Personalized Auricular Point Acupressure for Chronic Pain Self-Management in Rural Populations (UG3AT012728)
- Research team: Principal investigator: Jennifer Kawi, PhD, MSN, FNP-BC, CNE, FAAN. Multiple principal investigators: Jane Bolin, PhD, JD, BSN (Texas A&M University); Hulin Wu, PhD (UTHealth Houston School of Public Health). Co-investigators Peiyin Hung, PhD, (University of South Carolina); Johannes Thrul, PhD (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health), Maria Fernandez, PhD, (UTHealth Houston).
- Overview: Large-scale, real-world testing in rural areas of Texas and South Carolina of a self-managed auricular point acupressure intervention, leveraging technology with English and Spanish mHealth and app versions to facilitate self-administered auricular point acupressure as an easily accessible, noninvasive, minimal cost, and nonpharmaceutical pain management alternative.
- Funding sponsors: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The award is part of the Helping to End Addiction Long-term® Initiative of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Project period: Sept. 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025, with potential for four-year extension
- Budget: $817,483 for the first year with multimillion-dollar funding in the subsequent four years given successful completion of first-year milestones.
