title: Partners for understanding pain: resources and toolkits to increase public awareness.
abstract: This report describes the Partners for Understanding Pain (PUP), a consortium of 80 organizations spearheaded by the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) to create a greater understanding that pain is a serious public health issue. This report summarizes the accomplishments of PUP since it was created in 2002. This report describes a pain survey conducted with adult Americans that was commissioned by PUP, describes PUP's website contents, and describes the resources and toolkits available through PUP to help individuals who desire to do more to increase the publics' awareness about pain. PUP is dedicated to building the understanding and support that can help those who suffer from acute, chronic, and cancer pain lead better lives.
authors: Kings Pharmaceutical, Research and Development, Cary, NC 27513, USA. croland@kingpharm.com
authors: Carl L
authors: CL
authors: Roland