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    Getting to know ChildKind International: Intro to the international certification org for pediatric pain

    Julia Johnston, a Knowledge Management Specialist at ChildKind International, is your guide to understanding ChildKind's institutional certification process and crafting valuable resources.

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    6 Positive Ways that Living with Chronic Pain Changed My Life: Lessons Learned Over a Decade

    In this blog post, Brooke Greenberg, a Clinical Psychology PhD student, reflects on her 10-year journey with chronic pain and shares six positive ways it has transformed her life, including fostering gratitude, inspiring advocacy, and leading to a new career path. Brooke's story embodies resilience and a commitment to dismantling the stigma surrounding chronic pain.

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    A Toddler, A Poke, And The Power Of Story

    Dr. Grace Kao, a board-certified clinical health psychologist and member of the Meg Foundation advisory board, discusses the importance of stories and how they helped one little boy get through his poke.

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    Getting Ready For Kindergarten Vaccines

    Why those shots don’t have to be a pain (literally or figuratively…)

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    When A Pain Psychologist Is The Pain Patient

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    What is a Child Life Specialist and How Do They Help Your Family?

    What is a child life specialist? So glad you asked! It’s a question that everyone interested in improving kids’ medical experiences should be asking.

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    Racial disparities in pain management: How the color of your skin can determine what kind of care you get

    Racial bias impacts every aspect of healthcare, including pain treatment. Pretending otherwise perpetuates a system that creates needless suffering. It's time we do better.

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    Pain Myths And Facts: How Bad Information Hurts Us All (Literally…)

    Knowing the facts instead of the misconceptions can open up opportunities to avoid a whole lot of unnecessary suffering, for you, for your family (and for your patients if you are one of those amazing healthcare providers we love!).

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    A Meg Foundation Success Story: Emi’s Journey Through Cancer to Recovery!

    A dose of inspiration, a look at the long-term impact of good pain management skills, and why we do what we do!

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    Can holding children down for shots traumatize them? A health psychologist says yes.

    I’m a health psychologist and expert in medical illness, trauma, and pain, with 25 years of experience. If I could wipe out any practice that happens on the daily in medicine, VERY high on my list is holding down kids for medical procedures. While science and best practice guidelines from top medical organizations clearly say holding down kids is a terrible idea, it still happens every single day.

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    Far From “Just a Poke” Common Painful Needle Procedures and the Development of Needle Fear

    From the Clinical Journal of Pain, a good article outlining the implications of poorly managed needle pain, including the development of needle fear.

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    A hospital-wide initiative to eliminate or reduce needle pain in children using lean methodology

    Released in 2018 by the International Association of the Study of Pain, this article outlines a hospital created a new standard of care around pain, and addressing the fact that pain remains common, underrecognized, and undertreated in children’s hospitals and pediatric clinics. Available open source.

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