Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Studies - Faculty Research Fair 2004

Abstracts List
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(1) The Changing Context of Western European Healthcare Systems: Convergence versus Divergence in Nursing Problematic
Ada Spitzer
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies

(2) Towards Supportive Teams:The Role of Team's Design, Culture, and Leadership
Anat Drach-Zahavy
Department of Nursing

(3) Can We Win Them All? Benefits and Costs of Structured Compared with Flexible Innovation-Implementation Approaches
Anat Drach-Zahavy1, Anit Somech2, Michal Granot1, and Ada Spitzer1
1Department of Nursing 2Faculty of Education

(4) The relationship between instruction, organizational culture, student's skill and success in cultural projects that are a part of training program
Anat Freund, Amnon Bohem
School of Social Work

(5) Psychological Empowerment, Social Support and Perceived Control Over Schizophrenia Illness as Predictors of The Functioning Level of Individuals Participating in Rehabilitation Community Programs
Ariel Chen,M.A student and Ilana Duvdevany
School of Social Work

(6) Moral balance in business managers decision making
Arie Reshef
Department of Human Services

(7) Characteristics of the Risk of Cardiovascular Morbidity among Type 2 Diabetic Patients in the City of Haifa 1999 - 2003
Avshalom Strolov1, Gad Renrat2, Hedi Renrat2
1. School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa, 2. Epidemiology and Community Health Unit, Carmel Hospital, Clalit Health Services

(8) Clinical, Epidemiological and Geographical Aspects of Cutanious Leshmaniasis in the Northern District
Avshalom Strolov1,2, Olga Vintzinki2, Michal Cohen Dar1,2
1. School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa, 2. Northern District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Nazareth Illit, Israel

(9) Maternal Obesity and Pregnancy Outcomes
A. Strolov1, R. Mikhlin2, M. Oetinger2
1. School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa, 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Naharia Medical Center

(10) Case Report: Motor Imagery for Gait Rehabilitation in Post-Stroke Hemiparesis
Ayelet Dunsky, Ruth Dickstein
Department of Physical Therapy

(11) Psycho and/or social?!: Social workers' perceptions of the domain and modus operandi of the social work profession
Buchbinder Eli, Eisikovits Zvi & Karnieli-Miller Orit
School of Social Work & The Minerva Center for Youth Studies, University of Haifa, Israel.

(12) Characterization of three immersive Virtual Reality platforms for the use in rehabilitation
Debbie Rand1, Rachel Kizony1,2, Uri Feintuch1,3, Noomi Katz2, Naomi Josman1, A.A. "Skip" Rizzo4 and Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss1
1Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, 2 School of Occupational Therapy, Hadassah-Hebrew University, 3 Caesarea-Rothschild Institute for Interdisciplinary Applications of Computer Science, University of Haifa, 4 Integrated Media Systems Center, University of Southern California, LA, CA

(13) Anxiety can predict pain magnitude followed by termination of first trimester pregnancy
Dorit Pud , Amnon Amit b
a Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, b Gynecological Department Rambam Medical Center, Haifa

(14) Haifa District physicians compliance with rabies prevention guidelines ,1999 - 2002
Dubnov Jonathan1,2, Hefer Elioz 1,3, Rubin Lisa 1,2, Rishpon Shmuel 1,2
1. Haifa District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Haifa Israel, 2. School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa, 3. Department of Health Systems Management, Emek Yizrael College

(15) Partner Support in Severe Long-Term Spinal Cord Injury
Dvorit Gilad-Smolinsky
School of Social Work

(16) Brief Cognitive-Behavioral Phone-Based InterventionTargeting Anxiety about the Threat of Attack: A Pilot Study
Eli Somer, 1Eitan Tamir, 1,2, Shira Maguen, 3, and Brett. T. Litz, 4,5
1University of Haifa, 2Eran- Israeli Association for Emotional First Aid by Telephone, 3Boston Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Systems, 4Boston Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Systems, 5Boston University School of Medicine and Boston University

