Bio statement

I am currently a second year Master's candidate at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University and my thesis concerns mediums of social support in adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease.

Conferences

Attended Medicine 2.0'11 (Stanford University, USA)
Friday, September 16, 2011 to Sunday, September 18, 2011
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Accepted Abstracts

Medicine 2.0'11 (Stanford University, USA)

Young Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Facebook as a Tool for Social Support
Jill Mara Plevinsky, Linda Goldenhar

The purpose of this feasibility study was to assess the degree of social interaction among participants on IBD-specific Facebook groups through evaluating the number and type of responses to posts. The hypothesis was that individuals will seek higher levels of social interaction in response to issues regarding diet and peer acceptance compared to more stigmatized matters such as drug and treatment options or side effects. Three scenarios and associated questions were created regarding drug/tr...

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