background: we aimed to evaluate the levels of social support in patients with postoperative esophageal carcinoma and potential effect of social support on generic and ec-specific quality of life. methods: overall, 803 chinese patients with ec were recruited in the high-incidence region- linzhou in henan, china for the observation study. we obtained data on european organization for research an...

background the positive effect of breastfeeding on the health of the mother, child and community has been globally accepted, but the rate of breastfeeding is still not at an acceptable level. breastfeeding support can greatly influence the continuity and success of breastfeeding. this qualitative study aimed to explain the iranian women’s experiences of breastfeeding support. materials and meth...

In existing healthcare systems, the focus is on clinical processes to assess the health condition of patients, making clinical decisions and applying therapeutic procedures all under control of health professionals. However, patients with chronic diseases usually face many disease related problems that are not immediately under control or supervision of a health professional. Taking patients wi...

this study was undertaken to identify key elements for obtaining community interest and motivate them to support eliminate malaria in the places that malaria is no longer a perceived threat.sequential explanatory mixed methods research design used to provide more comprehensive evidence research. a questionnaire was developed after reviewing the literature relating to community participation for...

Online communities are an important source of social support for cancer survivors and their informal caregivers. This research attempts to identify leaders in a popular online forum for cancer survivors and caregivers using classification techniques. We extracted user features from many different perspectives, including user-contribution, network, and semantic features. Based on these features,...

This study investigates the complementary nature of face-to-face and computermediated social support and the development of a context through which hyperpersonal communication can develop within online communities. Optimal matching theory is used as a framework for explaining how hyperpersonal communication develops within online cancer support communities. We compared online participants’ perc...

BACKGROUND The importance of community engagement in health is widely recognized, and key themes in UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommendations for enhancing community engagement are co-production and community control. This study reports an innovative approach to community engagement using the community-organizing methodology, applied in an intervention of s...