Use of Online Health Communities in Smoking Cessation: a Social Support Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorChenglong Li
dc.contributor.authorHongxiu Li
dc.contributor.authorReima Suomi
dc.contributor.organizationfi=tietojärjestelmätiede|en=Information Systems Science|
dc.contributor.organization-code1.2.246.10.2458963.20.70128852004
dc.contributor.organization-code2608303
dc.converis.publication-id44856401
dc.converis.urlhttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/44856401
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-28T14:25:07Z
dc.date.available2022-10-28T14:25:07Z
dc.description.abstract<p>Online health communities could be effective interventions for smoking cessation. This study aims to explore the reason why smokers turn to online health communities to support their smoking cessation from the social support perspective. We conducted a qualitative study by interviewing seven users of an online smoking cessation community in Finland. Our findings uncover that emotional support, informational support, and companionship are strong motivators for smokers to use smoking cessation online communities. Further, informational support and companionship are found to have different importance for people at different stages of smoking cessation. The role of companionship also varies between posters and lurkers of smoking cessation online community. The findings in this research provide practical guidelines to smoking cessation online health communities on how to understand smokers’ needs and retain them to use smoking cessation online health communities from the social support perspective, aiming to support their smoking cessation.</p>
dc.identifier.olddbid188147
dc.identifier.oldhandle10024/171241
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/11111/39843
dc.identifier.urlhttps://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2019/146/
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi-fe2021042826473
dc.language.isoen
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorLi, Chenglong
dc.okm.affiliatedauthorSuomi, Reima
dc.okm.discipline113 Computer and information sciencesen_GB
dc.okm.discipline113 Tietojenkäsittely ja informaatiotieteetfi_FI
dc.okm.internationalcopublicationnot an international co-publication
dc.okm.internationalityInternational publication
dc.okm.typeD3 Conference Article
dc.publisher.countryUnited Statesen_GB
dc.publisher.countryYhdysvallat (USA)fi_FI
dc.publisher.country-codeUS
dc.publisher.placeXi'an, China
dc.relation.conferencePacific Asia Conference on Information Systems
dc.source.identifierhttps://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/171241
dc.titleUse of Online Health Communities in Smoking Cessation: a Social Support Perspective
dc.title.bookProceedings of the 2019 Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS)
dc.year.issued2019

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