(17) Exposure to terrorism, coping strategies and psychological symptoms among Israeli civilians: Outcome of the 2001-2002 wave of terror
Eli Somer, 1,2,3 , Erez Soref, 2,4, Ilana Sever, 2,5, Ayalla Ruvio 6
1School of Social Work, University of Haifa, 2Maytal - Israel Institute for Treatment and Study of Stress, 3R.D. Wolfe Centre for the Study of Psychological Stress, 4Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa, 5School of Education, University of Haifa, 6 School of NUrsing, University of Haifa

(18) The Unavoidable Duty - Influence of Caring for Two Generations on marital Quality of the Sandwich Generation
Esther Eshel & Shlomo Sharlin
The Center for Research & Study of the Family

(19) The Mediating Effect of Uncertainty on the Use of Prejudice in Social Workers' Out-of-Home Placement Decisions
Guy Enosh & Tzipi Carmeli-Geller
School of Social Work

(20) Managing domestic violence cases in Family court social services
Hanna Laufer
School of Social Work

(21) Coping Strategies and Leadership in the Adaptation to Social Change: The Israeli Kibbutz
Hasida Ben-Zur, Dana Yagil, Dorit Oz
School of Social Work and Department of Human Services

(22) Towards a Theory of Practice: Mediators' Construal of Mediation Effectiveness Versus Actual Practice
Helena Syna Desivilya
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Emek Yezreel College, Department of Human Services, Haifa University

(23) The Willingness of Parents of Children with Mental Retardation to Apply for Out-of-Home Placement: A Comparison between Immigrant Parents from Ex-USSR and Israeli Born Parents
Helena Vudinsky, supervised by Ilana Duvdevany
School of Social Work
Based on M.A. thesis, (financially supported by "Shalem" trust)

(24) Unity of Opposites: Positive and negative feelings toward parents in the context of parental disability
Ilana Duvdevany, Rivka Yahav, Victor Moin
School of Social Work, The Center for Research & Study of the Family

(25) Dynamics of Forensic Interviews with Children who do not Disclose Abuse
Irit Hershkowitz
School of Social Work

(26) The birth of a language
Irit Meir , Wendy Sandler (University of Haifa), Mark Aronoff
Department of Communication Disorders, (SBNY), Carol Padden (UCSD)

(27) Being a Social Worker in Homes for the Aged: Ideality, Reality and the Gap Between
Chaya Koren / Israel Doron
Department of Gerontology

(28) The Social Worker's Role in Homes for the Aged: A 20 Year Perspective
Israel Doron / Chaya Koren
School of Social Work / Department of Gerontology

(29) Attitudes of Christian Arabs aged 65+ in Israel towards life sustaining treatments (LST)
Johnny Khoury1 Perla Werner1 and Sara Carmel2
1Department of Gerontology, 2Ben-Gurion University

(30) Breaking the Silence: Early Detection and Rehabilitation of Hearing Loss in Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian Infants
J. Attias 1., Mohammed El-Masri 2, R. Jabara 3 and A. Phil 4
1 Dept. Communication Disoredr, Haifa Unversity, 2 MEHA, Aman Jordan, 3 Al-Queds University., East Jerusalem, 4 CISEPO Toronto, Canada

(31) Pro-socials are more risk-averse than others. When? And why?
Keren Or-Chen, Ramzi Suleiman
School of Social Work

(32) Which social work treatment techniques are empowering?
Khawla Zoabi & Iddo Gal
School of Social Work and Department of Human Services, University of Haifa, Israel

(33) Adaptation of Ethnically Mixed Immigrant Couples from the Former USSR to the Intercultural Transition
Krivosh Ludmila & Victor Moin
The Center for Research & Study of the Family

(34) Effect of postural threat on balance characteristics of young and old adults
Laufer, Y., Chemel, I.
Department of Physical Therapy

(35) Functional recovery following the Dynamic Hip Screw versus the Gotfried Percutaneous Compression Plate: a randomised controlled prospective study
Laufer, Y., Lahav M., and Lenger R.
Department of Physical Therapy

(36) Intimacy and Privacy in Sibling Relationships: Different Experiences of a Common Reality
Liat Pessach
School of Social Work

