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Pain Matters 90 – References and Resources

References and Resources for Pain Matters 90

IMAGINING A FAIRER SOCIETY (Macgregor & Hill O’Connor)

Further Resources

HOW PAIN IS DISMISSED (Magel & Buchman)

References

HOSTILE BORDERS INFLICT HURT (Roman et al.)

Bibliography:
  • Roman-Juan, J., Hood, A. M., Marbil, M. G., Birnie, K. A., & Noel, M. (2025). Borders that hurt: the link between anti-immigration attitudes in Europe and the epidemic of chronic pain in immigrant adolescents. Pain, 10-1097.

  • Roman-Juan, J., Noel, M., Sharma, S., Jensen, M. P., Marbil, M. G., Birnie, K. A., & Miró, J. (2025). Making underrepresented pain visible: Chronic pain disparities among immigrant adolescents in 30 European countries. The Journal of Pain, 105533.

CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY (Hales)

More about CAPE:

MORE COMPASSIONATE & EQUITABLE CARE (Mittinty)

References:
  • Mittinty MM, Hedges J and Jamieson L. “Building evidence to reduce inequities in management of pain for Indigenous Australian people” Scandinavian Journal of Pain, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1515/sjpain-2021-0173

  • Mittinty MM, Vanlint S, Stocks N, Mittinty MN, Moseley GL. Exploring effect of pain education on chronic pain patients’ expectation of recovery and pain intensity. Scand J Pain. 2018 doi: 10.1515/sjpain-2018-0023.

  • https://www.alba.network/GSDinclusiveforms

  • https://www.who.int/health-topics/gender#tab=tab

  • Fausto-Sterling A. The five sexes, revisited. The Sciences, 2000.

  • Peters JR, et al. Improving rigor through gender inclusivity in reproductive psychiatric science. Compr. Psychoneuroendocrinol. 2023.

  • Butler J. Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity. Routledge. 1990

  • Subramaniapillai S, Am Galea L, Einstein G, de Lange AM. Sex and gender in health research: intersectionality matters. Front Neuroendocrinol. 2023.

  • World Health Organization. Sexual health, human rights and the law. World Health Organization. 2015.

  • Heidari S, Babor TF, De Castro P, et al. Sex and Gender Equity in Research: rationale for the SAGER guidelines and recommended use. Res Integr Peer Rev, 2016.

  • Pieretti S, Di Giannuario A, Di Giovannandrea R, Marzoli F, Piccaro G, Minosi P, Aloisi AM. Gender differences in pain and its relief. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2016

  • Federico O, Templeton K. A Systematic Review of Sex-Related Differences in Response to Post-Operative Orthopaedic Pain Management Protocols. Kans J Med. 2024 

  • Choshen‑Hillel S, Guzikevits M, Gileles‑Hillel A, Gordon‑Hecker T, et al. Sex Bias in Pain Management Decisions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS, 2024.

  • Dahoud S, Simpson P, Naidoo N. The Influence of Patient Sex on Paramedic Administration of Analgesia for Acute Abdominal Pain in an Australian Ambulance Service. Paramedicine, 2024.

THE LIMITS OF ‘LIFESTYLE’ APPROACHES (Blane)

Further reading:
  • Nunan D, Blane D and McCartney M (2021) Exemplary medical care or Trojan horse? An analysis of the ‘Lifestyle Medicine’ movement. British Journal of General Practice, 71(706), pp. 229-232. (doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X715721)

  • Macgregor C, Walumbe J, Tulle E, Seenan C and Blane DN. (2023) Intersectionality as a theoretical framework for researching health inequities in chronic pain. British Journal of Pain, 17(5), pp. 479-490. (doi: 10.1177/20494637231188583)

  • O’Donnell C, Hanlon P, Blane D, Macdonald S, Williamson A, Mair F. (2020)

  • We should consider prevention burden in our approach to tackling NCDs – The BMJ

DIGITAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES (Walumbe)

Further reading:

  • Greene, D. (2021). The Promise of Access: Technology, Inequality, and the Political Economy of Hope: MIT Press.

  • Hao, K. (2025). Empire of AI: Inside the reckless race for total domination: Penguin Books Limited.

  • Vallor, S. (2024). The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking: Oxford University Press.