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Special Issue

Accelerating Innovative Strategies for Greater Equity and Inclusion in Pain Care and Research

Health Psychology
January 2026
(Vol.45, No.1)
ISBN:
978-1-4338-9951-5
Item #
2254512
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PDF

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American Psychological Association. (2026). Accelerating Innovative Strategies for Greater Equity and Inclusion in Pain Care and Research. https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/hea/hea-accelerating-innovative-strategies

Table of contents

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Introduction

Editor’s Choice

  • Chronic Pain Lived Experience of Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease: A Qualitative Study*
    Soumitri Sil, Jan T. Mooney, Sharon Shih, Carlton Dampier, and Lindsey L. Cohen

Articles

  • Chronic Pain in Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth: A Mixed-Methods Investigation
    Christopher B. Theriault, Rose Lassalle-Klein, Ian A. Lane, William T. Zempsky, and Melissa Santos
  • Understanding the Lived Experiences of Youth With Chronic Pain Who Are Neuro- and Gender-Diverse
    Ellison Choate, Courtney W. Hess, Meredith R. Maroney, Sarah N. Webster, Nicole Jehl, Alexandra Neville, Lara Minassians, Laura Simons, and Lauren E. Harrison
  • my body: an american horror story
    ALOK
  • Intersectional Stigma Among LGBTQIA+ Adolescents With Chronic Primary Musculoskeletal Pain and Its Association With Functioning and Depressive Symptoms
    Emily O. Wakefield, Vaishali Belamkar, Lauren E. Harrison, Mark Connelly, William T. Zempsky, and Rebecca M. Puhl
  • Risk Factors of Genito-Pelvic Pain/Penetration Disorder Among Black Women in the United States: A Conceptual Review
    Shemeka Thorpe
  • How Encounters With Health Professionals Reiterate Experiences of Coloniality for Refugees
    Mehmoona Moosa-Mitha, Colleen Varcoe, Cindy Holmes, Bruce Wallace, Maria Hudspith, Gregg Moor, and Kenneth Craig
  • Visualizing Pain Disparities: Using Graphic Medicine to Promote Resistance to Medical Ableism
    Danielle Kohfeldt, Emily Doffing, Kevin Tran, and Aaron Lam
  • Racial Discrimination, Sleep, Fatigue, and Pain Outcomes in Black Adolescent–Caregiver Dyads
    Cecelia Valrie, Jelaina Shipman-Lacewell, B. Sloan Crawford, Lisa Campbell, Faye Belgrave, Heather A. Jones, and Nao Hagiwara
  • Assessing the Impact of Social Support and Social Isolation on Pain Intensity and Pain Interference Among Native Americans With Chronic Pain
    Taylor V. Brown, Cassandra A. Sturycz-Taylor, Tyler A. Toledo, Erin N. Street, Joanna O. Shadlow, and Jamie L. Rhudy
  • Correlates of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Among Latino Persons With Spine Pain
    Patricia Dionicio, Sara P. Gombatto, Shih-Fan Lin, Darci Dubose, Jake Greenfield, Mary Haas, Anna Robinett, Michelle Robinson, Ryan Shogan, Noe Crespo, Alma Behar, and Katrina S. Monroe
  • Effects of Virtual Patient Race and Opioid Misuse on Physicians’ Opioid Stewardship Strategies and Nonopioid Treatments for Pain
    Kristina M. Bogdan, Alexis D. Grant, Tracy M. Anastas, Benjamin Lok, and Adam T. Hirsh
  • Intersectional Pain Disparities and Resilience in Veterans With Chronic Pain
    Mackenzie L. Shanahan, Bridget Zimmerman, Merlyn Rodrigues, David Green, Jennie Embree, Joseph Buckwalter, Lauren Garvin, Katherine Hadlandsmyth, Tracey Smith, Barbara Rakel, and Lilian Dindo
  • Joint Call to Action Paper—Pain Disparities Special Issues: Why This, Why Now? A Unified Call at a Critical Time
    Martha O. Kenney, Fenan S. Rassu, Emily J. Bartley, Adam T. Hirsh, Mary R. Janevic, Vani A. Mathur, and Ericka N. Merriwether

* Each issue of Health Psychology will honor one paper per issue as an “Editor’s Choice” article. The choice is based on the article’s potential impact on health psychology research and/or practice.