- Title
- Towards Empowering People Living with Type-2 Diabetes: A perspective on self-management in the context of a group-based education program
- Creator
- Aghdam, Atae Rezaei; Watson, Jason; Miah, Shah Jahan; Cliff, Cynthia
- Relation
- 31st Australasian Conference on Information Systems, ACIS 2020. ACIS 2020 Proceedings (Wellington, New Zealand 1-4 December, 2020) p. 1-11
- Relation
- https://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2020/43/
- Publisher
- Australasian Association for Information Systems (AAIS)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- With the exponential rise in chronic disease, Online Health Communities (OHCs) offer opportunities for people to share information and experiences. Type-2 diabetes is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases globally and one that can have a devastating effect on an individuals’ life. This paper aims to investigate the potential for OHCs practices to empower diabetic patients who are participating in a face-to-face Diabetes Group Education Program (DGEP). Using a qualitative content analysis of the three most popular type-2 diabetes communities on Reddit, we identified three salient themes including (1) exchange lifestyle-related advice, (2) experience of commonality, and (3) brainstorm potential solutions for daily challenges. Our findings revealed OHCs could extend the value of the face to-face DGEP by leveraging online value co-creation behaviour. This paper provides a novel framework for maximising the effectiveness of the DGEP and identifies avenues for future research.
- Subject
- online health communities; value co-creation; type-2 diabetes; patient empowerment; self-management
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1440336
- Identifier
- uon:41125
- Language
- eng
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