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Communication and Exchange of Specialized Health-Related Support Among People With Experiential Similarity on Facebook.
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Content analysis of 12 months of data from 18 publicly available Facebook pages hosted by parents of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia shows that cancer caregivers access specialized health-related informational and emotional support through communication with others who have experienced the same illness on personal Facebook pages.Citations
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Is Cancer Information Exchanged on Social Media Scientifically Accurate
Elizabeth A. Gage-Bouchard,Susan LaValley,Molli Warunek,Lynda K. Beaupin,Michelle A. Mollica +4 more
TL;DR: The findings highlight the potential utility of social media as a cancer-related resource, but also indicate that providers should focus on recommending reliable, evidence-based sources to patients and caregivers.
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Social Media and Mobile Technology for Cancer Prevention and Treatment.
TL;DR: With clear advantages for reach, social media and mHealth technologies offer the ability to scale and engage entire populations at low cost, develop supportive social networks, connect patients and providers, encourage adherence with cancer care, and collect vast quantities of data for advancing cancer research.
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The role of internet-based digital tools in reducing social isolation and addressing support needs among informal caregivers: a scoping review.
TL;DR: It is suggested that internet-based digital tools can be a cost-effective and convenient way to develop programs that help unpaid caregivers form communities, gain support, and access resources.
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Perception of peer advice in online health communities: Access to lay expertise.
TL;DR: Analysis of interaction data of 108,569 users over twelve consecutive years based on all publicly available information of an established Q&A online health community shows that advice received from others, who have similar predominant interests, is valued more when reaching out for lay expertise.
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Disease-specific hashtags and the creation of Twitter medical communities in hematology and oncology
TL;DR: A major challenge for this emerging application will be the development of specific and easily identifiable hashtags over time to add more clarity, while still trying to grow Twitter users and expand its reach.
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From social integration to health: Durkheim in the new millennium.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a conceptual model of how social networks impact health, and argue that networks operate at the behavioral level through four primary pathways: (1) provision of social support; (2) social influence; (3) on social engagement and attachment; and (4) access to resources and material goods.
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Network Analysis in the Social Sciences
TL;DR: The kinds of things that social scientists have tried to explain using social network analysis are reviewed and a nutshell description of the basic assumptions, goals, and explanatory mechanisms prevalent in the field is provided.