Experiences of social support among participants in self-help groups related to coronary heart disease

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. HILDINGH ◽  
K. SEGESTEN ◽  
C. BENGTSSON ◽  
H. FRIDLUND
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Self Help Groups

On-Line with the Friends of Bill W: Social Support and the Net

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Pleace ◽  
Roger Burrows ◽  
Brian Loader ◽  
Steven Muncer ◽  
Sarah Nettleton
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Global Scale ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Care Services ◽  
Traditional Health ◽  
Self Help ◽  
Health And Social Care ◽  
Self Help Groups

The Internet is now being used as a mechanism for the delivery of social support on a global scale, chiefly through the formation of self-help groups. Most of the research that has been undertaken on these groups has focussed on Usenet and the use of newsgroups for social support. This paper examines the use of an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) ‘room’, by a self-help group composed of problem drinkers. The group had an international membership and advocated the use of social support, rather than intervention by professional services, to help its membership overcome problem drinking. The paper considers the roles that these new forms of Internet mediated self-help and social support might play in changing the relationships of those who participate in them towards traditional health and social care services. The paper also critically examines the extent to which such fora might function as virtual ‘communities’ of care.

Enhancing Recovery in Coronary Heart Disease Patients Social Support Instrument

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brooke Aggarwal ◽  
Ming Liao ◽  
John P. Allegrante ◽  
Lori Mosca
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease

Social support and coronary heart disease.

2011 ◽  
pp. 169-195
Author(s):  
Susan M. Czajkowski ◽  
S. Sonia Arteaga ◽  
Matthew M. Burg
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Coronary Heart Disease ◽  
Heart Disease
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