Chronic pain is a considerable and growing public health issue. One in five Australians over the age of 45 lives with chronic pain.
In 2018, chronic pain was estimated to have cost $139 billion in Australia, including health care costs, productivity losses, and reduced quality of life.
Early intervention and the adoption of evidence-based treatment could address both the health burden and economic costs of chronic pain. However, key issues include access to effective pain assessment, prevention, self-management, and non-pharmacological pain management services.
Join The Australian Prevention Partnership Centre for a research webinar about preventing chronic pain in Australia where researchers at The University of Sydney will share recent findings from their research on preventing and better managing chronic pain in primary care, followed by a discussion about the implications of this research for policy and practice.
You can download a short policy brief about the project's findings here or visit our website to find more news and resources here.
The project was led by Fiona Blyth AM, Professor of Public Health and Pain Medicine, University of Sydney. Professor Blyth is a public health physician, pain epidemiologist and medical educator and Head of the University of Sydney Concord Clinical School at Repatriation General Concord Hospital, and Associate Dean within the Faculty of Medicine.
Professor Blyth is internationally recognised for her work in characterising the burden of chronic pain conditions within populations
