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AUTHOR(S) Maya Tsfati; Dorit Segal-Engelchin
AUTHOR(S) Audrey Addi-Raccah; Noa Seeberger Tamir
AUTHOR(S) Shirli Werner; Yael Hochman; Roni Holler (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Kinneret Levavi; Porat Yakov; Alison Pike (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Daphna G. Dollberg; Keren Hanetz-Gamliel
AUTHOR(S) Shlomit Shalitin; Moshe Phillip; Michal Yackobovitch-Gavan (et al.)
The current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has health, social, and economic implications. This study primary objective was to evaluate changes in body mass index (BMI) from the pre-pandemic to COVID-19 pandemic period among a large pediatric population in Israel. This retrospective cohort study is based on data from Clalit Health Services, the largest health maintenance organization in Israel. The data accessed included sociodemographic, anthropometric, and clinical parameters of persons aged 2–20 years with at least one BMI measurement during 2017–2019 (pre-pandemic period) and one between April 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 (pandemic period).
AUTHOR(S) Anat Shoshani; Ariel Kor
AUTHOR(S) Hochman Yael; Shpigelman Carmit-Noa; Holler Roni (et al.)
COVID-19 has had a disproportionate and unprecedented impact on children with disabilities, their parents and families. This impact has been particularly evident during periods of lockdowns and severe restrictions. This study employed the social model of disability to illuminate negative and positive experiences of Israeli parents of children with disabilities during the first COVID-19 lockdown, as well as the way social environments, particularly educational and welfare services, shape that experience. The study draws upon thematic analysis of written responses of 80 Israeli parents to open-ended questions.
AUTHOR(S) Tal Yatziv; Almog Simchon; Nicholas Manco (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Nataly Rosenfeld; Avigdor Mandelberg; Ilan Dalal (et al.)
To evaluate the incidence of wheezing and overall respiratory morbidity in healthy infants born during the first peak of the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, compared with infants born during the preceding year. This was a single-center retrospective birth cohort study to compare a cohort of children born between February and March 2020 (COVID-19 group) to a control group of children born between February and March 2019 (pre-COVID-19 group). At 1 year of age, this study collected respiratory data using parental and telephone questionnaires. Primary outcome: wheezing incidence and/or bronchodilator use. Secondary outcomes: recurrent wheezing, emergency-room visits, hospital admissions, pneumonia diagnosis, and admissions due to lower-respiratory-tract-infections (LRTI). It included the following covariate risk factors in the logistic regression models; atopy, daycare attendance, breastmilk feeding, parental smoking, C-section, siblings, and gestational age.
AUTHOR(S) Or Perah Midbar Alter
AUTHOR(S) Esther Cohen; Esther Bamberger
AUTHOR(S) Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan; Dana Lassri
There is little argument that COVID-19 is potentially highly stressful for many people, however, little research has broken down COVID-19-related distress into different aspects clustering together, and how these clusters differ in terms of the vulnerability of the individuals. The primary aim of the present study was to identify distinct profiles of individuals' reactions to COVID-19-related stress, and analyze potential differences and risk and protective factors associated with these profiles in relation to childhood abuse, psychopathology, and interpersonal relationships. Data was collected online among a convenience sample of 914 men and women in Israel. A Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) for estimating distinct profiles in people's COVID-19-related distress was applied. Next, profiles were compared in childhood abuse, psychopathology, perceived social support and relationship satisfaction.
AUTHOR(S) Ran D. Goldman; Jeffrey N. Bone; Renana Gelernterd (et al.)
AUTHOR(S) Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan; Kim Mitchell; Yaniv Shlomo (et al.)
The primary aim of the present study is to examine the reasons for adolescents’ refusal to get vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine; and examine correlates of vaccination among adolescents aged 12-18 years in Israel. A total of 150 youth aged 12-18 yeas participated in the study. Following parental consent (30% response rate) from an online internet Israeli participants’ pool, 150 youth completed the survey (50·5% response rate). Data was collected May through June 2021.
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