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The opportunity to shape an inclusive public health system: An example from Israel
This paper describes the vision of adding a public health authority (PHA) to the existing National Health System. The PHA will oversee disease prevention and health promotion services using a public health orientation with ...
A proposed model depicting sexual knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour of adolescents living in traditional societies
Traditional communities undergo the challenges of change in family lifestyle, gender roles and social norms; and these changes strongly influence adolescent sexually. Family dynamics combined with cultural taboos conflict ...
Immigrants' health, acculturation, and the work-retirement continuum
Immigrants hope their pre-immigration expectations for a new life will be 'realized' post-immigration. Findings show that for adult immigrants (n=377), work-retirement status (working in the same occupation, working in a ...
Making a cross-country comparison of health systems: What are the possible study design frameworks?
(2017-07-03)
Purpose: Health care systems form the framework and context through which countries provide health care services to their populations. They are comprised of an amalgam of culturally- and often economically-driven structures ...
Screen use and health habits of youth
(2016-03-17)
Session presented on Sunday, July 26, 2015:
Purpose: Adulthood health habits among individuals develop in our youth. What are the influences that create our health habits such as eating healthy foods, engaging in exercise ...
Chronic stress, a cardiovascular risk factor, linked to societal integration in teenage immigrants of African descent
(2016-03-17)
Session presented on Monday, July 27, 2015:
Purpose: This study examines the nature of disparities in cardiovascular risk by exploring the impact that chronic stressors and other cardiovascular risk factors have on the ...
Comparisons of health status and behaviors of adolescent immigrants and non-immigrants by gender
(2016-07-13)
Session presented on Thursday, July 21, 2016:
Purpose: This study examined the nature of health status disparities between immigrant and non-immigrant adolescents and the influence of gender.
Methods: A cross-sectional ...
The measurement of expected filial piety among elderly Arabs living in Israel
(2016-03-17)
Session presented on Saturday, July 25, 2015:
Purpose: Like many minorities from very traditional family structures, Arab-Israelis elderly are influenced by their expectations of care and assistance from family members, ...
Nursing health promotion interventions needed to reduce oral health disparities: The situation in Israel
(2014-11-17)
Session presented on Saturday, July 26, 2014:
Purpose: The World Health Organization (WHO) reminds us that Nursing is a holistic discipline that "encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, ...
Reflecting on international nursing programs
(2014-11-17)
Session presented on Monday, July 28, 2014:
Purpose: "Nurses shall engage in critical reflection of their own values, beliefs, and cultural heritage '," states the Expert Panel on Global Nursing.'The evidence is clear.'As ...