Published on in Vol 20, No 2 (2018): February

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/9390, first published .
Type 2 Diabetes Education and Support in a Virtual Environment: A Secondary Analysis of Synchronously Exchanged Social Interaction and Support

Type 2 Diabetes Education and Support in a Virtual Environment: A Secondary Analysis of Synchronously Exchanged Social Interaction and Support

Type 2 Diabetes Education and Support in a Virtual Environment: A Secondary Analysis of Synchronously Exchanged Social Interaction and Support

Allison A Lewinski   1 * , PhD, MPH, RN ;   Ruth A Anderson   2 * , PhD, RN, FAAN ;   Allison A Vorderstrasse   3 * , DNSc, APRN, FAAN ;   Edwin B Fisher   4, 5 * , PhD ;   Wei Pan   6 * , PhD ;   Constance M Johnson   6, 7 * , PhD, RN, FAAN

1 Durham Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, United States

2 School of Nursing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

3 Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY, United States

4 Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

5 Peers for Progress, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

6 School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

7 Cizik School of Nursing, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, United States

*all authors contributed equally

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  • Allison A Lewinski, PhD, MPH, RN
  • Durham Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
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