The workshop is coordinated by Celeste Peart and Ingrid Hansen (Delaware Medical Reserve Corps, housed in UD’s School of Nursing) and Wendy Bailey (Delaware Health and Social Services).

Chronic pain workshop

Article by Dante LaPenta Photo by Ashley Barnas March 22, 2018

Chronic pain self-management workshop at STAR Health Sciences Complex

A free, six-session chronic pain self-management workshop will run each Monday from April 9 through May 14. Sessions are held from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the STAR Health Sciences Complex at 540 S. College Ave. in Newark. The workshop is open to the public and designed to help community members:

Help prevent and/or delay health complications;
Identify techniques to help diminish chronic pain;
Help people with chronic pain understand the importance of an action plan for chronic pain control; and
Improve chronic pain self-management.

The program will meet in STAR Health’s Nurse Managed Primary Care Center (suite 130). To register, contact Celeste Peart at 302-831-6136 or cpeart@udel.edu.

The workshop is presented by the Delaware Chronic Pain Self-Management Program from the Delaware Division of Public Health.