M Soffer
Biographic Data
| ID | 44801 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Soffer |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Soffer |
| SIGNATURE | SOFFER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5713-1130 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A qualitative study of women care professionals' experiences in social service non-profit organizations in Israel
Although women play a significant role in non-profit organizations as employees, volunteers, and clients, there is insufficient knowledge about these women and their unique work experiences in the current era, which is characterized by outsourcing of social services. This study explored work experiences among women in professional care settings of social service non-profit organizations (SSNPOs). Forty in-depth interviews were conducted with wome…
PTSD and public stigma: Examining the relationship between public stigmas attached to PTSD and self-esteem, spirituality, and well-being
The study findings demonstrate that self-esteem is associated with higher levels of belief that mental-health professionals can provide effective treatment for PTSD survivors, that survivors can recover and maintain normal relationships, and that survivors are not inclined to neglect their appearance and feel comfortable and calm with PTSD survivors. Spirituality is associated with a belief in professionals' ability to effectively treat PTSD and …
Grounding responsibilization: Women in the care professions in contracted social services nonprofits
The Moderating Role of Clinical Experience in the Relationship Between Patient Characteristics, Attributed Barriers to Mammography, Beliefs About Cancer, and Clinical Decisions: A Study of Israeli Ara…
The Relationships Between Personality Traits and Public Stigma Attached to Families Bereaved Due To Suicide
Suicide is a serious global public-health issue that is perceived as the most stigmatizing of sudden losses. Most studies on this topic have examined how bereaved families perceive public stigma, paying less attention to the actual stigma experienced by those not directly bereaved. Therefore, this study examined the association between personality traits and the public stigma attached to families that have lost a member to suicide. Three hundred …
Biomedicalization, Stigma, and “Re-Gaying” HIV/Aids in the Israeli Media
HIV/Aids‐related beliefs among Israeli Arab‐Palestinian women
Studies show that women are more vulnerable to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission than men because of biological and sociocultural risk factors. Israeli Arab-Palestinians are the largest ethnic minority group in Israel. Unofficial data suggest that merely one percent of the tests conducted in Israel to diagnose HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are conducted by this population and that Israeli Arab-Palestinians are typic…
From Welfare to Work and From Work to Welfare: A Comparison of People With and Without Disabilities
In this study, we explore the behavioral factors that play a role in the decision—among people with and without disabilities—to move from welfare to work and from work to welfare. A survey of people with and without disabilities in Israel was conducted; a nonprobability quota sample of 193 individuals was drawn (95 people with disabilities and 98 nondisabled people). The data were collected by means of a closed-ended questionnaire. The results sh…
Politics of geographic exclusion: Deinstitutionalization, hegemony and persons with intellectual disability in Israel
Deinstitutionalization is a core policy for the development of services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in western countries. Nonetheless, although a western country, deinstitutionalization is not well advanced in Israel. In order to shed light on this phenomenon, we explore the hegemony of ID as reflected in Israeli legislation. The analysis shows a biomedical hegemony; ID is depicted as a form of medical and social deviance. Isra…
Mapping the terrain of disability legislation: The case of Israel
In this study we systematically map and analyze all disability-related laws and regulations in Israel from 1948 – the year the State of Israel was established – to the present. All 55 laws and 124 regulations (and their amendments) that addressed disability were analyzed via qualitative content analysis; we categorized the legislation into either bio-medical-based policy or rights-based policy. Findings show that most of the legislation reflects …
A Comparative Approach to Revising Sub Minimum Wage Assessment Policy: The Case of Israel
The article examines a proposed model for assessing Sub Minimum Wage (SMW) for persons with disabilities in Israel, with reference to the committee of experts of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. The article uses a “quasi benchmarking approach”, comparing SMW the year mentioned in the abstract is not a note or reference, it is the year that the committee described in the article, was held. It can be however, removed from the abstract as …
Sub Minimum Wage for Persons with Severe Disabilities: Comparative Perspectives
This article examines the extent to which the sub minimum wage (SMW) is an effective labor market policy for people with severe disabilities to address their under-employment and lack of opportunity to be gainfully employed. We assess SMW policies in the United States, Australia and Israel, along four conceptual dimensions delineating participants, programs, service delivery, and outcomes. Similarities and differences in policy and practice on th…
Media and the Israeli disability rights legislation: Progress or mixed and contradictory images
This article reviews and analyzes disability rights conceptualization and policy as reflected in the Israeli media after the enactment of the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law of 1998. Media coverage is examined through review of studies conducted on the subject in Israel. A comprehensive review of the research literature reveals a discrepancy between the purposes of anti‐discrimination legislation and policy and media reflections of…
Poverty Among Adults with Disabilities: Barriers to Promoting Asset Accumulation in Individual Development Accounts
Adults with disabilities disproportionally experience poverty. We examine one novel strategy to promote economic well‐being among adults with disabilities living in or near poverty, namely Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). IDAs are designed to help individuals save money and subsequently accumulate assets. Although adults with disabilities account for the majority of IDA participants, scant attention has been paid to their IDA saving perfor…
