Research Abstracts
Research abstracts funded by the National Institute and completed.
The full version of the research report can be obtained from the principal researcher.
Obesity treatment in Israel: at the physician’s discretion?
Researchers: Orly Tamir, Avraham Krasik, Roy Barnea, Rakefet Bachar, Evgeny Marzon, Moran Accos Carmel
Research ended: January 2026
The impact of the mental health reform on patients’ profile in a child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic at a tertiary hospital in the center of Israel.
Researchers: Tomer Ziv, Shlomit Tsafrir, Ehud Mekori
Research ended: December 2025
The association between extent of coronary atherosclerosis, coronary intervention and short and long-term hospital admissions and mortality among patients undergoing coronary catheterization
Researchers: Michal Benderly, Israel Barbash, Ofra Kalter-Leibovici, Elad Maor
Research ended: December 2025
Hybrid approach (in-person and remote) to pediatric rehabilitation: A look beyond the COVID-19 crisis
Researchers: Naomi Gefen, Tal Krasovsky, Maurit Beeri, Jana Landa, Tamar Weiss, Efrat Shadmi
Research ended: December 2025
Disparities in self-perceived oral health status, utilization of dental services within the dental profession reform, attitudes toward the use of Telehealth, and positive oral health and wellbeing among senior citizens in the center compared to the periphery in the State of Israel
Researchers: Berta Harel, Yuval Vered, Avraham Zini, Nirit Yavnai, Nurit Kot-Limon, Galit Almoznino
Research ended: December 2025
Here and Now: The public and decision makers perceptions regarding the definition of “reasonable” time and distance of health services
Researchers: Joshua Shemer, Yossi Weiss, Ruti Berger
Research ended: December 2025
Redesigning the Role of Community Pediatricians to Benefit Children’s Mental Health in Israel
Researchers: Amit Shalev , Hava Gadassi , Shulamit Pinchover , Roni Berger Raanan , Maya Yaari , Tony Gutentag
Research ended: December 2025
Telehealth services in hospital outpatient clinics of Clalit Health Services during the Covid-19 pandemic
Researchers: Rachel Nissanholtz-Gannot, Ziv Paz
Research ended: December 2025
Black Box Warning by the United States Food and Drug Administration: The Impact on the Dispensing Rate of Benzodiazepines
Researchers: Daniel A Goldstein, Jacob Glazer
Research ended: December 2025
A new comparative approach to measuring the Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on parental Attitudes and practice towards Childhood Vaccination
Researchers: Michael Edelstein, Omar Mahmud
Research ended: November 2025