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  1. In an article recently published in the IJHPR, Ginsberg and colleagues from Israel’s Public Health Services estimate the disease burden from airborne particulate matter in Israel. Using national data on the co...

    Authors: Jonathan M. Samet
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:63
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:51

  2. The present permanent deferral policy in Israel for MSM was established in 1977 and was based on the previous (now outdated) USA Food and Drug Administration standards. This study analyses epidemiological data...

    Authors: Gary Michael Ginsberg, Eilat Shinar, Eran Kopel and Daniel Chemtob
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:60
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:15

  3. Cigarette smoking is a major cause of health disparities. We aimed to determine social characteristics associated with smoking status and age at smoking initiation in the ethnically-diverse population of Israel.

    Authors: Ofra Kalter-Leibovici, Angela Chetrit, Shlomit Avni, Emma Averbuch, Ilya Novikov and Nihaya Daoud
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:36
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:51

  4. Worldwide, ambient air pollution accounts for around 3.7 million deaths annually. Measuring the burden of disease is important not just for advocacy but also is a first step towards carrying out a full cost-ut...

    Authors: Gary M. Ginsberg, Ehud Kaliner and Itamar Grotto
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:51
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:63

  5. The crude rate of early-onset Group B streptococcus disease (EOGBS) in Israel has been consistently under 0.5 for 1000 live births for the past 8 years. The Israeli Ministry of Health has adapted the risk fact...

    Authors: H. Sefty, A. Klivitsky, M. Bromberg, R. Dichtiar, M. Ben Ami, T. Shohat and A. Glatman-Freedman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:42
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  6. Social media can act as an important platform for debating, discussing, and disseminating information about vaccines. Our objectives were to map and describe the roles played by web-based mainstream media and ...

    Authors: Daniela Orr, Ayelet Baram-Tsabari and Keren Landsman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:34
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:57

  9. The National health insurance law enacted in 1995 did not include dental care in its basket of services. Dental care for children was first included in 2010, initially up till 8 years of age. The eligibility a...

    Authors: Lena Natapov, Avi Sasson and Shlomo P. Zusman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:26
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  10. The World Health Organization Framework Convention for Tobacco Control (FCTC) established the MPOWER policy package to provide practical country-level guidance on implementing effective policies to reduce smok...

    Authors: David Levy, David B. Abrams, Jeffrey Levy and Laura Rosen
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:41
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2017 6:6

  11. It has become clear in recent years that a healthy lifestyle, including physical exercise is crucial for health maintenance. Nevertheless, most people do not exercise regularly. Physician intervention is benef...

    Authors: Robert D Hoffman, Ron Golan and Shlomo Vinker
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:8
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:29

  14. The decision to have an amniocentesis entails a trade-off between a risk of procedure associated miscarriage and the benefit of obtaining diagnostic information to identify Down syndrome or other chromosomal a...

    Authors: Lisa Soleymani Lehmann
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:4
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  15. Family history is considered an essential, obligatory part of the primary physician’s intake interview. Including coded FH in a unified medical file can save expensive genetic tests and detect the early onset ...

    Authors: Ronit Endevelt, Iris Goren, Tal Sela and Varda Shalev
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:60
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  16. In pandemic situations, primary care providers may be involved in a variety of roles related to disease surveillance, diagnosis and treatment, prevention, and patient education. This commentary describes the c...

    Authors: Sarah J. Clark
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:58
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

    The original article was published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:32

  17. During the 2009/A/H1N1 pandemic, the main burden of the patient management fell on primary care physicians (PCPs), and they were the principal implementers of pandemic policies. Broad involvement of PCPs in th...

    Authors: Marina Kunin, Dan Engelhard, Shane Thomas, Mark Ashworth and Leon Piterman
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:32
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Commentary to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:58

  18. A primary goal of amniocentesis is the detection of trisomy 21 (Down syndrome- DS) in the fetus. This procedure involves a small risk of miscarriage. As the risk of DS increases with maternal age, screening te...

    Authors: Julia Grinshpun-Cohen, Talya Miron-Shatz, Michal Berkenstet and Elon Pras
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:23
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  21. Tobacco is the only consumer product known to kill half of its users, and is a significant cause of death and disability to exposed nonsmokers. This presents a unique conundrum for modern democracies, which em...

    Authors: Laura J Rosen and Maya Peled-Raz
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:12
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

  22. While there is a strong case for primary prevention of mental health problems, relatively little mental health scholarship has been devoted to it in the last decade. Efforts to accelerate prevention scholarshi...

    Authors: Lawrence S Wissow
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:10
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  23. The World Health Organization Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan (CMHAP) 2013–2020 proposes the implementation of primary prevention strategies to reduce the mental health burden of disease. The extent to...

    Authors: Ora Nakash, Liat Razon and Itzhak Levav
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2015 4:3
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  24. The aim of this study is to examine the joint impact of preventive health behavior (PHB) and social and demographic factors on the utilization of primary and secondary medical care under a universal health car...

    Authors: Gregory Yom Din, Zinaida Zugman and Alla Khashper
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:41
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  25. Tobacco use causes a tremendous amount of morbidity and mortality globally, with a staggering level of financial costs. In many countries, public health interventions have been able to reduce the prevalence of...

