Abstracts tagged "self-management and social support"

Abstract Number: 2661 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Assessing Information Needs for Chronic Disease Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marylou Cardenas-Turanzas¹, Elsa Gonzalez², Maithili Shethia¹, Maria A. Lopez-Olivo³, Pratibha Nayak⁴ and Maria E. Suarez-Almazor³, ¹Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ²Higher Education Administration, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, TX, ³General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, ⁴National Institutes of Health, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Patients with chronic disease are increasingly using social networking to share experiences about their disease, and receive peer support. As part of an educational…
Abstract Number: 1333 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Bridging the Social Support Needs Gap for African American Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus through the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
Charmayne M. Dunlop-Thomas¹, Hannah Cooper², Terrika Barham³ and Cristina M. Drenkard⁴, ¹Medicine Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²Rollins School of Public Health: Behavioral Sciences & Health, Emory Unversity, Atlanta, GA, ³Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ⁴Medicine, Div Rheumatology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background/Purpose: Social support is instrumental in the mental and physical well-being of people with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Research has demonstrated that strengthening social…