To federate pain research in Quebec, QPRN has established a research infrastructure model based on a number of consortiums. These consortiums are organized based on specific research proprieties themes identified by our members, partners and people living with chronic pain and are designed to drive innovative research focused on the needs of the Quebec ecosystem.
Objective
This multidisciplinary Consortium will focus on pain prevention, as well as the inclusion of populations disproportionately impacted by pain or marginalized by their social identity, both of which we believe are central to sustainable healthcare. The objective is to promote awareness and communication between actors of change for pain prevention through an inclusive approach.
The activities of the Consortium on pain prevention and sustainable health for all are based on the following definition of sustainable health in which it is a ‘global approach that combines the physical and psychological health of people with the environment in which they live. It requires individuals and the community to implement, at all stages of life, various interventions that will enable an optimal state of health for each individual, including vulnerable populations and future generations. Thus, sustainable health aims to develop strategies to promote health, disease prevention and early intervention for health outcomes at lower cost.’
Members
Directors : Estelle Carde, researcher at Université de Montréal, Jason Bouffard, researcher at Université Laval, Amy Doucet, patient partner, Joséanne Desrosiers and Émilie Fortin (trainee representatives)
Teams group together people from research and clinical backgrounds as well as any other person with expertise relevant to the work.
Progress
- January 19, 2024, Mount Sainte-Anne. Launch of the new consortium and large-group discussion meeting that led to a first team project funding. This project is focused on the complex determinants of pain self-management.
- June 14, 2024. Call for projects to start the activities of this consortium. Three research projects were selected and funded and will focus on a variety of themes, such as serious gaming to improve recovery after surgery, the development of a pain education tool and the promotion of experiential knowledge to foster sustainable health.
- November 1st , 2024 Université de Montréal, Montréal. QPRN organized the first in person meeting of this consortium. Discussions focused on under-represented populations in research, and a project was initiated. Funding will be used to survey the literature to identify under-represented populations in pain research.
- October 23 2025, Montréal. Large group in person meeting. Add to calendar.
Projects
- Exploring the complex determinants of pain self-management: A Mediation Analysis of pain information & Patient sociodemographic Characteristics (Aline Hajj, Estelle Carde, Timothy Wideman, Jason Bouffard, Sylvie Beaudoin)
- En-Quête-Santé : Développement et pilotage d’un jeu sérieux numérique à l’intention de la clientèle de la trajectoire de récupération améliorée après la chirurgie et de leurs proches visant à optimiser l’enseignement de la gestion de douleur péri-opératoire (Émilie Gosselin, Émilie Paul-Savoie, Hugo Carignan, Assma Grini)
- Développement d’un outil d’éducation sur la douleur (Guillaume Léonard, Anne-Marie-Pinard, Estelle Chamoux, Annie Deshaies, Hassiba Chebbihi, Hassiba Chebbihi, Philippe Sarret, Jérôme Côté, Geneviève Beaudoin, Sonia Bédard)
- Valoriser les savoirs expérientiels pour favoriser la santé durable: Création participative d’une ressource informationnelle pour les personnes immigrantes vivant avec une douleur chronique (Lise Dassieu, Estelle Carde, Anaïs Lacasse, Jacqueline Schneider)
- Revue de la littérature sur l’implication des personnes minorisées et marginalisées en recherche en douleur (Jason Bouffard, Estelle Carde, Lise Dassieu, Amy Doucet)
Knowledge Mobilisation
- Annual retreat 2025 : Update on the current progress and presentation of challenges and opportunities encountered
- Semestrial newsletter 2025 : Description of major progress of the consortiums.
Publications
Details to come
Partners
We thank our partners for their support and collaboration.
- Efforts are underway to meet with community organizations.
- Representing QPRN on Canadian Pain Society’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
- Representing QPRN on Canadian Pain Society’s Communications Committee
- Representing QPRN Partnership for the Engagement of People in Pain Research (PEPR) Knowledge Mobilisation Committee
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