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Designing for Peer-Led Critical Pedagogies in Computer-Mediated Support Groups for Home Care Workers

Home care workers (HCWs) deliver essential health services within patients' homes, yet, they are a marginalized workforce vulnerable to exploitation. Critical and liberatory pedagogies can foster material social change, but such pedagogies typically assume the involvement of a professional …

Computer-Mediated Sharing Circles for Intersectional Peer Support with Home Care Workers

Home care workers (HCWs) provide essential care in patients' homes but are often underappreciated and work in stressful and isolated environments with diverse and intersecting support needs. This paper describes a computer-mediated peer support program that centers around sharing circles: …