title: Issues in online forum administration among multi-ethnic cancer patients.
abstract: This presentation is about practical issues and challenges in conducting online forums among multi-ethnic groups of cancer patients including Whites, Asian, and Hispanics in the U.S. The issues were identified while administrating three ethnic-specific online forums for White, Asian, and Hispanic cancer patients in the U.S. The issues included authenticity issues, language difficulties, inactive participation of ethnic minority cancer patients, culturally different attitudes towards emails and email greeting cards, and Internet access issues. Despite these issues, the findings suggest that online forums are excellent research methods to reach multi-ethnic cancer patients across the nation.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78701, USA.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guevara
authors.forename: Hyun Ju
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Hsiu Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D009369:Neoplasms; D014481:United States