ArticleHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2020
Mediating engagement in a social network intervention for people living with a long-term condition: A qualitative study of the role of facilitation.
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- Assessing the effectiveness of social network interventions for adults with a diagnosis of mental health problems: a systematic review and narrative synthesis of impact.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
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- Implementing a digital tool to support meaningful engagement with socially isolated or lonely older adults.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Adapting a social network intervention for use in secondary mental health services using a collaborative approach with service users, carers/supporters and health professionals in the United Kingdom.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Understanding Online and Offline Social Networks in Illness Management of Older Patients With Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Mixed Methods Study Using Quantitative Social Network Assessment and Qualitative Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Mediating Effects of Emotional Support Reception and Provision on the Relationship between Group Interaction and Psychological Well-Being: A Study of Young Patients.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- A Web-Based Social Network Tool (GENIE) for Supporting Self-management Among High Users of the Health Care System: Feasibility and Usability Study.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Time Effects of Supportive Interaction and Facilitator Input Variety on Treatment Adherence of Young People with Chronic Health Conditions: A Dynamic Mechanism in Mutual Aid Groups.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Social Engagement and Urban-Rural Disparity in Self-Management Behaviors: Study of Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Hypertension Patients.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Mediating engagement in a social network intervention for people living with a long-term condition: A qualitative study of the role of facilitation.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2020Article
- Current status of older people with chronic diseases adopting digital health technologies: A scoping review.Digital healthReview
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Abstract
backgroundSuccessful facilitation of patient-centred interventions for self-management support has traditionally focussed on individual behaviour change. A social network approach to self-management support implicates the need for facilitation that includes an orientation to connecting to and mobilizing support and resources from other people and the local environment.
objectiveTo identify the facilitation processes through which engagement with a social network approach to self-management is achieved.
methodThematic analysis was used to analyse data from a longitudinal study design using quasi-ethnographic methods comprising non-participant observation, video and qualitative interviews involving 30 participants living with a long-term condition recruited from a marginalized community.
resultsFindings centred on three themes about the social network approach facilitation processes: reversing the focus on the self by bringing others into view; visualization and reflection as a mediator of positive disruption and linking to new connections; personalized matching of valued activities as a means of realizing preference elicitation. DISCUSSION AND
conclusionsEngagement processes with a social network approach illuminated the relevance of cognizance of an individual's immediate social context and forefronting social participation with others as the bases of self-management support of a long-term condition. This differs from traditional guided facilitation of health behaviour interventions that frame health as a matter of personal choice and individual responsibility.
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