SDG 3:
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

University Impact Ranking for SDG 3
U of Haifa 0/100 

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SDG3 Highlights

Food, Healthy, Schnitzel, Vegetables, Chicken, Pomegranate

Operations

Food on Campus
Old Woman, Nursing Home, Healthcare, Sickness, Chronic Diseases, Disabilities

Research

Prof. Anna Zisberg and Prof. Efrat Shadmi won a grant of 20 million euros as part of an international research group that aims to reduce chronic diseases in the elderly
School of Medicine, Medical Students, Medical Studies, University, Doctor's Coat

Learning & Students

Establishment of the New School of Medicine at the University of Haifa
Prof. Pavel Goldstein, Integrative Pain (iPain) Laboratory, University of Haifa

Public Engagements

New Approach to Chronic Pain fostered by Integrative Pain Laboratory at the University of Haifa
Herta and Paul Amir School of Medicine, University of Haifa, Cornerstone Ceremony

Learning & Students

The University Breaks Ground on New School of Medicine

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Screening for myopia-related retinal changes among teenagers

By: Allon G., Machluf Y., Mezer E., Chaiter Y.
Published in: Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging Retina
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between spherical equivalent (SE) refractive error and myopia-rel (more…)

Change in Self-Criticism Across Emerging Adulthood and Psychological Well-Being at Age 35: The Mediating Role of Reflectivity

By: Michaeli Y., Dickson D.J., Hakhmigari M.K., Scharf M., Shulman S.
Published in: Emerging Adulthood
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Education  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Recent conceptualization and research in personality development have shown that significant changes in personality taki (more…)

Prevalence of asthma among young men residing in urban areas with different sources of air pollution

By: Greenberg N., Carel R.S., Dubnov J., Derazne E., Portnov B.A.
Published in: Israel Medical Association Journal
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Background: Asthma is a common respiratory disease, which is linked to air pollution. However, little is known about the (more…)

Mapping the cultural services of ecosystems and heritage sites in the usumacinta floodplain in Mexico

By: Ghermandi A., Camacho-Valdez V.
Published in: Mainstreaming Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services into Development Policy
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Tourism and recreational activities may play an important role in the conservation and sustainable management of natural (more…)

Circulating Endocannabinoids Are Reduced Following Bariatric Surgery and Associated with Improved Metabolic Homeostasis in Humans

By: Azar S., Sherf-Dagan S., Nemirovski A., Webb M., Raziel A., Keidar A., Goitein D., Sakran N., Shibolet O., Tam J., Zelber-Sagi S.
Published in: Obesity Surgery
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Background: The endocannabinoid (eCB) system plays a key role in the development of obesity and its comorbidities. Limit (more…)

What affects pediatric healthcare providers to encourage receipt of routine childhood vaccinations? Results from the Northern District of Israel, 2016

By: Shibli R., Rishpon S., Cohen-Dar M., Kandlik Y.
Published in: Vaccine
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Background: Pediatric healthcare providers (HCPs) are a major resource which helps parents make decisions about their ch (more…)

Information and communication technologies: Where are persons with intellectual disabilities? 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services 08 Information and Computing Sciences 0806 Information Systems

By: Werner S., Shpigelman C.-N.
Published in: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Individuals with disabilities are entitled to equal access to information and communication technologies (ICT), includin (more…)

The transcriptome landscape of the carcinogenic treatment response in the blind mole rat: Insights into cancer resistance mechanisms

By: Altwasser R., Paz A., Korol A., Manov I., Avivi A., Shams I.
Published in: BMC Genomics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Background: Spalax, the blind mole rat, developed an extraordinary cancer resistance during 40 million years of evolutio (more…)

PKR: A kinase to remember

By: Gal-Ben-Ari S., Barrera I., Ehrlich M., Rosenblum K.
Published in: Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Aging is a major risk factor for many diseases including metabolic syndrome, cancer, inflammation, and neurodegeneration (more…)

Are there preferred coping and communication strategies while undergoing IVF, and do cognitive behavioral interventions help?

By: Czamanski-Cohen J., Sarid O., Cwikel J., Levitas E., Har-Vardi I.
Published in: Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Purpose: Coping and communication strategies affect how one perceives potentially stressful life events, such as inferti (more…)

The Experience of Fatigue in Breast Cancer Patients 1–12 Month Post-Chemotherapy: A Qualitative Study

By: Levkovich I., Cohen M., Karkabi K.
Published in: Behavioral Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: The study explored the experience of fatigue, its effects and ways of coping with fatigue and the role of family and soc (more…)

Genomic and Epigenomic Potential With Age: Genome, Epigenome, and the Epigenetic Clock

By: Gutman D., Atzmon G.
Published in: Epigenetics and Regeneration
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Aging can be defined as a multilevel deterioration of physiological activities, and it is an inevitable consequence of l (more…)

Keeping culture in mind: A systematic review and initial conceptualization of mentalizing from a cross‐cultural perspective

By: Aival-Naveh E., Rothschild-Yakar L., Kurman J.
Published in: Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: In this review, we call for a cross‐cultural examination of mentalizing. To this end, we first outline theoretical direc (more…)

How reliable are self-assessments using mobile technology in healthcare? The effects of technology identity and self-efficacy

By: Reychav I., Beeri R., Balapour A., Raban D.R., Sabherwal R., Azuri J.
Published in: Computers in Human Behavior
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Traditionally in clinics or hospitals, it is the staff (physician, nurses, and so forth) who would check the patient’s h (more…)

Do Israeli health promoting schools contribute to students’ healthy eating and physical activity habits?

By: Hayek S., Tessler R., Bord S., Endevelt R., Satran C., Livne I., Khatib M., Harel-Fisch Y., Baron-Epel O.
Published in: Health Promotion International
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: The Israeli Health Promoting School Network (HPSN) is actively committed to enhancing a healthy lifestyle for the entire (more…)

Obesity-related acetylcholinesterase elevation is reversed following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy

By: Shenhar-Tsarfaty S., Sherf-Dagan S., Berman G., Webb M., Raziel A., Keidar A., Goitein D., Sakran N., Zwang E., Shapira I., Zeltser D., Berliner S., Rogowski O., Shibolet O., Zelber-Sagi S.
Published in: International Journal of Obesity
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Background: Impaired sympathetic/parasympathetic response, expressed by elevated Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) is associat (more…)

The loss of ecosystem-services emerging from artificial light at night

By: Abraham H., Scantlebury D.M., Zubidat A.E.
Published in: Chronobiology International
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Light pollution is increasing worldwide, affecting human health and ecosystem quality. The adverse effect of this novel (more…)

‘It is nothing more than a senior moment’: the moderating role of subjective age in the effect of change in memory on self-rated memory

By: Segel-Karpas D., Palgi Y.
Published in: Aging and Mental Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Objective: The association between memory performance and self-rated memory is yet to be understood. More specifically, (more…)

Correlates of mental disorders among minority Arab adolescents in Israel: Results from the Galilee Study

By: Daeem R., Mansbach-Kleinfeld I., Farbstein I., Goodman R., Elias R., Ifrah A., Chodick G., Khamaisi R., Fennig S., Apter A.
Published in: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Background: The Galilee Study is the first large epidemiological study to compare correlates of mental disorders between (more…)

Hormone therapy and osteoporosis in breast cancer survivors: assessment of risk and adherence to screening recommendations

By: Hamood R., Hamood H., Merhasin I., Keinan-Boker L.
Published in: Osteoporosis International
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2019 |  Link
Description: Summary: The long-term impact of hormone therapy for breast cancer on risk of osteoporosis and the extent to which bone (more…)