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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38.2
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SDG3 Highlights

Food, Healthy, Schnitzel, Vegetables, Chicken, Pomegranate

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Food on Campus
Family concept of happiness, Hands of Family Group People in the shape of a heart against the sunset

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The Sciences of Happiness – new unit established by the Interdisciplinary Clinical Center at the University of Haifa

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New! Department of Medical Imaging Sciences, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences
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The Institute of Information Processing and Decision Making (IIPDM)
Pilates classes, Sunset, Sports, View from the Roof, Haifa Bay, University of Haifa

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Pilates and Yoga classes at sunset on the roof of the Student house
Group of Students at the Annual Meeting of Society for Psychotherapy, Dublin

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Students in the Psychotherapy Research Lab seeking to improve available treatments for depression

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Extreme sensory processing patterns and their relation with clinical conditions among individuals with major affective disorders

By: Engel-Yeger B., Muzio C., Rinosi G., Solano P., Geoffroy P.A., Pompili M., Amore M., Serafini G.
Published in: Psychiatry Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Previous studies highlighted the involvement of sensory perception in emotional processes. However, the role of extreme (more…)

On ‘Efficient statistical tests to compare Youden index: Accounting for contingency correlation’

By: Reiser F.B., Nakas C.T.
Published in: Statistics in Medicine
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
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El Niño and climate change – Contributing factors in the dispersal of Zika virus in the Americas?

By: Paz S., Semenza J.C.
Published in: The Lancet
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
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Potential risks associated with traditional herbal medicine use in cancer care: A study of Middle Eastern oncology health care professionals

By: Ben-Arye E., Samuels N., Goldstein L.H., Mutafoglu K., Omran S., Schiff E., Charalambous H., Dweikat T., Ghrayeb I., Bar-Sela G., Turker I., Hassan A., Hassan E., Saad B., Nimri O., Kebudi R., Silbermann M.
Published in: Cancer
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: BACKGROUND The authors assessed the use of herbal medicine by Middle Eastern patients with cancer, as reported by their (more…)

The use of focus groups as a basis for planning and implementing culturally appropriate health promotion among people with diabetes in the Arab community [Le recours à des groupes de discussion comme base de planification et de mise en oeuvre d’une promotion de la santé culturellement adaptée auprès de personnes atteintes de diabète dans la communauté arabe] [La utilización de grupos de foco como base para planificar e implementar una promoción de la salud culturalmente apropiada en personas con diabetes de la comunidad árabe]

By: Levin-Zamir D., Badarne S., Najami M., Gan Noy S., Poraz I., Shapira M., Lieberman N., Goldfracht M.
Published in: Global Health Promotion
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Objective: The main study objective was to identify perceived barriers to achieving glycemic control among the Arab popu (more…)

EPG5-related Vici syndrome: A paradigm of neurodevelopmental disorders with defective autophagy

By: Byrne S., Jansen L., U-King-im J.-M., Siddiqui A., Lidov H.G.W., Bodi I., Smith L., Mein R., Cullup T., Dionisi-Vici C., Al-Gazali L., Al-Owain M., Bruwer Z., Al Thihli K., El-Garhy R., Flanigan K.M., Manickam K., Zmuda E., Banks W., Gershoni-Baruch R., Mandel H., Dagan E., Raas-Rothschild A., Barash H., Filloux F., Creel D., Harris M., Hamosh A., Kölker S., Ebrahimi-Fakhari D., Hoffmann G.F., Manchester D., Boyer P.J., Manzur A.Y., Lourenco C.M., Pilz D.T., Kamath A., Prabhakar P., Rao V.K., Rogers R.C., Ryan M.M., Brown N.J., McLean C.A., Said E., Schara U., Stein A., Sewry C., Travan L., Wijburg F.A., Zenker M., Mohammed S., Fanto M., Gautel M., Jungbluth H.
Published in: Brain
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Vici syndrome is a progressive neurodevelopmental multisystem disorder due to recessive mutations in the key autophagy g (more…)

Consumption of herbal and dietary supplements in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: Cross-sectional prospective study

By: Attias S., Levy I., Ben-Arye E., Matter I., Sroka G., Grimberg O., Schiff E.
Published in: Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background: The use of dietary and herbal supplements (DHS) is common among the general population and among hospitalize (more…)

The genetics of Bene Israel from India reveals both substantial Jewish and Indian ancestry

