People are increasingly involved in the self-management of their own health, including
chronic conditions. With technology advances, the choice of self-management practices …

Online health communities are designed to help their users acquire social support, but
developing self-sustaining communities capable of providing that support requires long-term …

People are able to express support for each other through online support groups by
communicating their feelings and exchanging personalized information. In the domain of …

This article engages with TPC scholarship that calls for increased attention to agency as
distributed and interdependent. This study analyzes 320 postings in one online health forum …

Sustained use of an information source is sometimes important for achieving an individual's
long‐term goals, such as learning and self‐development. It is even more important for users …

Background Our health care system faces major threats as the number of people with
multiple chronic conditions rises dramatically. Objective To study the use of Online Health …

Online health communities (OHCs) allow people living with a shared diagnosis or medical
condition to connect with peers for social support and advice. OHCs have been well studied …

Online Support Groups (OSGs) entered the health domain in the early 1990s. Although their
technical setup and layout has changed considerably since then, even today they are …

Background With the pervasiveness of social media, online health communities (OHCs) are
an important tool for facilitating information sharing and support among people with chronic …

Background COVID-19 prompted widespread transition of face-to-face mutual-help groups
to virtual delivery. Current understanding of the experience of virtual mutual-help groups is …