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Communities of Care and Caring: The Case of MSWatch.com®

Published:2003-01 Issue:1 Volume:8 Page:135-148
ISSN:1359-1053
Container-title:Journal of Health Psychology
language:en
Short-container-title:J Health Psychol

Author:

Weis Robert¹,Stamm Keith²,Smith Craig³,Nilan Michael⁴,Clark Fiona²,Weis Joan⁵,Kennedy Kate⁶

Affiliation:

1. Weis Communications, USA,

2. University of Washington, USA

3. Swedish Medical Center MS Center, Seattle, USA

4. Syracuse University, USA

5. Seattle, USA

6. Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, USA

Abstract

Can a health-care website stimulate its members to become a `community of care and caring', facilitating both medical `information' and personal `support'? This study of MSWatch.com provides conceptual distinctions about `ties' to a `community' and raises questions about communications designed to serve patients with Multiple Sclerosis. An online survey of members of the website shows that members tend to: (1) make use of both its health-care information (care) and support (caring) functions, especially the former; (2) evaluate the website more highly overall if they make use of both information and support; (3) use the website the most during early stages of the disease; and (4) enhance their ties to the virtual community through using communication information and support.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Applied Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1359105303008001449

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