Stigma and Otherness in the Israeli Media's Mirror Representations of Illness
In this study we examined the social construction of stigma toward HIV/AIDS in the Israeli press by comparing newspaper articles on HIV/AIDS, a highly stigmatized illness, and heart disease, a nonstigmatized illness in Israel. We carried out thematic content analysis of 242 newspaper articles published over a 12-month period. Two counter themes emerged from the analysis. HIV/AIDS was portrayed as a "foreign illness" mainly afflicting immigrants f…
The supportive community: Help seeking and service use among elderly people in Jerusalem
New and innovative services are needed to meet the needs of the growing elderly population of Israel. One such program is the “supportive community” program, which aims to provide a range of critical services to older people in the community. This study followed the response of 181 older residents of the northern quarter of Jerusalem to an invitation to subscribe to this new program and the extent of service utilization among those who joined. An…
Mapping the terrain of disability legislation: The case of Israel
In this study we systematically map and analyze all disability-related laws and regulations in Israel from 1948 – the year the State of Israel was established – to the present. All 55 laws and 124 regulations (and their amendments) that addressed disability were analyzed via qualitative content analysis; we categorized the legislation into either bio-medical-based policy or rights-based policy. Findings show that most of the legislation reflects …
Media and the Israeli disability rights legislation: Progress or mixed and contradictory images
This article reviews and analyzes disability rights conceptualization and policy as reflected in the Israeli media after the enactment of the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law of 1998. Media coverage is examined through review of studies conducted on the subject in Israel. A comprehensive review of the research literature reveals a discrepancy between the purposes of anti‐discrimination legislation and policy and media reflections of…
Politics of geographic exclusion: Deinstitutionalization, hegemony and persons with intellectual disability in Israel
Deinstitutionalization is a core policy for the development of services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in western countries. Nonetheless, although a western country, deinstitutionalization is not well advanced in Israel. In order to shed light on this phenomenon, we explore the hegemony of ID as reflected in Israeli legislation. The analysis shows a biomedical hegemony; ID is depicted as a form of medical and social deviance. Isra…
Poverty Among Adults with Disabilities: Barriers to Promoting Asset Accumulation in Individual Development Accounts
Adults with disabilities disproportionally experience poverty. We examine one novel strategy to promote economic well‐being among adults with disabilities living in or near poverty, namely Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). IDAs are designed to help individuals save money and subsequently accumulate assets. Although adults with disabilities account for the majority of IDA participants, scant attention has been paid to their IDA saving perfor…
Stigma and Otherness in the Israeli Media's Mirror Representations of Illness
In this study we examined the social construction of stigma toward HIV/AIDS in the Israeli press by comparing newspaper articles on HIV/AIDS, a highly stigmatized illness, and heart disease, a nonstigmatized illness in Israel. We carried out thematic content analysis of 242 newspaper articles published over a 12-month period. Two counter themes emerged from the analysis. HIV/AIDS was portrayed as a "foreign illness" mainly afflicting immigrants f…
Grounding responsibilization: Women in the care professions in contracted social services nonprofits
A qualitative study of women care professionals' experiences in social service non-profit organizations in Israel
Although women play a significant role in non-profit organizations as employees, volunteers, and clients, there is insufficient knowledge about these women and their unique work experiences in the current era, which is characterized by outsourcing of social services. This study explored work experiences among women in professional care settings of social service non-profit organizations (SSNPOs). Forty in-depth interviews were conducted with wome…
Biomedicalization, Stigma, and “Re-Gaying” HIV/Aids in the Israeli Media
HIV/Aids‐related beliefs among Israeli Arab‐Palestinian women
Studies show that women are more vulnerable to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission than men because of biological and sociocultural risk factors. Israeli Arab-Palestinians are the largest ethnic minority group in Israel. Unofficial data suggest that merely one percent of the tests conducted in Israel to diagnose HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are conducted by this population and that Israeli Arab-Palestinians are typic…
The supportive community: Help seeking and service use among elderly people in Jerusalem
New and innovative services are needed to meet the needs of the growing elderly population of Israel. One such program is the “supportive community” program, which aims to provide a range of critical services to older people in the community. This study followed the response of 181 older residents of the northern quarter of Jerusalem to an invitation to subscribe to this new program and the extent of service utilization among those who joined. An…
The supportive community: Help seeking and service use among elderly people in Jerusalem
New and innovative services are needed to meet the needs of the growing elderly population of Israel. One such program is the “supportive community” program, which aims to provide a range of critical services to older people in the community. This study followed the response of 181 older residents of the northern quarter of Jerusalem to an invitation to subscribe to this new program and the extent of service utilization among those who joined. An…
Media and the Israeli disability rights legislation: Progress or mixed and contradictory images
This article reviews and analyzes disability rights conceptualization and policy as reflected in the Israeli media after the enactment of the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law of 1998. Media coverage is examined through review of studies conducted on the subject in Israel. A comprehensive review of the research literature reveals a discrepancy between the purposes of anti‐discrimination legislation and policy and media reflections of…
