Personalized Auricular Point Acupressure for Chronic Pain Self-Management in Rural Populations (UH3AT012728)
- Research team: Principal investigator: Jennifer Kawi, PhD, MSN, FNP-BC, CNE, FAAN. Multiple principal investigators: Jane Bolin, PhD, JD, BSN (University of North Texas Health Science Center [UTNHSC] at Fort Worth); Hulin Wu, PhD (UTHealth Houston School of Public Health). Co-investigators Peiyin Hung, PhD, (University of South Carolina); Tonychris Nnaka, PhD, MPH, RN, CPH, (UNTHSC College of Nursing); and Lorraine S. Evangelista, PhD, RN, CNS, FAA (Louise Herrington School of Nursing at Baylor University).
- 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 nonpharmacological 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).
- Budget: $5,982,014
- Project period: Sept. 1, 2025-August 31, 2029
