תחילת דף אינטרנט, לחץ אנטר כדי לעבור לאזור תוכן מרכזי

Prof. Orna Baron Epel (MPH, PhD)

Head of the Center of Evaluation of Health Promotion Interventions

ornaepel@research.haifa.ac.il

Phone: 97248288009

Office: The Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Building, room 433

Reception hours: By appointment

School of Public Health

Prof. Baron-Epel has a BSc and PhD in Biology from the Tel Aviv University and a MPH from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. In October 2023 she retired but is active in research and teaching. She teaches public health, health promotion and planning, evaluating and implementing health promotion interventions. In addition she mentors over 7 PhD and MPH students. Prof. Baron-Epel developed and run the department of health promotion in Macabbi Healthcare Services during the years 1988-1995 and then was in charge of publications at the Israel Center for Disease Control between 1995-2000. In 2000 she started teaching at the University of Haifa and developed the Health Promotion Department at the School of Public Health of which she was one of the founders. During the years 2014-2019 Prof. Baron-Epel served as head of the School of Public Health.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3Q5vs_UcvE  חשופים סרטון קצר:

https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/does-walking-around-town-prevent-adolescent-obesity/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV3x_6Wh-Cs&feature=youtu.be 

 TV interview 29 July 2020: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5213504790

 

Prof Baron-Epel's research interests include social epidemiology, health promotion, health behaviors, injury prevention and inequalities in health between Arabs and Jews. Her latest work includes areas such as discrimination, social support, social capital and their relation to health. In addition she studies health literacy and injury prevention. Many of her studies evaluate health promotion interventions run by various organizations such as the Ministry of Health.

Orna has published over 100 articles in leading public health, health promotion peer reviewed journals, edited a book on health promotion.

For more information on the Center for Evaluation of health promotion interventions see: 

http://healthpcenter.haifa.ac.il/index.php/en/

https://scholar.google.co.il/citations?user=wMsrQYgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra

 

 Lecture at the one health conference 20th January 2022

https://youtu.be/1a_Dg11xEGY

Edited Book, Published 2016

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 Publications in last 5 years

 

Neter E., Brainin, E., Baron-Epel, O. (2016). Health literacy and eHealth literacy; structure, association and group differences. European Health Psychologist. 17 (6), 275-280.

 

Tesler R($), Harel-Fisch Y, Baron-Epel O. (2016). School health promotion policies and adolescent risk behaviors in Israel: a multilevel analysis. Journal School Health. 86, 435-443.

Kaplan, G($)., Baron-Epel, O. (2016). Decision-makers' acquaintance with the public's priorities in health services. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research. 5:32.

Baron-Epel, O., Obid S($)., Fertig, S. ($), Gitelman. V. (2016). Perceived descriptive safety-related driving norms within and outside Arab towns and villages in Israel. Traffic Injury Prevention. 17(1), 51-57.

Berardi, V., Bellettiere, J., Nativ, O($)., Slezak, L., Hovell, F.M., Baron-Epel, O. (2016). Fatalism, Diabetes Management Outcomes, and the Role of Religiosity. Health and Religion, 55(2), 602-617.

 

Baron-Epel, O., Berardi, V., Bellettiere, J., Shalata, W($). (2017). The relation between discrimination, sense of coherence and health varies according to ethnicity; a study among three distinct populations in Israel. Journal of Immigration and Minority Health. 19, 1386-1396.

Moran, M. ($), Baron-Epel, O., Plaut, P. (2016). Do children walk where they bike? Exploring built environment correlates of children's walking and bicycling. Journal of Transportation and Land Use. 9(2), 1-23.

Levin-Zamir, D., El Hayani, A., Baron-Epel, O. (2016). The relationship between health literacy, health behavior, socio-economic indicators and self-assessed health in a national adult sample in Israel. Journal of Health Communication. 21, sup2, 61-68.

Heymann, A., O. Fridman, N., Kaplan, G., Baron-Epel, O. (2016). Unsupportive social interactions are associated with Poorer Self-Reported Health in Israeli patients with diabetes. American Journal of Health Behavior. 40(5), 645-651.

Elias, W., Bord, S($)., Baron-Epel, O., Geser -Edelsberg, A., Shiftan, Y., (2017). Factors influencing the decision to engage in alcohol-impaired driving among Arab-Israeli youths. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. 44, 180-191.

