Crowdsourcing Health Literacy:The Case of an Online Community

摘要

Drawing on data from 31 semi-structured, in-depthinterviews, participant observation, and online archivesanalysis, this paper examines the health informationinteractions that participants in an online breast cancercommunity experienced as they progressed through breastcancer and survivorship. The findings reveal … Thisresearch highlights patients’ perceptions of informationgaps, how patients navigated through their information gapswith the help of the community, and the significance ofpeer interaction in the comprehension of medicalinformation and medical decision-making.