# Acknowledgements

This free course was written by Prof Joan Simons PFHEA and was published 2022.

The 2020 study that features in this course was undertaken by Prof Joan Simons (The Open University), Prof Bernie Carter (Edge Hill University) and Jennie Craske (PhD, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust) and is reported in this article:

Simons, J., Carter, B. and Craske, J. (2020) ‘Developing a Framework to Support the Delivery of Effective Pain Management for Children: An Exploratory Qualitative Study’, Pain Research and Management Volume 2020, Article ID 5476425, 8 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/5476425

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Figure 3: Framework for delivering effective pain management: Copyright © 2020 Joan Simons et al. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/2020/5476425/ From an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Figure 4: Section 1 of the Framework: Creating knowledgeable and confident practitioners: Copyright © 2020 Joan Simons et al. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/2020/5476425/ From an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Figure 8: Figure 8: Section 2 of the Framework: Supporting staff with relevant practice guidance: Copyright © 2020 Joan Simons et al. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/2020/5476425/ From an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Figure 9: Section 3 of the Framework: Copyright © 2020 Joan Simons et al. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/2020/5476425/ From an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Figure 11: Section 4 of the Framework: Empowering parents to be effectively involved: Copyright © 2020 Joan Simons et al. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK https://www.hindawi.com/journals/prm/2020/5476425/ From an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Video 1: Paediatric pain Wellchild: OU Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies/ The Open University/ Alder Hey Childrens hospital Alder Hey Children's Hospital | Alder Hey in the Park /WellChild National UK Charity for Seriously Ill Children | WellChild

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