Canada is a world leader in children’s pain research, but new knowledge and effective treatments for pain aren’t consistently put into practice and policy. As a result, children suffer from undertreated and preventable pain that leads to many immediate and long-term problems.
SKIP’s Associate Scientific Director Dr. Katie Birnie has all the info you need to manage your needle fear!
Check out this video from CIHR featuring our Scientific Director Dr. Christine Chambers!
We created a resource for all your questions about managing needle fear and vaccination pain!
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Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP) is a Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) national knowledge mobilization network based at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and co-directed by Children’s Healthcare Canada in Ottawa, Ontario. SKIP is funded by NCE and other partners.
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