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8 Ways to Cope With a Fear of Needles When You Have a Chronic Illness

8 Ways to Cope With a Fear of Needles When You Have a Chronic Illness

What to Do If Your Chronic Illness Is Taking a Toll on Your Mental Health

What to Do If Your Chronic Illness Is Taking a Toll on Your Mental Health

How to Gently Encourage a Loved One to Go to Therapy

How to Gently Encourage a Loved One to Go to Therapy

Jewish Orthodox Women’s Medical Association Podcast: Hurt, Not Harm, Preventing Pain and Trauma with Dr. Jody

Jewish Orthodox Women’s Medical Association Podcast: Hurt, Not Harm, Preventing Pain and Trauma with Dr. Jody

Ask Dr. Jessica podcast: How to reduce fear and anxiety around vaccines? with Jody Thomas

Ask Dr. Jessica podcast: How to reduce fear and anxiety around vaccines? with Jody Thomas

The Child Psych Podcast: Helping Kids Overcome a Fear of Needles and Health Procedures

The Child Psych Podcast: Helping Kids Overcome a Fear of Needles and Health Procedures

Health Experience Matters Podcast: Enhancing the Patient Experience by Choosing Our Words Wisely

Health Experience Matters Podcast: Enhancing the Patient Experience by Choosing Our Words Wisely

Don't Fear the Freakout with Dr. Jody Thomas

Don't Fear the Freakout with Dr. Jody Thomas

How to help kids overcome their nerves about vaccination — before, during and after the shot (Washington Post)

How to help kids overcome their nerves about vaccination — before, during and after the shot (Washington Post)

Washington Post

Pediatrics On Call Podcast: Pediatrics Research Roundup, Managing Fear of Needles

Pediatrics On Call Podcast: Pediatrics Research Roundup, Managing Fear of Needles

Hosts David Hill, MD, FAAP, and Joanna Parga-Belinkie, MD, FAAP, also talk with David Becker, MD, MPH, MA, LMFT, FAAP, and Jody Thomas, PhD, about strategies for taking the pain and fear out of vaccinations.

Taking Fear and Pain Out of Needles—for Your Child and You

Taking Fear and Pain Out of Needles—for Your Child and You

News piece with Dr. Tara Narula: As vaccine will likely become available for kids, an innovative program helps families overcome fear of needles (CBS Mornings)

News piece with Dr. Tara Narula: As vaccine will likely become available for kids, an innovative program helps families overcome fear of needles (CBS Mornings)

7 Ways to Make the COVID-19 Nasal Swab Test Easier For Your Kids (Parents Magazine)

7 Ways to Make the COVID-19 Nasal Swab Test Easier For Your Kids (Parents Magazine)

Ryan Gorman interviews Dr. Thomas about the how the Meg Foundation is tacking the issue of needle anxiety as a major barrier to vaccine uptake. (IHeartRadop

Ryan Gorman interviews Dr. Thomas about the how the Meg Foundation is tacking the issue of needle anxiety as a major barrier to vaccine uptake. (IHeartRadop

#42: Pain Management and How to #HacktheVax with Dr. Jody Thomas

#42: Pain Management and How to #HacktheVax with Dr. Jody Thomas

Episode 85: Reducing Children's Fear of Shots and Doctors Visits: Interview with Dr. Jody Thomas

Episode 85: Reducing Children's Fear of Shots and Doctors Visits: Interview with Dr. Jody Thomas

Easy Tips for Reducing Needle Anxiety with Dr. Jody Thomas

Easy Tips for Reducing Needle Anxiety with Dr. Jody Thomas

Kids and Needles: What Every Parent and Healthcare Provider Should Know to Reduce Pain and Fear with Dr. Jody Thomas

Kids and Needles: What Every Parent and Healthcare Provider Should Know to Reduce Pain and Fear with Dr. Jody Thomas

No, your teenager's boyfriend or girlfriend cannot come over during the pandemic (CNN)

No, your teenager's boyfriend or girlfriend cannot come over during the pandemic (CNN)

Interview about managing the challenges of dealing with uncertainty for ourselves and our children in the time of COVID.

Interview about managing the challenges of dealing with uncertainty for ourselves and our children in the time of COVID.

Conversation with two child life therapists on the impact of pediatric pain and medical trauma, and practical ways to protect and support children. (Child Life on Call)

Conversation with two child life therapists on the impact of pediatric pain and medical trauma, and practical ways to protect and support children. (Child Life on Call)

Interview about how to manage the challenges of pain in childbirth, and how we can

Interview about how to manage the challenges of pain in childbirth, and how we can

Simple Steps to Make Vaccinations Less Painful: The Meg Foundation offers easy interventions to take the fear out of your family’s doctor visits. (Colorado Parent)

Simple Steps to Make Vaccinations Less Painful: The Meg Foundation offers easy interventions to take the fear out of your family’s doctor visits. (Colorado Parent)

Tame Vaccination Fear and Pain (Bay Area Parent Magazine)

Tame Vaccination Fear and Pain (Bay Area Parent Magazine)

Expert provides tips for managing 'needle fear' ahead of COVID-19 vaccinations (Rocky Mountain PBS)

Expert provides tips for managing 'needle fear' ahead of COVID-19 vaccinations (Rocky Mountain PBS)

Doctors, families navigating tough conversations around COVID vaccines (Denver News 9)

Doctors, families navigating tough conversations around COVID vaccines (Denver News 9)

7 Tips to Help Your Teen Overcome Their Fear of Needles (Your Teen Magazine)

7 Tips to Help Your Teen Overcome Their Fear of Needles (Your Teen Magazine)

Treating needle anxiety can boost COVID-19 vaccination rates

Treating needle anxiety can boost COVID-19 vaccination rates

Simple Steps to Make Vaccinations Less Painful: The Meg Foundation offers easy interventions to take the fear out of your family’s doctor visits. (Colorado Parent)

Simple Steps to Make Vaccinations Less Painful: The Meg Foundation offers easy interventions to take the fear out of your family’s doctor visits. (Colorado Parent)

Jessica GoodmanApril 13, 2022Publication