Towards health equity for people experiencing chronic pain and social marginalization
| dc.contributor.author | Wallace, Bruce | |
| dc.contributor.author | Varcoe, Colleen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Holmes, Cindy | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moosa-Mitha, Mehmoona | |
| dc.contributor.author | Moor, Gregg | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hudspith, Maria | |
| dc.contributor.author | Craig, Kenneth | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-02-13T06:33:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-02-13T06:33:21Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: For people who experience social inequities and structural violence, pain and related care are inexorably linked to experiences of injustice and stigma. The purpose of this study was to examine in greater depth the experiences of pain and discrimination and stigma across diverse marginalized communities in order to recommend equity-oriented healthcare approaches. Methods: This community-based qualitative study reports on four focus groups that included 36 people living with pain. All participants identified with one of three groups known to experience high levels of inequities and structural violence including an Indigenous group, a LGBTQ2S group, and two newcomer and refugee groups. Results: Pain was entangled with and shaped by: social locations and identities, experiences of violence, trauma and related mental health issues, experiences of discrimination, stigma and dismissal, experiences of inadequate and ineffective health care, and the impacts of these intersecting experiences. Conclusions: Equity-oriented responses to chronic pain would recognize pain not only as a biomedical issue but as a social justice issue. The EQUIP Framework is an approach to integrating trauma- and violence-informed care; culturally-safe care; and harm reduction in health care that may hold promise for being tailored to people experiencing pain and social marginalization. | |
| dc.description.reviewstatus | Reviewed | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Faculty | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This study was supported by a British Columbia Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research’s Convening and Collaborating grant and a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Partnership Engage grant. The funders did not contribute to the design of the study, data collection, analysis, interpretation of data nor in writing the manuscript. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Wallace, B., Varcoe, C., Holmes, C., Moosa-Mitha, M., Moor, G., Hudspith, M., & Craig, K. D. (2021). Towards health equity for people experiencing chronic pain and social marginalization. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01394-6 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01394-6 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1828/21205 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | International Journal for Equity in Health | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR) | |
| dc.subject.department | School of Social Work | |
| dc.title | Towards health equity for people experiencing chronic pain and social marginalization | |
| dc.type | Article |