(37) The validity and reliability of vision screening tests as performed among Israeli school children in the northern district
Liora Ore (1), Garzozi (2), Gil Sartani (2), Ada Tamir (3), Michal Cohen - Dar (1)
(1) Ministry of Health, the Northern District, Nazareth, (2) The Eye Department, Haemek Medical Center, Afula, (3) The Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center and the Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa

(38) The IDF Evacuation from Southern Lebanon,2000: Impact on the Delivery of Health Care to Displaced Lebanese Population
Michal Cohen-Dar (1,5,6), Liora Ore (1,5), Hezi Levi (2), Avshalom Strulov (1,3,5,6), Shihab Sihab (1,4,5), Rachel Maoz (1,5), Hana Sela (1,5), Alex Leventhal (5)
(1) Northern Region Health Office (2) IDF, Northern Command, (3) Kinneret District Health Office, (4) Acre District Health Office, (5) Ministry of Health, Public Health Services, Jerusalem (6) School of Public Health

(39) The School as a Pivotal Setting in a Community Intervention Aiming to Increase Equity in Health among the Arab Population (Sub-Districts Yizre'el and Nazareth, Northern District Israel).
Michal Cohen-Dar(1,3), Alex Leventhal(2), Mohammad Hatib(1).
(1)Ministry of Health ,The Northern District, (2) Ministry of Health, Public Health Services,Jerusalem, (3) School of Public Health

(40) Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Epidemiology and Control Measures In Northern District of Israel
Michal Cohen-Dar1,2, Olga Vinitsky1
1Ministry of Health, Northern District, Israel, 2 School of Public Health

(41) Collaborating with Muslim Religious Leaders to Reduce Infant Mortality and Morbidity Resulting from Congenital Abnormalities in the Arab Population of Northern Israel
Michal Cohen-Dar***, Mohammad Khatib*, Leora Or*,*** Adel Zidan**
*Ministry of Health, Northern District, Israel **Ministry of Religious Affairs ***School of Public Health

(42) The Role of Pain Catastrophizing and Anxiety in the Prediction of Post-operative Pain Intensity
Michal Granot, and Sari Goldstein Ferber
Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Israel.

(43) Exposure to war and threat of terror, political attitudes, stress, and life satisfaction among teenagers
Michal Shamai, School of Social Work, University of Haifa,
Shaul Kimhi, Tel Hai Academic College

(44) Psychological distress, life stressors and social support in new immigrants with HIV
Miri Cohen1,2 and Arad Sandra2
School of Social Work, Haifa University1 and Rambam Medical Center2, Haifa, Israel

(45) Identification of elderly people at high risk for abuse or neglect by their caregivers
Miri Cohen1, Sara Halevy Levin2
1School of Social Work, Haifa University, Haifa and 2The Geriatric Unit, Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel

(46) The A-Craft Model of Organizational Responses to Customer Complaints and their Impact on Post-Complaint Customer Behavior
Moshe Davidow1
1 Graduate School of Business, Department of Human Services - University of Haifa

(47) The effect of Army Job Gender on Sex Discrimination in Hiring Decisions
Motti Klang1 and Shlomo Hareli2
1 Department of Psychology 2 Department of Human Services

(48) The Association Between Discrepancies in Spouses' Sexual Scripts and Their Sexual and Marital Relationships
Nahum Nussbaum
School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Israel

(49) A comparison between sensorimotor and cognitive performance of Palestinian and Israeli Children
Naomi Josman & Taisir, M. Abdallah
Department of Occupational Therapy

(50) Correlates of Knowledge About Osteoporosis Among Osteoporotic Men
O. Edelstein, P. Werner1, I. Vered2
¹Department of Gerontology ²Institute of Endocrinology, Sheba Medical

(51) Dieticians' Attitudes, Knowledge And Practice Regarding Osteoporosis
O. Stone1, P. Werner1., I. Vered2
¹Department of Gerontology²Institute of Endocrinology, Sheba Medical Center

