SHIFRA SHVARTS
Biographic Data
| ID | 5532250 |
|---|---|
| NAME | SHIFRA SHVARTS |
| GIVEN NAMES | SHIFRA |
| FAMILY NAME | SHVARTS |
| SIGNATURE | SHVARTS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1400-8156 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gender Differences in Psychosocial Outcomes of Hair Loss Resulting from Childhood Irradiation for Tinea Capitis
Recent studies have linked hair loss due to childhood irradiation for tinea capitis, a fungal infection of the scalp, to adverse psychosocial and health outcomes in women. However, no study to date has examined gender differences in the outcomes of this type of hair loss. The current study aimed to investigate gender differences in health and psychosocial outcomes of hair loss resulting from childhood irradiation for tinea capitis, and to identif…
Does Severity of Hair Loss Matter? Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes in Women Irradiated for Tinea Capitis in Childhood
Hair loss resulting from childhood irradiation for tinea capitis has been linked to mental health effects in women. However, the association of hair loss severity with mental health in this population is unknown. To address this gap, this study examined the association between hair loss severity and mental health outcomes in women irradiated for tinea capitis in childhood as well as the factors that contribute to these outcomes. Medical records, …
Michael Reese Hospital and the Campaign to Warn the US Public of the Long-Term Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation, 1973–1977
In July 1973, a study at the University of Chicago linked radiation treatment during childhood to a variety of diseases, including thyroid cancer. A few months later, a worker at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois found a registry of 5266 former patients who had been treated with radiation during the 1950s and 1960s. Hospital officials decided to contact these patients and arrange for follow-up medical examinations. Media coverage of the…
The Mass Campaign to Eradicate Ringworm Among the Jewish Community in Eastern Europe, 1921–1938
Between the years 1921 and 1938, 27 600 children were irradiated during a mass campaign to eradicate ringworm among the Jewish community in East Europe. The ringworm campaign was the initiative of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee together with the Jewish health maintenance organization OZE (The Society for the Protection of Jewish Health). We describe this campaign that used x-rays to eradicate ringworm and its mission to enhance …
Healing” the bodies and souls of immigrant children
This article presents the first detailed history of the Sha'ar ha-Aliyah Ringworm and Trachoma Institute. It seeks to clarify the historical details of the controversial issue of ringworm and trachoma treatment during the mass immigration of the 1950s, while contributing to scholarly discussion on Israel's early history as well as the relationship between health and immigration in Israel and the world. Although a localized history, the implicatio…
Medical Selection and the Debate over Mass Immigration in the New State of Israel (1948–1951)
This paper examines the discourse regarding medical selection of immigrants to Israel during the years 1948-51, which was a period of mass immigration in which approximately 700,000 people immigrated to the State, thereby doubling the Jewish population in only three years. The paper focuses on the debate that preceded the Israeli Government's eventual acceptance of a selection policy. We assert that the debate was shaped to a large extent by a co…
Health and Hegemony
Nadav Davidovich, Shifra Shvarts, Health and Hegemony: Preventive Medicine, Immigrants and the Israeli Melting Pot, Israel Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, Science, Technology and Israeli Society (Summer, 2004), pp. 150-179
The Development of Mother and Infant Welfare Centers in Israel, 1854-1954
Le developpement d'un systeme efficace d'assistance sociale pour les meres et nourrissons dans la communaute juive de la Palestine au milieu du 19e siecle et par la suite dans l'Etat d'Israel.
From socialist principles to motorcycle maintenance
For more than 70 years, physicians in the Israeli health care system have been employed on a fixed salary rather than on a fee-for-service basis. The present report is a brief review of the origin and development of this unique salaried physician model and its effect on the terms of physicians' employment. Archival documents were reviewed. The salaried physician model was introduced to ensure egalitarian health care for patients rather than equal…
Kupat Holim, Dr. Isaac Max Rubinow, and the American Zionist Medical Unit's Experiment to Establish Health Care Services in Palestine, 1918-1923
Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Volume 72, Number 1, Spring 1998
Health Reform in Israel
This work traces attempts to bring about the passage of a compulsory health insurance law in Israel-from initial efforts in 1925 to the actual passage of such legislation in 1995. It examines the course of events in historical perspective, documenting positions adopted by various bodies-governmental, political, quasi-political, professional, and other-at various stages, clarifying why early initiatives failed. Most of this work is founded on hist…
Who Will Take Care of the Worker? The Establishment of “Kupat Holim,” the Workers' Sick Fund in Israel, 1911–1921
Journal Article Who Will Take Care of the Worker? The Establishment of “Kupat Holim,” the Workers' Sick Fund in Israel, 1911–1921 Get access SHIFRA SHVARTS SHIFRA SHVARTS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume 50, Issue 4, October 1995, Pages 525–556, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/50.4.525 Published: 01 October 1995
Health and Hegemony
Nadav Davidovich, Shifra Shvarts, Health and Hegemony: Preventive Medicine, Immigrants and the Israeli Melting Pot, Israel Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, Science, Technology and Israeli Society (Summer, 2004), pp. 150-179
From socialist principles to motorcycle maintenance
For more than 70 years, physicians in the Israeli health care system have been employed on a fixed salary rather than on a fee-for-service basis. The present report is a brief review of the origin and development of this unique salaried physician model and its effect on the terms of physicians' employment. Archival documents were reviewed. The salaried physician model was introduced to ensure egalitarian health care for patients rather than equal…
