Published on in Vol 8, No 3 (2022): Jul-Sep

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/39643, first published .
Knowledge Acquisition and Social Support in Online Health Communities: Analysis of an Online Ovarian Cancer Community

Knowledge Acquisition and Social Support in Online Health Communities: Analysis of an Online Ovarian Cancer Community

Knowledge Acquisition and Social Support in Online Health Communities: Analysis of an Online Ovarian Cancer Community

Yu Chi   1 , PhD ;   Khushboo Thaker   2 , BEng, MTech ;   Daqing He   2 , PhD ;   Vivian Hui   3 , BSN, RN ;   Heidi Donovan   3 , PhD, RN ;   Peter Brusilovsky   2 , PhD ;   Young Ji Lee   3, 4 , PhD, MSN, RN

1 School of Information Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States

2 School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

3 School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

4 Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Yu Chi, PhD
  • School of Information Science
  • University of Kentucky
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  • Lexington, KY, 40506
  • United States
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  • Email: yu.chi@uky.edu