California State University Chico

Meeting Patients Where They're At: Toward the Expansion of Professional Chaplaincy Care into Online Spiritual Care Communities

Despite a growing need for spiritual care in the US, it is often under-served, inaccessible, or misunderstood, while almost no prior work in CSCW/HCI research has engaged with professional chaplains and spiritual care providers. This interdisciplinary study aims to develop a foundational understanding of how spiritua…