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Phone: (608) 265-4013
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Media

News Releases

• ASPI and Lance Armstrong Foundation Announce 2007-2008 Grants to State Pain Initiatives (9/26/07)
• Pain Policy Report Card Good News to ASPI (07/19/07)
• States Show Progress in Pain Policy (9/28/06)
• AACPI and Lance Armstrong Foundation Announce Grants to State Pain Initiatives (9/06/06)
• Lance Armstrong Foundation Partners With AACPI (9/28/05)
• AACPI Endorses New Guideline for the Management of Cancer Pain (4/05/05)
• AACPI Urges Caution in Implementing Prescription Monitoring Programs (07/22/02)
• Position Statement on Prescription Monitoring Programs (2008)
• "Success of the State Pain Initiatives" - from Cancer Practice Supplement (May/June 2002)
• DEA, Health Groups Call for Balanced Policy on Prescription Pain Medications (10/23/01)
• Joint Statement from Health Organizations and the DEA (10/01)

Resources for Media Professionals

• Fast Facts - About the Alliance of State Pain Initiatives and pain management
• Pain Fact Sheet - adapted from the Power Over Pain - Community Action Kit and Media Guide
• Myths About Controlling Pain - from the Mayday Fund
  
• 8 Facts Everyone Should Know About Cancer Pain

Resources for State Pain Initiatives

• Sample News Releases and Alerts
• Power Over Pain - Public Awareness Campaign

From 2001-2007, eleven State Pain Initiatives participated in a Power Over Pain campaign in collaboration with the American Pain Foundation. Click on the link above for resources and information that were produced as part of the campaign and that you can use to increase awareness of pain issues in your community. 

• Partners for Understanding Pain - Public Awareness Campaign

The ASPI is one of many organizations involved in the Partners for Understanding Pain public awareness campaign. Spearheaded by the American Chronic Pain Association, the campaign strives to create greater understanding that pain is a serious public health issue. Click on the link for resources and campaign updates. 

The National Office of the Alliance of State Pain Initiatives is a program of the
Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Last Updated: May 8, 2008 | Questions of comments, e-mail aspi@mailplus.wisc.edu