Poverty Among Adults with Disabilities: Barriers to Promoting Asset Accumulation in Individual Development Accounts
Adults with disabilities disproportionally experience poverty. We examine one novel strategy to promote economic well‐being among adults with disabilities living in or near poverty, namely Individual Development Accounts (IDAs). IDAs are designed to help individuals save money and subsequently accumulate assets. Although adults with disabilities account for the majority of IDA participants, scant attention has been paid to their IDA saving perfor…
Stigma and Otherness in the Israeli Media's Mirror Representations of Illness
In this study we examined the social construction of stigma toward HIV/AIDS in the Israeli press by comparing newspaper articles on HIV/AIDS, a highly stigmatized illness, and heart disease, a nonstigmatized illness in Israel. We carried out thematic content analysis of 242 newspaper articles published over a 12-month period. Two counter themes emerged from the analysis. HIV/AIDS was portrayed as a "foreign illness" mainly afflicting immigrants f…
Sub Minimum Wage for Persons with Severe Disabilities: Comparative Perspectives
This article examines the extent to which the sub minimum wage (SMW) is an effective labor market policy for people with severe disabilities to address their under-employment and lack of opportunity to be gainfully employed. We assess SMW policies in the United States, Australia and Israel, along four conceptual dimensions delineating participants, programs, service delivery, and outcomes. Similarities and differences in policy and practice on th…
A Comparative Approach to Revising Sub Minimum Wage Assessment Policy: The Case of Israel
The article examines a proposed model for assessing Sub Minimum Wage (SMW) for persons with disabilities in Israel, with reference to the committee of experts of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor. The article uses a “quasi benchmarking approach”, comparing SMW the year mentioned in the abstract is not a note or reference, it is the year that the committee described in the article, was held. It can be however, removed from the abstract as …
Mapping the terrain of disability legislation: The case of Israel
In this study we systematically map and analyze all disability-related laws and regulations in Israel from 1948 – the year the State of Israel was established – to the present. All 55 laws and 124 regulations (and their amendments) that addressed disability were analyzed via qualitative content analysis; we categorized the legislation into either bio-medical-based policy or rights-based policy. Findings show that most of the legislation reflects …
Politics of geographic exclusion: Deinstitutionalization, hegemony and persons with intellectual disability in Israel
Deinstitutionalization is a core policy for the development of services for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) in western countries. Nonetheless, although a western country, deinstitutionalization is not well advanced in Israel. In order to shed light on this phenomenon, we explore the hegemony of ID as reflected in Israeli legislation. The analysis shows a biomedical hegemony; ID is depicted as a form of medical and social deviance. Isra…
From Welfare to Work and From Work to Welfare: A Comparison of People With and Without Disabilities
In this study, we explore the behavioral factors that play a role in the decision—among people with and without disabilities—to move from welfare to work and from work to welfare. A survey of people with and without disabilities in Israel was conducted; a nonprobability quota sample of 193 individuals was drawn (95 people with disabilities and 98 nondisabled people). The data were collected by means of a closed-ended questionnaire. The results sh…
HIV/Aids‐related beliefs among Israeli Arab‐Palestinian women
Studies show that women are more vulnerable to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission than men because of biological and sociocultural risk factors. Israeli Arab-Palestinians are the largest ethnic minority group in Israel. Unofficial data suggest that merely one percent of the tests conducted in Israel to diagnose HIV/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are conducted by this population and that Israeli Arab-Palestinians are typic…
The Relationships Between Personality Traits and Public Stigma Attached to Families Bereaved Due To Suicide
Suicide is a serious global public-health issue that is perceived as the most stigmatizing of sudden losses. Most studies on this topic have examined how bereaved families perceive public stigma, paying less attention to the actual stigma experienced by those not directly bereaved. Therefore, this study examined the association between personality traits and the public stigma attached to families that have lost a member to suicide. Three hundred …
Biomedicalization, Stigma, and “Re-Gaying” HIV/Aids in the Israeli Media
The Moderating Role of Clinical Experience in the Relationship Between Patient Characteristics, Attributed Barriers to Mammography, Beliefs About Cancer, and Clinical Decisions: A Study of Israeli Ara…
PTSD and public stigma: Examining the relationship between public stigmas attached to PTSD and self-esteem, spirituality, and well-being
The study findings demonstrate that self-esteem is associated with higher levels of belief that mental-health professionals can provide effective treatment for PTSD survivors, that survivors can recover and maintain normal relationships, and that survivors are not inclined to neglect their appearance and feel comfortable and calm with PTSD survivors. Spirituality is associated with a belief in professionals' ability to effectively treat PTSD and …
Grounding responsibilization: Women in the care professions in contracted social services nonprofits
A qualitative study of women care professionals' experiences in social service non-profit organizations in Israel
Although women play a significant role in non-profit organizations as employees, volunteers, and clients, there is insufficient knowledge about these women and their unique work experiences in the current era, which is characterized by outsourcing of social services. This study explored work experiences among women in professional care settings of social service non-profit organizations (SSNPOs). Forty in-depth interviews were conducted with wome…
Political science (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Disability Education and Employment (4 works)