Natalya Bilenko

Summary

Affiliation: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Country: Israel

Publications

  1. ncbi Unrealistic concerns about fever in children: the influence of cultural-ethnic and sociodemographic factors
    Hedva Tessler
    Department of Pediatrics, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Isr Med Assoc J 10:346-9. 2008
  2. ncbi Efficacy of multiple micronutrient supplementations on child health: study design and baseline characteristics
    Natalya Bilenko
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Isr Med Assoc J 12:342-7. 2010
  3. ncbi Partial breastfeeding protects Bedouin infants from infection and morbidity: prospective cohort study
    Natalya Bilenko
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POBox 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel
    Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:243-9. 2008
  4. ncbi Determinants of antipyretic misuse in children up to 5 years of age: a cross-sectional study
    Natalya Bilenko
    The S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Clin Ther 28:783-93. 2006
  5. ncbi Utilization of antenatal care services by a semi-nomadic Bedouin Arab population: evaluation of the impact of a local Maternal and Child Health Clinic
    Natalya Bilenko
    Southern Region Office, Israeli Ministry of Health, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Matern Child Health J 11:425-30. 2007
  6. ncbi Assessing individual dietary intake from common-plate meals: a new tool for an enduring practice
    Kathleen Abu-Saad
    S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    Public Health Nutr 12:2464-72. 2009
  7. ncbi Characteristics of undernourished older medical patients and the identification of predictors for undernutrition status
    Ilana Feldblum
    The S, Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Nutr J 6:37. 2007
  8. ncbi Nutritional risk and health care use before and after an acute hospitalization among the elderly
    Ilana Feldblum
    The S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Nutrition 25:415-20. 2009
  9. ncbi Differences in food intake and disparity in obesity rates between adult Jews and Bedouins in southern Israel
    Drora Fraser
    S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    Ethn Dis 18:13-8. 2008
  10. ncbi Bedouin-Arab women's access to antenatal care at the interface of physical and structural barriers: A pilot study
    Nora Gottlieb
    Department for Health System Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel
    Glob Public Health 6:643-56. 2011

