Figure 2.

Program application: new members are on-boarded to the platform with a self-mapping exercise, which includes 4 steps. The first step (A) is to select the first community they want to join based on a topic they are concerned about and that makes them feel most lonely. In the second step (B), members are asked to identify as either “been there” or “there now” on a series of 25 to 35 key challenges, obstacles to health, gaps in care, and milestones that are frequently experienced by individuals in their selected community. In the third step (C), members choose up to 3 personal goals from a list of 10. In the fourth step, members answer brief, validated measures (D). The members are connected to specific peers based on shared lived experience and how helpful those peers have been to similar members (E).