Åsa Smedberg

Åsa Smedberg is a Senior Lecturer, Researcher and Director of PhD studies at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University, Sweden. She holds a PhD degree in Computer and Systems Sciences. Her research interests include Web-based communities and the use of ICT for continuous learning, with a focus on practical applications in the health area. She runs research in the field of web-based health communities for self-help groups. Over the years, in-depth studies have been carried out of online conversations in e-health communities. She is the author of a series of international publications, member of editorial review board of international journals and committee member of e-health conferences.

Publications

E-Health Communities for Learning Healthy Habits: How to Consider Quality and Usability
E-Health Communities for Learning Healthy Habits: How to Consider Quality and Usability
Åsa Smedberg. © 2013. 16 pages.
There are e-health communities of many different kinds available on the Internet today. Some e-health communities are for people who need to change their established bad, or...
Dynamic Stress Management: Self-Help through Holistic System Design
Dynamic Stress Management: Self-Help through Holistic System Design
Åsa Smedberg, Hélène Sandmark. © 2013. 18 pages.
Different kinds of applications for self-help are available on the Internet today. Some aim to intervene with users’ life patterns such as negative stress exposure. It is not...
E-Health Communities and Online Self-Help Groups: Applications and Usage
E-Health Communities and Online Self-Help Groups: Applications and Usage
Åsa Smedberg. © 2012. 330 pages.
E-health communities, also called Web-based health communities, have become popular arenas for support and sharing of experience, knowledge and advice among patients and...
Dynamic Stress Management: Self-Help through Holistic System Design
Dynamic Stress Management: Self-Help through Holistic System Design
Åsa Smedberg, Hélène Sandmark. © 2012. 19 pages.
Different kinds of applications for self-help are available on the Internet today. Some aim to intervene with users’ life patterns such as negative stress exposure. It is not...
E-Health Communities for Learning Healthy Habits: How to Consider Quality and Usability
E-Health Communities for Learning Healthy Habits: How to Consider Quality and Usability
Åsa Smedberg. © 2011. 16 pages.
There are e-health communities of many different kinds available on the Internet today. Some e-health communities are for people who need to change their established bad, or...