E-health communities and online self-help groups applications and usage /

"This book will increase knowledge and understanding of applications and usage of e-health communities for self-help groups who struggle with health disorders, disabilities, lifestyle issues and other health concerns"--

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Smedberg, Åsa.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
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245 0 0 |a E-health communities and online self-help groups  |b applications and usage /  |c Asa Smedberg, editor.  |h [electronic resource] : 
260 # # |a Hershey, Pa. :  |b IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA),  |c 2011. 
300 # # |a electronic texts (302 p.) :  |b ill., digital files. 
504 # # |a Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0 # |a 1. Virtual worlds for children with medical conditions: experiences for promoting positive youth development / Marina U. Bers and Kathryn A. Cantrell -- 2. An E-health system for treatment of childhood obesity: the Etiobe platform / Rosa M. Baños ... [et al.] -- 3. Internet-based chronic disease self-management for youth / Jennifer Stinson and Navreet Gill -- 4. An E-health system for promoting wellbeing in the elderly: the Butler system / Cristina Botella ... [et al.] -- 5. Do virtual communities have an effect on the social network of cancer patients?: Empirical insights from Germany / Jan Marco Leimeister, Karin Janina Schweizer and Helmut Krcmar -- 6. A content analysis of an online support group for survivors of sexual violence / Jennifer Yeager -- 7. Blogging: a new tool for coping and accessing psycho-social support for people living with HIV? / Cecilia Strand -- 8. Can stored data answer all questions? : a study of questions on eating disorders / Jacob Palme -- 9. Dynamic stress management: self-help through holistic system design / Åsa Smedberg and Hélène Sandmark -- 10. Living a healthier life online: on blending professional and experiential knowledge in online self-help groups / Roar Stokken and Gjermund Eikli -- 11. The amazing impossibilities of technology: factors that inhibit participation in Skype based self-help groups / Stein Conradsen -- 12. E-health and digital inclusion / Lorna Gibson, David Sloan and Wendy Moncur -- 13. Online health communities and health literacy: applying a framework for understanding domains of health literacy / Erin Willis, Ye Wang and Shelly Rodgers -- 14. Identifying the essential design requirements for usable E-health communities in mobile devices / Ricardo Mendoza-González, Miguel Vargas Martin and Laura C. Rodríguez-Martínez -- 15. Australian patient organizations: using digital technologies to engage health citizen communities in health policy / Anni Dugdale -- 16. European E-health framework: towards more "patient-friendly" healthcare services? / Korinna Zoi Karamagkioli and Evika Karamagioli -- 17. Developing virtual communities to support drug policy knowledge exchange: the Canadian experience / Mowafa Househ ... [et al.]. 
506 # # |a Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. 
520 3 # |a "This book will increase knowledge and understanding of applications and usage of e-health communities for self-help groups who struggle with health disorders, disabilities, lifestyle issues and other health concerns"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
530 # # |a Also available in print. 
538 # # |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
588 # # |a Description based on title screen (IGI Global, viewed October 21, 2011). 
650 # 0 |a Medical informatics. 
650 # 0 |a Medicine  |x Electronic information resources. 
650 # 0 |a Self-care, Health. 
653 # # |a Conversation analysis methods 
653 # # |a E-health communities 
653 # # |a Trust 
653 # # |a Coping 
653 # # |a Health disorders 
653 # # |a Lifestyle issues 
653 # # |a Knowledge and learning 
653 # # |a Usage 
653 # # |a Evaluation methods 
653 # # |a Measurement 
653 # # |a Flexibility 
653 # # |a Impact of E-health communities 
700 1 # |a Smedberg, Åsa. 
710 2 # |a IGI Global. 
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