By: Waldman Y.Y., Biddanda A., Davidson N.R., Billing-Ross P., Dubrovsky M., Campbell C.L., Oddoux C., Friedman E., Atzmon G., Halperin E., Ostrer H., Keinan A.
Published in: PLoS ONE
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: The Bene Israel Jewish community from West India is a unique population whose history before the 18th century remains la (more…)

Effectiveness of integrating individualized and generic complementary medicine treatments with standard care versus standard care alone for reducing preoperative anxiety

By: Attias S., Keinan Boker L., Arnon Z., Ben-Arye E., Bar’Am A., Sroka G., Matter I., Somri M., Schiff E.
Published in: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Study Objective Preoperative anxiety is commonly reported by people undergoing surgery. A significant number of studies (more…)

The HIV care continuum among men who have sex with men in Moscow, Russia: A cross-sectional study of infection awareness and engagement in care

By: Wirtz A.L., Zelaya C.E., Latkin C., Peryshkina A., Galai N., Mogilniy V., Dzhigun P., Kostetskaya I., Mehta S.H., Beyrer C.
Published in: Sexually Transmitted Infections
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Objectives Early diagnosis and treatment of HIV infection is critical to improving clinical outcomes for HIV-infected in (more…)

The risk for developing cancer in Israeli ATM, BLM, and FANCC heterozygous mutation carriers

By: Laitman Y., Boker-Keinan L., Berkenstadt M., Liphsitz I., Weissglas-Volkov D., Ries-Levavi L., Sarouk I., Pras E., Friedman E.
Published in: Cancer Genetics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Cancer risks in heterozygous mutation carriers of the ATM, BLM, and FANCC genes are controversial. To shed light on this (more…)

Not the promised land: African asylum seekers and refugees in Israel

By: Shamai M., Amir Y.
Published in: Qualitative Health Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: The phenomenon of African asylum seekers in Israel is relatively new. The purpose of the study was twofold: (a) to inves (more…)

Council of Europe: Guide on the decision-making process regarding medical treatment in end-of-life situations

By: Veshi D., Neitzke G.
Published in: Medical Law International
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: In this contribution, the “Guide on the decision-making process regarding medical treatment in end-of-life situations” p (more…)

Aging well: Observations from the women’s health initiative study

By: Woods N.F., Rillamas-Sun E., Cochrane B.B., La Croix A.Z., Seeman T.E., Tindle H.A., Zaslavsky O., Bird C.E., Johnson K.C., Manson J.E., Ockene J.K., Seguin R.A., Wallace R.B.
Published in: Journals of Gerontology – Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background. As the proportion of the population aged 80 and over accelerates, so does the value of understanding the pro (more…)

Adolescent weight and height are predictors of specific non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes among a cohort of 2,352,988 individuals aged 16 to 19 years

By: Leiba M., Leiba A., Keinan-Boker L., Avigdor A., Derazne E., Levine H., Kark J.D.
Published in: Cancer
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: BACKGROUND The age-adjusted annual incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) has risen worldwide. This trend may be affect (more…)

Dependent and autonomous interpersonal styles and level of differentiation among male patients with eating disorders

By: Rothschild-Yakar L., Bashan-Levi Y., Gur E., Vorgaft I., Stein D.
Published in: Psychoanalytic Psychology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: This study examined whether difficulties in maintaining a balance between the personality variables of relatedness (depe (more…)

‘As long as it’s good’: An intergenerational family perspective of bridging gaps between reality and ideality of second couplehood as a problem and as a solution

By: Koren C., Simhi S.
Published in: Ageing and Society
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Second couplehood in old age following widowhood or divorce is a phenomenon developing with the increase in life expecta (more…)

The role of actin cytoskeleton in memory formation in amygdala

By: Lamprecht R.
Published in: Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: The central, lateral and basolateral amygdala (BLA) nuclei are essential for the formation of long-term memories includi (more…)

Living Labs: Overview of ecological approaches for health promotion and rehabilitation

By: Korman M., Weiss P.L., Kizony R.
Published in: Disability and Rehabilitation
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Purpose: The term “Living Lab” was coined to reflect the use of sensors to monitor human behavior in real life environme (more…)

Changes in causal attributions and relationship representations: Are they specific or common mechanisms in the treatment of depression?

By: Zilcha-Mano S., Chui H., Dolev T., McCarthy K.S., Dinger U., Barber J.P.
Published in: Journal of Affective Disorders
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2016 |  Link
Description: Background The goal of the study was to examine two central theory-driven mechanisms of change, causal attributions and (more…)