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Alcohol drinking patterns among Jewish and Arab men and women in IsraelY D Neumark
Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
J Stud Alcohol 62:443-7. 2001..The influence of religiosity and other factors on drinking patterns of Jewish and Arab adults are examined using data from a 1995 national household survey...
Drug and alcohol-related emergency department visits: results of a pilot survey in two hospitals in IsraelYehuda D Neumark
Department of Social Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah, P O Box 12272, Jerusalem, Israel 91120
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 39:133-9. 2002..Results of this pilot survey indicate that with proper training of ED nurses a national ED surveillance system can be successfully and efficiently established in general hospitals and psychiatric hospitals in Israel...
Family history and other characteristics of heroin-dependent Jewish males in Israel: results of a case-control studyYehuda Neumark
Department of Social Medicine, Hebrew University School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
Isr Med Assoc J 4:766-71. 2002..Various studies support the concept of an inherited vulnerability to drug dependency, while emphasizing the importance of social and environmental influences and their interactions...
Socio-economic status and binge drinking in IsraelYehuda D Neumark
Department of Social Medicine, Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah, P O Box 12272, Jerusalem, Israel
Drug Alcohol Depend 69:15-21. 2003..Varied results for income and occupation, and education indicate the need to examine the association between each SES indicator and alcohol consumption independently, especially in culturally diverse populations...
Training in survey and research methods within a Master of Public Health programYehuda Neumark
Department of Social Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, P O B 12272, Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
Public Health Rev 30:217-29. 2002..Together with training in epidemiology, statistics and other quantitative and qualitative methodologies, this course provides a solid basis for MPH graduates to tackle the public health challenges that await them...
Alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphisms influence alcohol-elimination rates in a male Jewish populationYehuda D Neumark
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28:10-4. 2004..The mechanism by which this allelic effect is mediated is not yet clearly understood. This study examined the effect of ADH2*2 on alcohol-elimination rates (AER) under experimental conditions...
Twenty-year trends in illicit drug use among young Israelis completing military dutyYehuda D Neumark
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine and Epidemiology Unit, Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem, Israel
Addiction 99:641-8. 2004..This study examines patterns of illicit drug use in a national sample of young men and women in Israel over a 20-year period...
Does one's own and one's spouse's education affect overall and cause-specific mortality in the elderly?D H Jaffe
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Int J Epidemiol 34:1409-16. 2005..To examine educational gradients in overall and cause-specific mortality among elderly married men and women and their spouses...
Individual, household and neighborhood socioeconomic status and mortality: a study of absolute and relative deprivationDena H Jaffe
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University, Medical Organization, POB 12272, 91120, Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Soc Sci Med 60:989-97. 2005..Specifically, men living in relative disadvantage to their neighbors had lower risks of mortality than those living in concordance with their area (OR 0.86, 95% CI 0.80-0.92)...
Effects of husbands' and wives' education on each other's mortalityDena H Jaffe
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, P O B 12272, Hebrew University Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Soc Sci Med 62:2014-23. 2006..Spouses' education adds valuable information when assessing mortality differentials among married persons, and socioeconomic characteristics of one's immediate family are important influences on one's health...
Barriers to HIV-testing among Hispanics in the United States: analysis of the National Health Interview Survey, 2000Catalina Lopez-Quintero
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
AIDS Patient Care STDS 19:672-83. 2005..Recognition of the HIV testing barriers identified in this study is valuable for the development and refinement of current strategies that aim to increase HIV testing practices in the heterogeneous U.S. Hispanic population...
Does living in a religiously affiliated neighborhood lower mortality?Dena H Jaffe
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Ann Epidemiol 15:804-10. 2005....
Racial/ethnic disparities in report of physician-provided smoking cessation advice: analysis of the 2000 National Health Interview SurveyCatalina Lopez-Quintero
Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel
Am J Public Health 96:2235-9. 2006....
The protective effect of marriage on mortality in a dynamic societyDena H Jaffe
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Ann Epidemiol 17:540-7. 2007..We sought to assess whether the protective effect of marriage on overall and cause-specific mortality has changed over time in a dynamic society...
Educational inequalities in mortality among Israeli Jews: changes over time in a dynamic populationDena H Jaffe
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Health Place 14:287-98. 2008..The observed decreasing mortality rates, indicative of a healthier society, alongside widening educational inequalities in mortality indicates uneven changes within the population...
Alcohol drinking patterns and prevalence of alcohol-abuse and dependence in the Israel National Health SurveyYehuda D Neumark
Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University Hadassah, Jerusalem, Israel
Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 44:126-35. 2007....
