Background Globally, 1 in 3 adults live with multiple chronic conditions. Thus, effective
interventions are needed to prevent and manage these chronic conditions and to reduce the …

When people face difficult life events, such as cancer or bereavement, they fare better when
they receive support. These “experiencers” are likely to seek and receive support from a …

The growth of the digital environment provides tremendous opportunities to revolutionize
health behavior change efforts. This paper explores the use of Web-based, mobile, and …

Objectives: Online resources are changing patient‐professional relationship and care
delivery by empowering patients to engage in decisions in order to cope with their illness …

Background Prostate cancer has been shown to be susceptible to significant stigmatisation,
because to a large extent it is concealable, it has potentially embarrassing sexual symptoms …

Purpose Cancer patients who smoke may experience significant stigma due both to their
disease, and negative attitudes and beliefs regarding smoking. We investigated whether …

For individuals impacted by their own or a family member's cancer, connecting with other
people in similar situations can be an invaluable source of informational and emotional …

Veterans are a unique marginalized group facing multiple vulnerabilities. Current
assessments of veteran needs and support largely come from first-person accounts guided …

Objective Little is known about online peer-to-peer support for persons affected by prostate
cancer (PC) and its potential effects. Methods Our systematic review of the literature followed …

This study explores the phenomena of personal growth under stress and investigates the
mediating effect of leadership and four elements of group cohesion (social, task, norm, and …