(52) Multiethnic differences in smoking in Israel, Pooled analysis from three national surveys
Orna Baron-Epel, Amalia Haviv-Messika, Dov Tamir, Dorit Nitzan-Kaluski, Manfred Green
School of Public Health and Department of Nursing

(53) Because of Dad's Work: The Distinctive Lifestyle of Children of Israeli High Tech Men
Orna Blumen
Department of Human Services

(54) The Social Environment of Elderly Persons at the Time of Death
P. Werner1, M. Schnaider-Beeri2, M.Davidson2, T. Sasson1, E. Miron3, and Noy, S.2
1Department of Gerontology; 2Sheba Medical Center; 3Clalit Sick Fund

(55) Examining physician-patient-caregiver encounters in the presence of dementia
Perla Werner1, Amiram Gafni2 and Eliezer Kitai3
1Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa, Israel, 2Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Canada, 3Department of Family Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel

(56) Using a Video Capture Virtual reality (VR) System for patients with Spinal Cord Injury
Rachel Kizony1,2, Liat Raz3, Noomi Katz1, Harold Weingarden3 and Patrice L. (Tamar) Weiss2
1 School of Occupational Therapy, Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem 2 Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa 3 Neurological Rehabilitation Dep. Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer

(57) Caught between Sharp Edges: Balancing Technical and Allocative Efficiency Considerations of Performance in Public Sector Organizations
Rita Mano-Negrin
Department of Human Services

(58) Everyday life: Emotional transmission among gay and lesbian couples in Israel
Rivi Efrat Supervised by: Dr. Adi Ben-Ari
School of Social Work

(59) Elders Quality of Life and Intergenerational Relations: A Cross-National Comparisoan
Ruth Katz and Ariela Lowenstein, Dana Prilutzky, David Mehlhausen - Hassoen
Department of Human Services and Department of Gerontology

(60) Process Versus Product Evaluation of Poor Handwriting among Children with Developmental Dysgraphia and ADHD
Sara Rosenblum1, Shula Parush2 ,Liora Epstain 3 and Patrice l. Weiss1
1 Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
2. School of Occupational Therapy, The Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
3. "Sherutey Briut Clalit", Migdal Haemek, Israel

(61) The Psychological Effect of BRCA1/2 Genetic Testing: A Prospective Study
1,2Sharon Gil, 1Efrat Dagan, and 2Ora Gilbar
1Department of Nursing and, 2School of Social Work

(62) The relationship between the non-custodial father's parental role identity and his degree of involvement in his children's lives
Sharona Mandel & Shlomo Sharlin
The Center for Research & Study of the Family

(63) Neurophysiologic Correlates of Mental Fatigue in University Students with and without Developmental Dyslexia
Shimon Sapir 1,2, Joseph Attias.1,Zohar Eviatar.2,3, Libi Davidson2,3
1 Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, 2 Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making, 3 Department of Psychology, University of Haifa

(64) The handicap principle and its explanatory value to the communicative functions of emotions
Shlomo Hareli 1 & Gadi Katzir 2
1 Department of Human Services, 2 Department of Biology at Oranim, University of Haifa

(65) With such "good" friends who needs an enemy
Shlomo Hareli, Shai Tzafrir and Arie Reshef
Department of Human Services

(66) The advantages of survivors' positive emotional reactions to organizational downsizing as a function of causal attributions
Shlomo Hareli & Shay Tzafrir
Department of Human Services

(67) The role of guilt, shame and fear in a worker's choice of accounts for failure in the organization
Hareli Shlomo1, Shomrat Noga2 and Shay Tzafrir1
1 Department of Human Services, 2 Graduate School of Business

(68) Attributions as determinants of insults, emotions and forgiveness in the interpersonal context of communicated achievements accounts
Shlomo Hareli1, Shay Tzafrir1, Zvi Eisikovits2 & Bernard Weiner3
1 Department of Human Services, 2 School of Social work, 3 Department of Psychology - UCLA

(69) Correlates of intrusive memories and avoidance of memories of the Holocaust
Sonia Letzter-Pouw, Perla Werner
Department of Gerontology