Sznitman, S., Bord, S($)., Elias, W., Geser -Edelsberg, A., Shiftan, Y., Baron-Epel, O. (2017). Examining the Sociocultural Sensitivity of Subjective Drunkenness: Comparing Arab and Jewish Israeli Pub Patrons. Drug and Alcohol Review. 36, 813-819.

Amit-Aharon, A($)., Nehama, H., Rishpon, S., Baron-Epel, O. (2017). Parents with high levels of communicative and critical health literacy are less likely to vaccinate their children. Patient Education and Counseling. 100,768-775.

Sznitman S., Bord, S($)., Elias, W., Geser -Edelsberg, A., Shiftan, Y., Baron-Epel, O. (2017). Cross-Cultural Validity in Self-Reported Alcohol Use. European Addiction Research. 23(2), 71-76.

Amit Aharon, A., A., Nehama, H., Rishpon, S., Baron-Epel, O. (2017). Social-Economic-Demographic Differences for Reasons Not To Comply With Routine Childhood Vaccines. Harefua 157(1), 16-20. (Hebrew).

Regev-Avraham Z, Baron-Epel O, Hammond SK, Keinan-Boker L (2018). Passive smoking, NAT2 polymorphism and breast cancer risk in Israeli Arab women - a case-control study. Breast Cancer. 25 (2) 176-184.

 

Siman-Tov, M. Baron-Epel,O. Peleg, K. (2018). Reported Safety Environment Predicts Injuries among Children Age 1-6 in Specific Communities. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 54, 793-799.

Baron-Epel, O., Bord, S., Cohen-Dar M., Obeid S. (2018). A cross sectional survey assessing knowledge, attitudes and behaviors regarding brucellosis among Arab Israelis BMC Public Health 18:516.

Amit-Aharon, A., Nehama, H., Rishpon, S., Baron-Epel, O. (2018). A path analysis model suggesting the association between health locus of control and compliance with childhood vaccinations. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 14 (9).

 

Haimi M., Brammli-Greenberg, S., Waisman, Y., Baron-Epel, O. (2018). Physicians' experiences, attitudes and challenges in a Pediatric Telemedicine Service. Pediatric Research. 2018 Nov; 84(5):650-656.

Tesler, R., Bord, S., Limion, S., Bibi, H., Fish, R., Baron-Epel, O. (2018). Call out and Read: Evaluation of a clinic based intervention to promote story reading to infants by parents. Gof Yeda, 16, 28-36 (Hebrew).

Hayek, S., Tessler, R., Bord, S., Endevelt, R., Satran, C., Livne, I., Khatib, M., Harel-Fish, Y., Baron-Epel, O. (2019). Do Israeli Health Promoting Schools Contribute to Students’  Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Habits? Health Promotion International. 34(1), 102-112.

 HaGani, N., Moran, M., Caspi, O., Plaut, P. Endvelt, R., Baron-Epel O. (2019). The Relationships between Adolescents' Obesity, Socio-economic Status and The Built Environment: Are They City Dependent? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 1579.

Schor, A., Bergovoy-Yellin, L., Landsberger, D., Kolobov, T., Baron-Epel, O. (2019). Multidisciplinary Work Promotes Preventive Medicine and Health Education in Primary Care- A Cross-Sectional Survey. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 8;50.

Baron-Epel, O., Levin-Zamir, D., El Hayani, A., (2019). Internal locus of control, health literacy and health, an Israeli cultural perspective.   Health Promotion International 34(2);248-257.

Haimi M., Brammli-Greenberg, S., Waisman, Y., Baron-Epel, O. (2019). The Role of Non-Medical Factors in Physicians' Decision-Making Process in a Pediatric Telemedicine service. Health Informatics Journal.

DOI: 10.1177/1460458219870660

 

Levin-Zamir D., Baron-Epel, O. (2019). Health literacy in Israel – from measurement to intervention: two case studies.  Information Services and Use. 40 (1-2);17-25. DOI 10.3233/ISU-200070

Siman-Tov M. Tur-Sinai, A. Kolobov T, Baorn-Epel O. Harel-Fisch Y. (2020). Youth Injury and Parents' Unemployment—The Importance of Socioeconomic Status and Ethnicity Context. European Journal of Public Health. 30(5); 911-915. doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckaa061.

Haimi, M, Brammli-Greenberg, S., Baron-Epel, O., Waisman, Y. (2020)
Assessing Patient Safety in a Pediatric Telemedicine Setting: a Multi-Methods Study.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making2020 Apr 3;20(1):63. DOI: 10.1186/s12911-020-1074-7.

