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Blogging: A New Tool for Coping and Accessing Psycho-Social Support for People Living with HIV?

Blogging: A New Tool for Coping and Accessing Psycho-Social Support for People Living with HIV?

Cecilia Strand
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781609608668|ISBN10: 1609608666|EISBN13: 9781609608675
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-866-8.ch007
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Strand, Cecilia. "Blogging: A New Tool for Coping and Accessing Psycho-Social Support for People Living with HIV?." E-Health Communities and Online Self-Help Groups: Applications and Usage, edited by Åsa Smedberg, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 106-120. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-866-8.ch007

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Strand, C. (2012). Blogging: A New Tool for Coping and Accessing Psycho-Social Support for People Living with HIV?. In Å. Smedberg (Ed.), E-Health Communities and Online Self-Help Groups: Applications and Usage (pp. 106-120). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-866-8.ch007

Chicago

Strand, Cecilia. "Blogging: A New Tool for Coping and Accessing Psycho-Social Support for People Living with HIV?." In E-Health Communities and Online Self-Help Groups: Applications and Usage, edited by Åsa Smedberg, 106-120. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-866-8.ch007

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Abstract

Upon learning about an HIV-positive status, the individual is often faced with immense psychological stress. Besides coming to terms with a life-threatening disease, fears of stigma and discrimination are often attributed as stressors. The purpose of this chapter is to explore blogging as a tool to cope with a lifelong and highly stigmatized disease such as HIV/AIDS. A literature review and content analysis of six HIV-positive individuals’ blogs indicate that blogging can be regarded as a tool for coping with HIV and potentially a form of self-administered therapy. Due to the ephemeral nature of blogs, the case blogs were revisited after 7 months to determine if they had been maintained. The fact that all six were still being updated regularly indicates that the bloggers found blogging about HIV/AIDS beneficial in one or several ways.

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