Designing and evaluating the acceptability of Realshare: An online support community for teenagers and young adults with cancer

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1589-1601

  Griffiths, Catrin ^a   Panteli, N I K I ^b   Brunton, Deirdre ^c   Marder, B E N ^d   Williamson, H E I D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cancer; Online support; Qualitative methods; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947443056     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: 14617277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105313519154     Document Type: Article

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