Tor Sinai, A., Kolobov, T., Tesler, R., Baron-Epel, O., Dvir, K. (2020). Associations between Socioeconomic and Family Determinants and Weight-Control Behaviours among Adolescents. International Journal of Public Health. 65;1689-1698.

DOI 10.1007/s00038-020-01498-w

Puddister, S., Ali-Saleh, O., Cohen-Dar, M., Baron-Epel, O. (2020). Health may be compromised by social interactions depending on culture among postpartum Arab and Jewish Israeli women. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20:480. DOI.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03168-4

Baron-Epel, O., Paldi, Y., Bord, S., Kadish, D., Guttman, E., Moran, D.S., Tesler, R. (2021). Social capital and health among participants in the Cachibol League in Israel. International Review for the Sociology of Sport. 56(6) 877-896.

DOI: 10.1177/1012690220968114/ ID: IRSS-20-0066

Zacay, G. Baron Epel, O. Malatskey, L. Heymann, T. (2021). Preferences and barriers to the utilization of primary health care by sick physicians; a nationwide survey. Family Practice. 38(2):109-114 .

DOI:10.1093/fampra/cmaa090

 

Bar Ilan, D., Reingewertz, Y., Baron-Epel, O. (2021). Healthy cities and self-reported health: Evidence from Israel. Global Health Promotion

https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1757975920984212

Paldi Y., Moran, DS., Baron-Epel, O., Shiran Bord, S., Tesler, R. (2021). Ethnic Disparities in Social Capital and Health among Jewish and Arab

Participants in the Israeli Mamanet Cachibol League. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 295. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010295

 

Barki-Harrington, L., Baron-Epel , O., Shaulov, A., Akria, L., Barshay, Y., Dally, N., Deshet, D., Inbar, T., Koren-Michowitz, Leiba, M., Moshe, Y., Shvidel, L., Tadmor, T., Yagenah, S., Zektser M., Preis, M., Hellman I, Yahalom , V., Aviv, A. (2021). Willingness and concerns of transfusion-dependent hematological patients towards the option of home transfusion (HT) therapy. Palliative Care. 35(5), 927-932.

doi/pdf/10.1177/02692163211000634

Neter E., Brainin, E., Baron-Epel, O. (2021). Group differences in health literacy are ameliorated in eHealth literacy. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. 9:1, 480-497.

https://doi.org/10.1080/21642850.2021.1926256

Myers, V., Malkin, G., Nir, N., Orr, D., Baron-Epel, O. (2021). Evaluation of an intervention to reduce child injury in Bedouin communities in Southern Israel. Injury Prevention

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-044013 

Myers, V., Orr, D., Vered-Chen L., Baron-Epel, O. (2021). Design and Implementation of a multifaceted injury prevention intervention in Bedouin children in southern Israel. Injury Prevention

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2021-044201

Rudolf, MCJ., Bord, S., Hasson, R., Sahar, Y., Rubin, L., Manor N., Paldi, Y., Baron-Epel, O. (2021). Between-country analysis of implementing an obesity prevention intervention using RE-AIM: HENRY in Israel and UK. Health Promotion International

https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab119

Paldi Y., Moran, DS., Baron-Epel, O., Shiran Bord, S., Benarzi E., Tesler, R. (2021).

Social capital as a mediator in the link between women's participation in team sports and health-related outcomes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health . 18, 9331.

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18179331

 

Myers, V., Obeid, S., Kababya, D., Bord, S., Baron-Epel, O. (2021). Identifying ways to reduce the spread of brucellosis by consulting the community: A mixed methods study. Small Ruminant Research, 204, 106520.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.smallrumres.2021.106520