(70) Teaching teachers about augmentative and alternative communication: Opportunities and challenges of an online course
Tal Label, 1,2,4,5 , Elite Olshtain, 2 and Patrice L. Weiss, 3,5
1. Department of Communication Disorders, University of Haifa, 2. Faculty of Education, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 3. Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, 4. Kibbutzim College of Education, Tel Aviv, 5. Mishaul, the Israeli Center for AAC & Assistive Devices, Jerusalem

(71) Penetrating the autonomy of adolescents resulting from family communication: A contributor to suicide attempts among adolescents
Tali Nahum, Shlomo Sharlin
The Center for Research & Study of the Family

(72) Virtual Reality Provides Leisure Time Opportunities for Young Adults with Physical and Intellectual Disabilities
Tamar Weiss1, Pnina Bialik2 & Rachel Kizony1,3
1 Dept. Of Occupational Therapy, University of Haifa, 2 Beit Noam, Kiryat Ono, 3 School of Occupational Therapy, Hebrew University

(73) Ageing in Violence: Life Stories of Old Battered Women
Tova Winterstein, Zvi Eisikovits
School of Social Work

(74) Effectiveness of field instruction and the Development of Social Work Students' Professional Identity
Yael Karni-Visel, Amnon Lazar
School of Social Work

(75) Nocturnal Eating: prevalence, features and night sleep among Binge Eating Disorder and Bulimia Nervosa patients in Israel
Latzer, Yael. 1 and Tzischinsky, Orna. 2
1 School of Social Work, University of Haifa, Haifa, Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.2 Emek Yezreel College, Emek Yezreel, Israel. Sleep Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

(76) Couple Functioning of Parents of Adolescents Girls Suffering From Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa
12Yael Latzer 1Yoav Lavee and 1Sharon Gal
1School of Social Work, Haifa University, 2 Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

(77) Talk about Talk in Adult-Child Interactions
Yifat, Rachel
Department of Communication Disorders, Univ. of Haifa
Zadonaisky-Erlich Sara, The Hebrew Univ.

(78) The impact of father-to-mother aggression on the structure and content of adolescents' perceptions of themselves and their parents
Zeev Winstok, Zvi Eisikovits and Orit Karnieli-Miller
School of Social Work & The Minerva Center for Youth Studies, University of Haifa, Israel.

םידושחה םידלי ןיב יאנפה תויוליעפו קחשמה תופדעה תאוושה (79)
(Developmental Coordination Disorders- DCD) לוברסמ םילבוסכ
הבוח ןג יאליגב םיליגר םידלי ןיבל
- הסלמ יזמו בוט ןב רדה ,רימת הניא
קוסיעב יופירל גוחה ,תואירבו החוור ידומילל הטלוקפה
.םולבנזור הרש 'רד תייחנהב "רקחמ רנימס" סרוקה תרגסמב ךרענ רקחמה

תיחותינ תוברעתה ירחאו ינפל םישנ ברקב יאנפה תויוליעפ (80)
.דשה ןטרסב לופיטל
- טרפלוו לכימו דירפטוג תירוצ ,ןמרוי תילג
קוסיעב יופירל גוחה ,תואירבו החוור ידומילל הטלוקפה
םולבנזור הרש 'רד תייחנהב "רקחמ רנימס" סרוקה תרגסמב ךרענ רקחמה

(81) "Back to sleep": Parents compliance with the recommendation on the most appropriate sleeping position of infants, Haifa District, Israel, 2001
Ziona Inbar,1, Ron Meibar 1, Zipi Kahal 1, Safa Shehada 1 ,Volovik Irena1, Lisa Rubin,1,2, Shmuel Rishpon,2
1. Haifa District Health Office, Ministry of Health, Haifa, Israel, 2. School of Public Health, Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies, University of Haifa

(82) Living with Fear: Reaction of Children and Adolescents Under Threat of Terror (Intifada)
S.A. Sharlin,V. Moin, R. Yahav & L.. Arazi
The Center for Research & Study of the Family

(83) Risk Taking Among Adolescents
Keren Michael and Hasida Ben-Zur
School of Social Work