Health Reform in Israel
This work traces attempts to bring about the passage of a compulsory health insurance law in Israel-from initial efforts in 1925 to the actual passage of such legislation in 1995. It examines the course of events in historical perspective, documenting positions adopted by various bodies-governmental, political, quasi-political, professional, and other-at various stages, clarifying why early initiatives failed. Most of this work is founded on hist…
Who Will Take Care of the Worker? The Establishment of “Kupat Holim,” the Workers' Sick Fund in Israel, 1911–1921
Journal Article Who Will Take Care of the Worker? The Establishment of “Kupat Holim,” the Workers' Sick Fund in Israel, 1911–1921 Get access SHIFRA SHVARTS SHIFRA SHVARTS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume 50, Issue 4, October 1995, Pages 525–556, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/50.4.525 Published: 01 October 1995
Who Will Take Care of the Worker? The Establishment of “Kupat Holim,” the Workers' Sick Fund in Israel, 1911–1921
Journal Article Who Will Take Care of the Worker? The Establishment of “Kupat Holim,” the Workers' Sick Fund in Israel, 1911–1921 Get access SHIFRA SHVARTS SHIFRA SHVARTS Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Volume 50, Issue 4, October 1995, Pages 525–556, https://doi.org/10.1093/jhmas/50.4.525 Published: 01 October 1995
Kupat Holim, Dr. Isaac Max Rubinow, and the American Zionist Medical Unit's Experiment to Establish Health Care Services in Palestine, 1918-1923
Bulletin of the History of Medicine - Volume 72, Number 1, Spring 1998
Health Reform in Israel
This work traces attempts to bring about the passage of a compulsory health insurance law in Israel-from initial efforts in 1925 to the actual passage of such legislation in 1995. It examines the course of events in historical perspective, documenting positions adopted by various bodies-governmental, political, quasi-political, professional, and other-at various stages, clarifying why early initiatives failed. Most of this work is founded on hist…
From socialist principles to motorcycle maintenance
For more than 70 years, physicians in the Israeli health care system have been employed on a fixed salary rather than on a fee-for-service basis. The present report is a brief review of the origin and development of this unique salaried physician model and its effect on the terms of physicians' employment. Archival documents were reviewed. The salaried physician model was introduced to ensure egalitarian health care for patients rather than equal…
The Development of Mother and Infant Welfare Centers in Israel, 1854-1954
Le developpement d'un systeme efficace d'assistance sociale pour les meres et nourrissons dans la communaute juive de la Palestine au milieu du 19e siecle et par la suite dans l'Etat d'Israel.
Health and Hegemony
Nadav Davidovich, Shifra Shvarts, Health and Hegemony: Preventive Medicine, Immigrants and the Israeli Melting Pot, Israel Studies, Vol. 9, No. 2, Science, Technology and Israeli Society (Summer, 2004), pp. 150-179
Medical Selection and the Debate over Mass Immigration in the New State of Israel (1948–1951)
This paper examines the discourse regarding medical selection of immigrants to Israel during the years 1948-51, which was a period of mass immigration in which approximately 700,000 people immigrated to the State, thereby doubling the Jewish population in only three years. The paper focuses on the debate that preceded the Israeli Government's eventual acceptance of a selection policy. We assert that the debate was shaped to a large extent by a co…
Healing” the bodies and souls of immigrant children
This article presents the first detailed history of the Sha'ar ha-Aliyah Ringworm and Trachoma Institute. It seeks to clarify the historical details of the controversial issue of ringworm and trachoma treatment during the mass immigration of the 1950s, while contributing to scholarly discussion on Israel's early history as well as the relationship between health and immigration in Israel and the world. Although a localized history, the implicatio…
The Mass Campaign to Eradicate Ringworm Among the Jewish Community in Eastern Europe, 1921–1938
Between the years 1921 and 1938, 27 600 children were irradiated during a mass campaign to eradicate ringworm among the Jewish community in East Europe. The ringworm campaign was the initiative of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee together with the Jewish health maintenance organization OZE (The Society for the Protection of Jewish Health). We describe this campaign that used x-rays to eradicate ringworm and its mission to enhance …
Michael Reese Hospital and the Campaign to Warn the US Public of the Long-Term Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation, 1973–1977
In July 1973, a study at the University of Chicago linked radiation treatment during childhood to a variety of diseases, including thyroid cancer. A few months later, a worker at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Illinois found a registry of 5266 former patients who had been treated with radiation during the 1950s and 1960s. Hospital officials decided to contact these patients and arrange for follow-up medical examinations. Media coverage of the…
Does Severity of Hair Loss Matter? Factors Associated with Mental Health Outcomes in Women Irradiated for Tinea Capitis in Childhood
Hair loss resulting from childhood irradiation for tinea capitis has been linked to mental health effects in women. However, the association of hair loss severity with mental health in this population is unknown. To address this gap, this study examined the association between hair loss severity and mental health outcomes in women irradiated for tinea capitis in childhood as well as the factors that contribute to these outcomes. Medical records, …
Gender Differences in Psychosocial Outcomes of Hair Loss Resulting from Childhood Irradiation for Tinea Capitis
Recent studies have linked hair loss due to childhood irradiation for tinea capitis, a fungal infection of the scalp, to adverse psychosocial and health outcomes in women. However, no study to date has examined gender differences in the outcomes of this type of hair loss. The current study aimed to investigate gender differences in health and psychosocial outcomes of hair loss resulting from childhood irradiation for tinea capitis, and to identif…
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