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Chronic patients and social networking: Research lessons from a virtual community in the basque country
Communication and informatics
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Diversity and culture
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Social and behavioral sciences
Learning Objectives:
Define and characterize a virtual community of patients
Discuss the ability of social networking in empowering patients
Evaluate participatory methodological approaches to study virtual communities
Discuss the challenges and opportunities for supporting patients via social networking and virtual communities
Keywords: Information Technology, Chronic Illness
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: NA
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Professor UMASS; Ikerbasque Researcher University of Deusto. Leads the Undergraduate Minority Health Scholars Program of the UMass Center for Health Equity Intervention Research (CHEIR) (NIMHHD P-60); associate senior editor of Family, Systems, & Health; published on the impact of emerging technologies, presented almost every year at APHA for last 15 years. Senior Fulbright Research Fellow in BCN 2004; received funding by NIA, CMMS, APA Foundation, Bizkaia Lab, Spanish Minister of Education, Basque Government, o+Berri, etc
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.