Abstract Objectives The Internet and social media provide various possibilities for online
peer support. The aim of this review was to explore Internet-based peer-support …

Trisha Greenhalgh and colleagues argue that, although evidence based medicine has had
many benefits, it has also had some negative unintended consequences. They offer a …

Social media is continually emerging as a platform of information exchange around health
challenges. We study mental health discourse on the popular social media: reddit. Building …

Search engines and social media are two of the most com-monly used online services; in
this paper, we examine how users appropriate these platforms for online health activi-ties …

Abstract Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has been medicalized in the United
States since the 1960s. Primarily used in North America until the 1990s, ADHD diagnosis …

An increasing number of online support groups (OSGs) have embraced the features of
social networking. So far, little is known about how patients use and benefit from these …

Le soutien par les pairs est un volet important des soins aux clients. Toutefois, il existe de
nombreux obstacles pour les services traditionnels de soutien par les pairs, par exemple …

Abstract Objective Many Internet users seek health information through online health
communities (OHCs) and other social media. Yet few studies assess how individuals use …

Background The well-being of informal carers of people with dementia is an important public
health issue. Caring for an elderly relative with dementia may be burdensome and stressful …

A systematic understanding of factors and criteria that affect consumers' selection of sources
for health information is necessary for the design of effective health information services and …