The emerging diabetes online community

Current Diabetes Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 261-272

  Hilliard, Marisa E ^a   Sparling, Kerri M ^b   Hitchcock, Jeff ^c   Oser, Tamara K ^d   Hood, Korey K ^e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Six Until Me   (United States)

^c Children with Diabetes   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy; Online communication; Patient communication; Social support; Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES ONLINE COMMUNITY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMOR; INFORMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MEDICAL CARE; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MEDIA; WELLBEING; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOGGING; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; BLOGGING; COMMUNICATION; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; SELF CARE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84939798204     PISSN: 15733998     EISSN: 18756417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573399811666150421123448     Document Type: Article

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