A Multirelational Social Network Analysis of an Online Health Community for Smoking Cessation

Kang Zhao   ¹ , PhD ;   Xi Wang   ² , MSc ;   Sarah Cha   ³ , MSPH ;   Amy M Cohn   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   George D Papandonatos   ⁵ , PhD ;   Michael S Amato   ³ , PhD ;   Jennifer L Pearson   ^{3, 6} , PhD ;   Amanda L Graham   ^{3, 4} , PhD

¹ Department of Management Sciences, Tippie College of Business, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States

² Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Informatics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States

³ Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy Studies, Truth Initiative, Washington, DC, United States

⁴ Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center / Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Washington, DC, United States

⁵ Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, United States

⁶ Department of Health, Behavior, and Society, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States