Saumik Narayanan

schoolUniversity of Minnesotabar_chart#9328 Global Rank

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Patterns of Patient and Caregiver Mutual Support Connections in an Online Health Community

Online health communities offer the promise of support benefits to users, in particular because these communities enable users to find peers with similar experiences. Building mutually supportive connections between peers is a key motivation for using online health communities. However, a user's role in a community m…

CSCW '184th AuthorSocial Support and Care

Write for Life: Persisting in Online Health Communities through Expressive Writing and Social Support

Expressive writing has been shown to improve physical, mental, and social health outcomes for patients struggling with difficult diagnoses. In many online health communities, writing comprises a substantial portion of the user experience, yet little work has explored how writing itself affects user engagement. This pa…

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