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi Unrealistic concerns about fever in children: the influence of cultural-ethnic and sociodemographic factors
    Hedva Tessler
    Department of Pediatrics, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Isr Med Assoc J 10:346-9. 2008
    ..Parental fear and misconceptions about fever are widespread in western society. Ethnicity and sociodemographic factors have been suggested as contributing factors...
  2. ncbi Efficacy of multiple micronutrient supplementations on child health: study design and baseline characteristics
    Natalya Bilenko
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Isr Med Assoc J 12:342-7. 2010
    ..A daily dose of "Sprinkles" (SuppleForte, Heinz, Canada), a micronutrient home supplementation, was proven effective for the treatment of anemia worldwide...
  3. ncbi Partial breastfeeding protects Bedouin infants from infection and morbidity: prospective cohort study
    Natalya Bilenko
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POBox 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel
    Asia Pac J Clin Nutr 17:243-9. 2008
    ..Thus, encouraging mothers to continue to at least partially breastfeed past age 3 months may help reduce infections and morbidity in infants...
  4. ncbi Determinants of antipyretic misuse in children up to 5 years of age: a cross-sectional study
    Natalya Bilenko
    The S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Clin Ther 28:783-93. 2006
    ....
  5. ncbi Utilization of antenatal care services by a semi-nomadic Bedouin Arab population: evaluation of the impact of a local Maternal and Child Health Clinic
    Natalya Bilenko
    Southern Region Office, Israeli Ministry of Health, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Matern Child Health J 11:425-30. 2007
    ....
  6. ncbi Assessing individual dietary intake from common-plate meals: a new tool for an enduring practice
    Kathleen Abu-Saad
    S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    Public Health Nutr 12:2464-72. 2009
    ....
  7. ncbi Characteristics of undernourished older medical patients and the identification of predictors for undernutrition status
    Ilana Feldblum
    The S, Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Nutr J 6:37. 2007
    ..The purpose of the current study is to compare malnourished elderly patients with those at nutritional risk and identify factors contributing to the variability between the groups...
  8. ncbi Nutritional risk and health care use before and after an acute hospitalization among the elderly
    Ilana Feldblum
    The S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Nutrition 25:415-20. 2009
    ..Our objective was to assess the nutritional status and health care use of community-dwelling elderly before hospitalization and determine risk factors for longer hospitalizations during 3 mo of follow-up...
  9. ncbi Differences in food intake and disparity in obesity rates between adult Jews and Bedouins in southern Israel
    Drora Fraser
    S Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
    Ethn Dis 18:13-8. 2008
    ..The goal of this study was to compare eating patterns of Jews and Muslim Bedouins and investigate possible dietary causes for discrepancy in obesity rates...
  10. ncbi Bedouin-Arab women's access to antenatal care at the interface of physical and structural barriers: A pilot study
    Nora Gottlieb
    Department for Health System Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, PO Box 653, Beer Sheva, 84105, Israel
    Glob Public Health 6:643-56. 2011
    ..Even though current service delivery challenges need to be overcome to achieve the intervention's full potential, its replication should be considered in further villages...
  11. ncbi Does co-infection with Giardia lamblia modulate the clinical characteristics of enteric infections in young children?
    Natalya Bilenko
    Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Eur J Epidemiol 19:877-83. 2004
    ..In this study we examined the hypothesis that G. lamblia may modulate the effect of other enteric pathogens during concurrent infection...
  12. ncbi The association between anemia in infants, and maternal knowledge and adherence to iron supplementation in southern Israel
    Natalya Bilenko
    Ministry of Health, Southern District, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Isr Med Assoc J 9:521-4. 2007
    ..Iron deficiency is the most prevalent anemia in infants and is known to be a major public health problem...
  13. ncbi Adherence with oseltamivir chemoprophylaxis among workers exposed to poultry during avian influenza outbreaks in southern Israel
    Ilana Belmaker
    Southern Regional Health Department of the Israeli Ministry of Health, 4 HaTikva St, PO Box 10050, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Int J Infect Dis 13:261-5. 2009
    ....
  14. ncbi Adherence to therapeutic guidelines for acute otitis media in children younger than 2 years
    Haim Reuveni
    Department of Health Care Policy and Management, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 70:267-73. 2006
    ..to analyze adherence to therapeutic guidelines for AOM...
  15. ncbi Night-time cough in children with acute wheezing and with upper respiratory tract infection
    Jacob Urkin
    Division of Community Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
    Prim Care Respir J 17:217-21. 2008
    ..To evaluate night-time cough patterns in children with either acute wheezing or an URTI, and to correlate them to the clinical diagnosis...
  16. ncbi [Effect of iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in the first two years of life on cognitive and mental development during childhood]
    Yael Glazer
    Department of Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba
    Harefuah 149:309-14, 335. 2010
    ..5%. Iron is essential for intact development of the body, and especiaLLy for the development of the central nervous system in the first two years of Life...
  17. ncbi [Thiamine deficiency among Chinese workers in Israel]
    Amalia Kleiner-Baumgarten
    Internal Medicine Day-Hospital Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva
    Harefuah 142:329-31, 400, 399. 2003
    ..There was also a lack of attention given to providing essential nutrients including thiamine by their employees. Clinicians must be aware that thiamine deficiency and beriberi disease may be common in this apparently healthy population...
  18. ncbi Accuracy of acute otitis media diagnosis in community and hospital settings
    Elad Asher
    Department of Health Care Policy and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    Acta Paediatr 94:423-8. 2005
    ..0, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Inaccurate diagnosis of AOM in community settings is common, occurring more frequently in simple than in complicated AOM, and is unrelated to physician specialty and children's ethnicity...
  19. ncbi Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular diseases in an Israeli population
    Natalya Bilenko
    The S. Daniel Abraham International Center for Health and Nutrition, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
    Prev Med 40:299-305. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The current rate of MD in Israel is fairly low. Given the MD's proven preventive effect and local availability of foods, a reasonably priced MD diet can be devised and recommended widely in our population...
  20. ncbi [Temporal trends in characteristics of diabetic subjects in Beer Sheba in two cohorts: 1988-90 and 1996-97 is immigration part of these trends?]
    Natalya Bilenko
    Ministry of Health, Southern District, Beer Sheba
    Harefuah 146:337-40, 407. 2007
    ..In this study we examined whether patient characteristics in the diabetic population of selected clinics in Beer Sheba differed between the years 1988 and 1997, and if immigration could explain these differences...