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 citizens. E-health communities are used on a day-to-day basis by people who help each other cope with different health conditions and learn together about health-related issues and behaviors.

Table of Contents

• Editorial Advisory Board and List of Reviewers
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgment
• Virtual Worlds for Children with Medical Conditions: Experiences for Promoting Positive Youth Development
• An E-Health System for Treatment of Childhood Obesity: The Etiobe Platform
• Internet-Based Chronic Disease Self-Management for Youth
• An E-Health System for Promoting Wellbeing in the Elderly: The Butler System
• Do Virtual Communities Have an Effect on the Social Network of Cancer Patients?: Empirical Insights from Germany
• A Content Analysis of an Online Support Group for Survivors of Sexual Violence
• Blogging: A New Tool for Coping and Accessing Psycho-Social Support for People Living with HIV?
• Can Stored Data Answer All Questions: A Study of Questions on Eating Disorders
• Dynamic Stress Management: Self-Help through Holistic System Design
• Living a Healthier Life Online: On Blending Professional and Experiential Knowledge in Online Self-Help Groups
• The Amazing Impossibilities of Technology: Factors that Inhibit Participation in Skype” Based Self-Help Groups
• E-Health and Digital Inclusion
• Online Health Communities and Health Literacy: Applying a Framework for Understanding Domains of Health Literacy
• Identifying the Essential Design Requirements for Usable E-Health Communities in Mobile Devices
• Australian Patient Organizations: Using Digital Technologies to Engage Health Citizen Communities in Health Policy
• European E-Health Framework: Towards More “Patient-Friendly” Healthcare Services?
• Developing Virtual Communities to Support Drug Policy Knowledge Exchange: The Canadian Experience
• About the Contributors