    Authors: Michael Chaiton and Robert Schwartz
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:36
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  26. Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of death, incurring huge resource costs in terms of treating morbidity and lost productivity. This paper estimates smoking attributable mortality (SAM) as healt...

    Authors: Gary M Ginsberg and Haim Geva
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:28
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2016 5:5

  27. In this issue, Keinan-Boker summarises the main studies that have followed up offspring of women exposed to famine during pregnancy and calls for the establishment of a national cohort of Holocaust survivors a...

    Authors: Caroline HD Fall and Kalyanaraman Kumaran
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:22
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  29. Modern epidemiology has evolved in the last decades from the simplified “cause-effect” paradigm to a multi-factorial framework of causality. The concept of “Fetal Origin of Adult Diseases” (FOAD) is a good exa...

    Authors: Lital Keinan-Boker
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2014 3:11
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

  31. Climatic changes have increased the world-wide frequency of extreme weather events such as heat waves, cold spells, floods, storms and droughts. These extreme events potentially affect the health status of mil...

    Authors: Manfred S Green, Noemie Groag Pri-or, Guedi Capeluto, Yoram Epstein and Shlomit Paz
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:23
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

  32. Across the world, climate change is now responsible for substantial mortality and morbidity, through direct effects on health and also by threatening the determinants of health. This commentary argues that ada...

    Authors: Jenny Griffiths
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:22
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  33. Health policy-making, a complex, multi-factorial process, requires balancing conflicting values. A salient issue is public support for policies; however, one reason for limited impact of public opinion may be ...

    Authors: Laura J Rosen, David A Rier, Greg Connolly, Anat Oren, Carla Landau and Robert Schwartz
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:20
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  34. In Europe, successful health policies have contributed to a continued decline in mortality. However, not all parts of Europe have benefited equally and the sustainability of achievements cannot be taken for gr...

    Authors: Matthias Wismar, David McQueen, Vivian Lin, Catherine M Jones and Maggie Davies
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:17
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  35. In December 2011, Israel launched the National Program to Promote Active, Healthy Lifestyle, an inter-ministerial, intersectoral effort to address obesity and its contribution to the country’s burden of chroni...

    Authors: Yannai Kranzler, Nadav Davidovich, Yonina Fleischman, Itamar Grotto, Daniel S Moran and Ruth Weinstein
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:16
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

  36. Findings published in this issue suggest that a substantial subset of the Israeli public generally trusts government, yet is determined to make their own judgments about the need for precautionary action in ce...

    Authors: Lori Uscher-Pines and Arthur L Kellermann
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:12
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  37. During several months in 2009–2010, the Israeli population was asked to take part in two preparedness programs: Acquisition of gas masks against a potential chemical-warfare attack, and vaccination against the...

    Authors: Baruch Velan, Valentina Boyko, Gilead Shenhar, Liat Lerner-Geva and Giora Kaplan
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:11
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  38. In Israel, an average of 37 children are born each year with sepsis and another four with meningitis as a result of Group B Streptococcal (GBS) disease. Israel currently only screens mothers with defined risk ...

    Authors: Gary M Ginsberg, Arthur I Eidelman, Eric Shinwell, Emilia Anis, Reuven Peyser and Yoram Lotan
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2013 2:6
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  40. The Internet is a frequently used source of health information. Adolescents in particular seem to be receptive to online health information (OHI) and often incorporate such information in their decision-making...

    Authors: Yehuda Neumark, Lior Flum, Catalina Lopez-Quintero and Ronny Shtarkshall
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:38
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  42. Nearly two decades ago, researchers first reported that endocrine disrupting chemicals in the environment were affecting reproductive health in the general population. The purpose of this article is to examine...

    Authors: Tamar Berman, Hagai Levine, Ronni Gamzu and Itamar Grotto
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:34
    Content type: Integrative article Published on:

  43. Bans on smoking in bars and other public places can make an important contribution to public health. However, for these bans to be effective, they require broad public support. Qualitative studies of the attit...

    Authors: Gregory N Connolly
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:29
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  44. The latest amendment to the ban on smoking in public places in Israel was implemented in 2007, adding pubs and bars (P&B) to the list of public places in which smoking is prohibited. However, smoking in most P...

    Authors: Orna Baron-Epel, Carmit Satran, Vicki Cohen, Anat Drach-Zehavi and Melbourne F Hovell
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:28
    Content type: Original research article Published on:

  45. Changes in food supply and eating habits, combined with a dramatic fall in physical activity, have made obesity a global epidemic. Across OECD countries, one in two adults is currently overweight and one in si...

    Authors: Michele Cecchini and Franco Sassi
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:18
    Content type: Commentary Published on:

  46. Obesity is a major risk factor for many diseases. The paper calculates the economic impact and the cost per Quality-Adjusted Life Year (QALY) resulting from the adoption of eight interventions comprising the c...

    Authors: Gary M Ginsberg and Elliot Rosenberg
    Citation: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research 2012 1:17
    Content type: Original research article Published on: