Understanding How Discourse Themes in an Online Mental Health Community on Twitter/X Drive Varied Population-Specific Empowerment Processes in Alignment With Global Standards: A Qualitative Analysis of #BipolarClub
Our analysis highlights the multifaceted roles and ability of Twitter OMHC discourse themes in generating varied population-specific empowerment processes supporting all populations in Strategy 1 (WHO's IPCHS framework). This demonstrates Twitter-based OMHCs' potential to foster a comprehensive empowering environment aligned with global standards. This study provides significant insights that can help health care stakeholders develop more tailored OMHC empowering services for diverse populations. Additionally, we present a conceptual framework linking the discourse themes to the three categories of population-specific empowerment processes.
Authors
- Horeya AbouWarda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0957-4011)
- Gianluca Miscione (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1479-6567)
Institutions
- University College Dublin (IE)
- Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration (CH)
- ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Dublin Business School (IE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2025-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/74912
- Primary Topic
- Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universität Zürich