Digital Health Equity seminar: Bridging the divide in pain management in Pakistan using digital tools
| Dates: | 12 November 2025 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | The Christabel Pankhurst Institute |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, Current University students, General public |
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Pain is a complex and personal experience that affects people and societies worldwide. Yet, how pain is expressed, understood, and managed can vary greatly across countries and cultures. As a result, digital pain assessment and management tools developed in one context may not be suitable for use in another without adaptation.
The next seminar in the Digital Health Equity Seminar series will explore how adapting digital tools for local contexts can promote more inclusive and equitable digital health solutions globally.
Speakers Adeela Shahid, Saira Khan, and Salman Imami will share preliminary findings from a collaborative project between the University of Health Sciences (Lahore, Pakistan) and the University of Manchester, focused on adapting a UK-developed digital self-reporting tool (the Manchester Digital Pain Manikin) for people living with chronic pain in Pakistan. They will talk about (a) how social, cultural, and systemic barriers affect equitable access to digital health tools in Pakistan, (b) the impact of these inequities on patient engagement and clinical outcomes in digital pain assessment and management, © what patients and healthcare professionals need from inclusive digital pain interventions, and (d) strategies to enhance digital pain equity, including culturally and linguistically tailored approaches and the use of data visualisations.
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