Orna Baron Epel

..This study presents an estimate of the quality and quantity of physical activity counseling and tests the associations of different variables with physical activity...

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..In most countries rates of immunizations of health care workers with recommended vaccines are not satisfactory...

..Increasing physical activity and thereby reducing a sedentary lifestyle can lower the risk of chronic diseases. Raising the population's involvement in physical activity is a major challenge for public health and healthcare services...

..To validate a questionnaire measuring health literacy in Hebrew, based on the Short-Test of Functional Health Literacy in Adults (S-TOFHLA)...

..More research is needed to verify these differences...

..To validate self-reported mammography against claims records in women aged 52-74 living in Israel and belonging to the Jewish (non-orthodox pre-1989 native or former Soviet Union immigrant or ultra-orthodox) or Arab populations...

..Contradictory evidence exists as to the rate of use of healthcare services by Israeli immigrants from the former Soviet Union (fSU)...

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..It is not possible to generalize from one population to another and it implies that information concerning beliefs and attitudes should be studied in each subpopulation before planning interventions...

..To identify beliefs and attitudes of a Jewish urban population in Israel regarding cancer, in the context of the present medical knowledge among lay populations...

..The aim of the study was to measure the extent of extreme and acquiescence biases and identify factors associated with them in two ethnic groups: Jews and Arabs in Israel...

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..During the last few decades much effort has been invested into lowering smoking rates due to its heavy burden on the population's health and on costs for the health care services...

..Yet diagnosis of a disease increases the frequency of reporting lower SH, more in Arabs than in Jews...

..Interventions aimed at increasing the rate of Arab women's performance of mammography should take these issues into consideration...

..These findings demand caution when using different wordings in questions on subjective health in non-homogeneous populations...

..It was expected that these immigrants would have a higher morbidity and mortality rate similar to that in the former USSR...

..The presence of a health education unit within a health plan had little effect on the counseling reported by the consumer. The reasons for and implications of the results are discussed...

..These results highlight the importance of acquiring skills for working in partnerships and indicate a need for guidelines to be agreed by the partners at the beginning of the working process...

..In this study, we evaluated the association between counseling on skin cancer prevention and early detection and the recommended behaviors in middle-aged people...

..Smoking status and students' social environment exerted a marked influence on students' attitudes to smoking role modeling. A more holistic approach to student nurses' education about smoking prevention is called for...

..To evaluate the consumer model in a health care system, by studying the relationship between four variables: expectations, perceived degree of fulfillment, satisfaction and changing of physicians...

..However, the general SH measure may be the preferable measure to use when needed. Education in women was associated with mortality only via the age-related SH measure...

..The tools developed were tested by interviewing health educators who were planning and running these programs. The tools built were found acceptable by the health educators as they provided information on the quality of the programs...

..The trends in the Arab population in Israel are different. This may be due to different trends in the prevalence of smoking in the two populations...

..The age at which the individual begins smoking may influence the health of smokers at an older age. Cultural and social factors effect the age of smoking initiation...

..Smoking is a major public health risk and information regarding high-risk groups is needed to plan, implement and evaluate interventions aimed at lowering the number of smokers...

..In Arabs compared to Jews there is a significant difference between reporting smoking during a telephone interview and a face-to-face interview. The mode of data collection can affect comparisons between different groups...

..The findings illuminate the gap between patients' perception of knowledge and actual knowledge. The study indicates the need for patient counseling during hospitalization, with respect to medication therapy...

..Provision of information has been shown to have an effect on health measures such as compliance to medication therapy, quality of life, and utilization of hospitalization services...

..To compare the levels of utilization of health services in Jews and Arabs taking into account differences in levels of socioeconomic status (SES) in a country with a National Health Insurance Law (NHIL)...

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..Understanding how people evaluate their health can contribute to the conceptual development of subjective health...

..However, there is a need to identify additional factors that may add to the disparities in both physical and mental health. The disparities due to socioeconomic status vary by health measure and population group...

..Over 60% and around 55% of high-risk women aged 40-49 and > or =50 years, respectively, are inadequately screened for breast cancer. Screening rates are not optimal in the average-risk group as well...

..These findings highlight the importance of incorporating structural considerations into the management of coalitions and are discussed in light of the potential costs and benefits of alternative modes of structuring such coalitions...

..This strengthens its previously presented importance as a generalized indicator of well-being. These findings have practical implications for formal and informal caregivers...

..The possible explanations are changes in lifestyle, particularly in dietary habits...