
The American Pain Foundation has implemented
a grassroots action-oriented public awareness campaign called
the Power Over Pain Campaign.
The goals of Power Over Pain are
to:
- Make effective pain management a health care priority at
the state and local levels
- Provide the public with practical information about pain
and its management
- Empower patients and families to demand effective pain control
- Encourage health care professionals to become better informed
about pain and its management
Many people with pain do not know they have the right to have
their pain assessed and treated, and that their pain can be relieved
or greatly eased with proper pain management. Pain sufferers
are often embarrassed to speak up and let their health care provider
know they are in pain. Moreover, many people are misinformed
about pain medications.
The Missouri Pain Initiative has organized
a statewide speaker’s
bureau of trained volunteers available to present to state and
local organizations, libraries, or community groups at no charge.
The presentations help people with pain and their caregivers
better understand their pain, ways to describe it to healthcare
professionals, ways to treat it, and how to find help.
To get information on how to schedule a talk
in your community contact MOPI at info @missouripain.org.
More
About POWER OVER PAIN– check
out the official American Pain Foundation (APF) Power Over
Pain website.
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