Stephanie R. Partridge|Patrick Gallagher|Becky Freeman|Robyn Gallagher
Facebook Groups for the Management of Chronic Diseases
University of Sydney|University of Sydney|University of Sydney|University of Sydney
use facebook groups health care researchers professionals chronic disease management namely type 2 diabetes mellitus coronary heart disease early stages challenges emerging facebook groups offer great potential deliver health support research facebook groups chronic disease management remains infancy robust evidence yet available designing facebook groups acceptable users health care researchers well health care professionals challenge poor fit traditional research evaluation methods key recommendations future research facebook groups chronic disease management include 1 iterative content development input target patient population 2 understanding potential role group champions 3 ensuring social media policies health care institutions allow real time online communication 4 utilizing comprehensive evaluation strategies including use process evaluations