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

Old Woman, Nursing Home, Healthcare, Sickness, Chronic Diseases, Disabilities

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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

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Establishment of the New School of Medicine at the University of Haifa
Food, Healthy, Schnitzel, Vegetables, Chicken, Pomegranate

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Food on Campus
Herta and Paul Amir School of Medicine, University of Haifa, Cornerstone Ceremony

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The University Breaks Ground on New School of Medicine
Prof. Pavel Goldstein, Integrative Pain (iPain) Laboratory, University of Haifa

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New Approach to Chronic Pain fostered by Integrative Pain Laboratory at the University of Haifa

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Covid-19 in Israel: Socio-demographic characteristics of first wave morbidity in Jewish and Arab communities

By: Birenbaum-Carmeli D., Chassida J.
Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Background: The first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hit Israel in late February 2020. The present study examines pattern (more…)

A mixed-methods sequential explanatory design comparison between COVID-19 infection control guidelines’ applicability and their protective value as perceived by Israeli healthcare workers, and healthcare executives’ response

By: Gesser-Edelsburg A., Cohen R., Shahbari N.A.E., Hijazi R.
Published in: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Background: Healthcare workers (HCWs) are on the front line of the COVID-19 outbreak, and their constant exposure to inf (more…)

Interpersonal problems of cocaine dependent adults differ from those of a normative sample

By: Minges M., Zilcha-Mano S., Aafjes-van Doorn K., Gorman B., Barber J.P.
Published in: Addiction Research and Theory
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Our research examined patterns of interpersonal problems in patients with a primary diagnosis of cocaine dependence (CD) (more…)

Parents’ psychological, social and financial outcomes as related to the transition of their offspring with ID from adolescence to adulthood

By: Gur A., Amsalem G., Rimmerman A.
Published in: Research in Developmental Disabilities
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Background: In general, there is extensive research on parents of young children with ID, particularly studies on stress (more…)

Short-term interruptions to sex work among a prospective cohort of street-based cisgender female sex workers in Baltimore

By: White R.H., Park J.N., Galai N., Decker M.R., Allen S.T., Footer K.H.A., Sherman S.G.
Published in: International Journal of Drug Policy
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Background: Street-based female sex workers (FSW) often cycle in and out of sex work engagement. For many FSW, substance (more…)

The loneliness pandemic: Loneliness and other concomitants of depression, anxiety and their comorbidity during the COVID-19 outbreak

By: Palgi Y., Shrira A., Ring L., Bodner E., Avidor S., Bergman Y., Cohen-Fridel S., Keisari S., Hoffman Y.
Published in: Journal of Affective Disorders
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
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Menarche at an Earlier Age: Results from Two National Surveys of Israeli Youth, 2003 and 2016

By: Sinai T., Bromberg M., Axelrod R., Shimony T., Stark A.H., Keinan-Boker L.
Published in: Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Study Objective: To assess emergent changes in the age at menarche and investigate associated factors in Israeli adolesc (more…)

Novel harmala-ocudelic tuning (HOT) for ocular disorders

By: Lansky E.S.
Published in: Medical Hypotheses
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The eye contains serotonin, and possesses serotonergic receptors and modulators. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (more…)

Doing Nothing is Sometimes Worse: Comparing Avoidant versus Approach Coping Strategies with Peer Victimization and Their Association to Depression and Suicide Ideation

By: Benatov J., Klomek A.B., Shira B., Apter A., Carli V., Wasserman C., Hoven C.W., Sarchiapone M., Balazs J., Bobes J., Brunner R., Corcoran P., Cosman D., Haring C., Kahn J.-P., Keeley H., Kereszteny A., Podlogar T., Postuvan V., Saiz P.A., Sisask M., Varnik A., Wasserman D.
Published in: Journal of School Violence
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Education  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Peer victimization is a major stressor adolescents often face in the school environment, and has been linked to depressi (more…)

Nursing home staff members’ attitudes regarding advance care planning: relationships with different types of knowledge

By: Werner P., Schiffman I.K.
Published in: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Background: Advanced care planning (ACP) is an essential component of quality palliative care in nursing homes. Despite (more…)

Psychological Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Among Italians During the First Week of Lockdown

By: Di Giuseppe M., Zilcha-Mano S., Prout T.A., Perry J.C., Orrù G., Conversano C.
Published in: Frontiers in Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Pandemics and government-mandated quarantining measures have a substantial impact on mental health. This study investiga (more…)

Certainty in ascending sensory signals – The unexplored driver of analgesic placebo response

By: Kuperman P., Talmi D., Katz N., Treister R.
Published in: Medical Hypotheses
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Previous frameworks have failed to adequately explain the observed correlation between within-subject variability in pai (more…)

The metacognitive processes of decentering scale: Development and initial validation of trait and state versions

By: Hanley A.W., Bernstein A., Nakamura Y., Hadash Y., Rojas J., Tennant K.E., Jensen R.L., Garland E.L.
Published in: Psychological Assessment
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The ability to decenter from internal experiences is important for mental health. Consequently, improving decentering is (more…)

Interdisciplinary regional collaboration for public health adaptation to climate change in the eastern mediterranean

By: Hochman A., Alpert P., Baldi M., Bucchignani E., Coppola E., Dahdal Y., Davidovitch N., Georgiades P., Helgert S., Khreis H., Levine H., Materia S., Negev M., Salah I., Shaheen M., Giorgi F.
Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
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Youth injury and parents’ unemployment-the importance of socio-economic status and ethnicity context

By: Maya S.-T., Aviad T.-S., Tanya K., Orna B.-E., Yossi H.-F.
Published in: European Journal of Public Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Background: Youth whose parents are unemployed have poorer health and well-being, including more injuries that result in (more…)

Sex differences in shigellosis incidence rates: Analysis of national data from nine countries using meta-analytic method

By: Peer V., Schwartz N., Green M.S.
Published in: European Journal of Public Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Background: Sex differences in the incidence of infectious diseases can provide insight to the biological mechanism of i (more…)

Advocacy for the human rights of older people in the COVID pandemic and beyond: A call to mental health professionals

By: Peisah C., Byrnes A., Doron I.I., Dark M., Quinn G.
Published in: International Psychogeriatrics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
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Playback theatre in adult day centers: A creative group intervention for community-dwelling older adults

By: Keisari S., Gesser-Edelsburg A., Yaniv D., Palgi Y.
Published in: PLoS ONE
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The literature indicates that theatre and drama-based interventions have the potential to improve older adults’ well-bei (more…)

Sedentary behavior, physical inactivity, and metabolic syndrome: Pilot findings from the rapid assessment disuse index study

By: Shuval K., Sahar L., Gabriel K.P., Knell G., Weinstein G., Gal T.G., Lobelo F., DiPietro L.
Published in: Journal of Physical Activity and Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Background: The Rapid Assessment Disuse Index (RADI) is a brief tool aimed to promptly assess primary care patients’ ove (more…)

The adoption of preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China and Israel

By: Liu X.-J., Mesch G.S.
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. The rapid transmission rate of the virus, as well as th (more…)