Kilian C., et al (2022). Self-reported changes in alcohol and tobacco use during

COVID-19: findings from the eastern part of WHO European

Region. European Journal of Public Health

Myers, V., Malkin, G., Nir, N., Orr, D., Baron-Epel, O. (2022). Evaluation of an intervention to reduce child injury in Bedouin communities in Southern Israel. Injury Prevention. 28(1);38-42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-044013 Myers, V., Orr, D., Vered-Chen L., Baron-Epel, O. (2022). Design and Implementation of a multifaceted injury prevention intervention in Bedouin children in southern Israel. Injury Prevention. 28(1);68-73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2021-044201 Ali Saleh O., Halperin O., Baron-Epel O. (2022). Predictors of maternal self-efficacy and the mediating role of postpartum fatigue for Jewish and Arab women in Northern Israel. Midwifery. 107; April 2022 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2022.103281 Mozes, I., Mossinson, D., Schilder, H., Dvir, D., Baron-Epel, O., Heymann, AD. (2022). Patients' preferences for telemedicine versus in-clinic consultation in primary care during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Primary Care 23:33 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-022-01640-y Elran-Barak R., Baron-Epel, O., Donchin M. (2022). Neighborhood violence and health: The mediating role of loneliness among two ethnic groups in Israel. Health Promotion International. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daac028 Ali Saleh O., Goldblat H., Baron-Epel O. (2022). My Problem is that I live Next Door to My Mother-in-Law:” Arab Women’s Postpartum Experiences with Positive and Negative Social Interactions and the Impact on Their Well-Being: A Qualitative Study. Health & Social Care in the Community. 30 (6), e3985-e3994. DOI: 10.1111/hsc.13792 Baron-Epel, O., Elran-Barak R., Donchin M. (2022). Social Capital as a Mediator and Moderator in the Association between Loneliness and Health, Israel as a Case Study. International Journal of Environment Research and Public Health. 19, 3698. Van Dyck D., Barnett A. , Cerin E., Conway TL. , Esteban Cornejo I., Hinckson E., Rubín L, Rush E., Baron Epel, O., Cain KL , Breum Christiansen L., Zakiul Islam M., Mitáš J., Molina García J., Oyeyemi A., Ranjani H, Reis R., Paula Santos M., Sit C., Timperio A., Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda and Sallis JF. (2022). Associations of accelerometer measured school- and non-school based physical activity and sedentary time with body mass index: IPEN Adolescent study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 19:85. Baron-Epel, O, Obeid, S., Kababya, D., Bord, S., Myers, V. (2022). A Health Promotion Perspective For The Control And Prevention Of Brucellosis (Brucella melitensis); Israel As A Case Study. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 16(9). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010816 Levi Khan S., Baron-Epel, O. (2022). “It’s a Kind of Freedom”: Adolescents and Parents speak about Motivations for Active Travel and COVID-1. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being. 17:1. https://doi.org/10.1080/17482631.2022.2130508 Levi Khan S., Baron-Epel, O. Tesler, R. Harel-Fisch, Y. (2022). Patterns of Active Travel and Physical Activity among Adolescents in Israel. Int Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19(21), 14115. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph192114115 Bashkin, O., Otok, R., Kapra, O., Czabanowska, K., Barach, P., Baron-Epel, O., Dopelt, K., Duplaga, M., Leighton, L., Levine, H., MacLeod, F., Neumark, Y., Paillard-Borg, S., Tulchinsky, T., Mor, Z. (2022). Identifying the Gaps Between Public Health Training and Practice: A Workforce Competencies Comparative Analysis. International Journal of Public Health. Vol. 67 https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2022.1605303/full Sheny A, Goldblat H., Baron-Epel O. (2023). Arab and Jewish Mothers’ Decisions Regarding Treatment of their Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Qualitative Study. School Psychology International. 44(5) 568-584. https://doi.org/10.1177/01430343221149697 Baron-Epel, O., Ran, I. (2023). Factors impacting the use of outdoor gyms, Israel as a case study. Cities and Health. 7(6) 1045-1054. https://doi.org/10.1080/23748834.2023.2203970 Mozes, I., Chudner, I., Heymann, AD. Baron-Epel, O. (2023). Shared decision making and trust matter: Patient’s use of video consultations and a remote device in primary care. Telemedicine and e-Health. 29(11) 1688-1695. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2022.0536

Media publication

"Israel Today" 21th July 2020 English

https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/instead-of-shutting-things-down-be-creative/

 

"Israel Today" 20th July 2020 Hebrew-

https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/782877

 

"Israel Today" 26th of July 2020  Hebrew-   

https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/784391

 

"Israel Today" 1st of August 2020  Hebrew-   

https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/786677

 

"Israel Today" 9th of August 2020  Hebrew- 

https://www.israelhayom.co.il/opinion/789025

 

"Israel Today" 20th of August 2020  Hebrew- 

https://www.israelhayom.co.il/opinion/793567

 

"Israel Today"  6 of September 2020  Hebrew- 

https://www.israelhayom.co.il/opinion/798101

 

 I24 on January 2022

https://wmshareeurope.blob.core.windows.net/d41f8c50-6a37-11eb-9439-0242ac130002/21629301379-hdtv.mp4