Understanding the Role of Caregivers in Infant Pain
Presentation Tuesday March 6, 2007 by
The O.U.C.H. Lab, York University/ The Hospital for Sick Children
REBECCA PILLAI-RIDDELL, PhD, CPsych
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Section 1 - Defining Infant Pain (13 mins, 12 sec)
Section 2 - The Role of Caregivers in Infant Pain - Theory (13 mins, 19 sec)
Section 3 - The Role of Caregivers in Infant Pain - Research (19 Mins, 49 sec)
Presented by Rebecca Pillai Riddell
Description:
The Opportunities to Understand Childhood Hurt Laboratory (O.U.C.H Lab) at York University is run by Dr. Rebecca Pillai Riddell, an assistant professor and a registered clinical psychologist. The O.U.C.H. Lab focuses on understanding how caregivers and children interact within the context of pediatric pain. Our research examines both healthy infants in pediatricians' clinics across the GTA and extremely ill infants found in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of major Toronto hospitals. The presentation aims to provide a background in the assessment and management of infant pain and to provide a context in which to understand infant pain (i.e., the caregiver). Current research will be presented on a sample of 75 mother-infant dyads during a routine immunization procedure. The role of maternal factors will be discussed as it applies to infant pain expression. Implications and future directions for this program of research will be discussed.
Educational objectives:
- Provide a framework to understand infants in pain due to routine medical procedures (e.g., immunizations) or diagnoses (e.g., extreme prematurity)
- Describe results of recent work exploring the role of maternal factors in infant pain.
- Discuss implications of research on care and treatment of infants in pain.
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PRESENTER BIOGRAPHY
Rebecca Pillai Riddell, PhD, CPsych. Areas of interest include research and clinical topics within the area of pediatric psychology. In particular, developing and understanding of chronic pain in infancy and how parental behaviours impact health outcomes such as acute pain response and health care utilization. Rebecca received her PH.D in 2004 from the University of British Columbia, following her internship in Behavioral Medicine at London Health Sciences Centre. She was a CIHR Postdoctoral Fellow at York University and The Hospital for Sick Children (Supervisors: Dr. Bonnie Stevens and Dr. Joel Katz). Her primary affiliation is in the Clinical-Developmental Area at the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, her second being an Associate Scientist with Psychiatry Research at the Hospital for Sick Children. She has most recently been appointed a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator (July 2007 - July 2012).