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This model seeks to consider the roles of PHAs, their family members\/friends and formal health systems in network formation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>In\u2010depth, semi\u2010structured interviews were conducted with 114 PHAs, their friends\/family members (FFs) and formal caregivers in three rural regions of Canada. A network solicitation procedure elicited PHAs' HIV\/AIDS information\/help networks. Interviews were analyzed qualitatively, and network data were analyzed statistically. Documents describing health systems in each region were also analyzed. Analyses used social capital theory, supplemented by stress\/coping and stigma management theories.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>PHAs' HIV\/AIDS\u2010related information\/help networks emphasized linking and bonding social capital with minimal bridging social capital. This paper presents a model that explains how and why such networks developed. The model shows that networks grew from the actions of PHAs, their FFs and health systems. PHAs experienced considerable stress, which led them to develop information\/help networks to cope with HIV\/AIDS \u2013 both individually and collaboratively. Because of stigmatization, many PHAs disclosed their illness selectively, thus constraining the size and composition of their networks. Health system actors created network\u2010building opportunities for PHAs by providing them with care, referrals and support programs.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study describes and explains an understudied type of information behavior: information\/help network development at individual, group and institutional levels. 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