Center for Women's Health Studies and Promotion

Theses and Doctoral Dissertations of the center's researchers

Name of the Student

Name of the Supervisor

Degree

Research Area

 Ms. Shir Daphna-Tekoah

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel 

 Prof. Rachel Lev- Wiesel

 

MA

 

Mental and Physical Health Amongst Battered Women in the Negev

Ms. Shimrit Engelsman

 

 Prof. Ephrat Huss

 

MA

 

"Forever is mercy built" (Psalms, 89:3)

The Experiences of Charedi Foster Mothers in Israel

 

 Ms. Najlaa Massry

 Dr. Dorit Segal- Engelchin
 Prof. Ephrat Huss

MA

 

Marriage Before Legal Age: The Experience of Young Wives in Arab Villages in Israel

 

 Ms. Sheryl E. Mendlinger

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 

PhD

 

Knowledge Acquisition: Examining Intergenerational and Cultural Effects of Origins and Influences of Women’s Health Behaviors in Israel

 

​ Ms. Tali Rosenbach

​ Prof. Orly Sarid

 Dr.Yana Shraga​

MA​

Beliefs and Behaviors of Mothers from Different Ethno-Social Groups Regarding Administration of Iron and Vitamin D Supplements to Infants and Toddlers

Ms. Meital Simhi

 Prof. Orly Sarid

 

MA

Health Beliefs of Orthodox Mothers Towards the Use of Preventive Medical-Care of Infants

 

 Ms. Tania Tarlovsky- Korenfeld

 

  Prof. Ephrat Huss

 

MA

Recognition of Single-Mothers Children's Experience by Artistic Tools

Ms. Mor Yehudai

​ Prof. Orly Sarid

​MA

Substance Abusing Mothers: Toward an Understanding of Parenting and Risk Behavior​

 Ms. Marina Yurovsky

  Prof. Ephrat Huss

 

MA

 

"Adoption Book"

The Experience of Writing the Adoption Story as a Children's Story

 

 

 

Women coping with Stressful Life Events ​

Mr. Evyatar Ayzen

  Prof. Orly Sarid 

 

MA

 

Suicide Attempts among IDF Soldiers: Socio-Demographics

 

​ Mr. Jonathan Hod ​ Prof. Orly Sarid ​MA

Military Men and Women in the Fighting Profession: Symptoms of Distress and Coping Resources

​ Ms. Miri Kogan Bar-Or ​ Prof. Ephrat Huss ​MA

Stressful Events in Veteran Women who Served in Israeli Defense Force (IDF)

 

 Ms. Maya Lalush

 

 Prof. Ephrat Huss 

 Prof. Michal Krumer-Nevo

 

MA

 

This is My Neighborhood - Living in an Impoverished Neighborhood as Experienced by Teenage Girls

  Ms. Agam Marom 

 

Prof. Ephrat Huss 

 

MA 

 

 

Assessing the Experiences of Israeli Men who Served in Combat-Related Roles in the Isreali Defense Forces

 

 

​ Ms. Nirit Mordish - Volk ​ Prof. Julie Cwikel 

 Dr.Orit Nuttman- Shwartz

MA

​Effect of Sense of Belonging to the Community and Sense of Well-Being among Women Following Forced Relocation
     

Sexuality, Pregnancy and Birth

Ms. Johanna Czamanski- Cohen

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 Prof. Orly Sarid

 Dr. Iris Har-Vardi

 

PhD

 

The Effect of Cognitive Behavioral Interventions on Psychological Stress, Pregnancy Rates and Cell Free DNA among Women Undergoing In-Vitro Fertilization Treatments

Ms. Na'ama Hayat

 

 Dr. Dorit Segal- Engelchin
Prof. Orly Sarid

 

MA

Ante-Partum Depression
 

 

 

Women Coping With Illness and Pain

Ms. Tamar Dryfuss

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 Prof. Lea Kacen

MA

 

"I Knew What It Was…"

The Meaning of the Delay in Breast Cancer Diagnosis: Life Stories of Women Diagnosed with Advanced Breast Cancer

 

 Ms. June Hare

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 Prof. Lea Kacen

 

PhD

 

Life Stories of Women who have Experienced Heart Attack: Myocardial Infarction

Ms. Noa Kfir-Levin

 Dr. Dorit Segal- Engelchin

MA

To Die in Order to Live- The Meaning of Mental Pain in the Life Stories of Women who Survived a Suicide Attempt

Mr. David Kozarinsky

 Prof. Julie Cwikel 

 Dr. Aya Biderman

MD

 

Using Women's Video Life Stories in Order to Create Educational Materials for MDs in Oncology – A Content Analysis

 

 

 Ms. Svetlana Prokasheva 

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 

PhD

 

Objective and Subjective Cognitive

Functioning among Women with Breast Cancer

 

 

 

Eating Disorders

Ms. Liron Greenberg

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 Prof. Julia Mirsky 

 Prof. Shifra Sagi

MA

Personal and Cultural Correlates of the Tendency Toward Eating Disorders

 

 

 

Health Promotion Interventions

 Ms. Edna Ahronson

 Prof. Julie Cwikel 
Prof. Paul Hare

 

PhD

 

Empowerment of Battered Women as a Tool for Preventing Violence

 

 Ms. Ephrat Huss

  Prof. Julie Cwikel

 

PhD

Art as a Speech Act for Marginalized Bedouin Women

 Ms. Michal Magos

  Prof. Ephrat Huss

 

MA

 

Between Realities and Dream

 

 

 

Women in the Workforce

Ms. Amit Shapira

 Dr. Dorit Segal- Engelchin

 

MA

"Building Their Way to the Top" The Meaning of Career Success in the Life Stories of Ethiopian Women

 Ms. Dikla Toyerman

  Dr. Dorit Segal- Engelchin

 Prof. Orly Sarid

 

MA

Self-Esteem and Job Satisfaction among Women and Men with Intellectual Disability who Work in Sheltered Workshops

 

 

 

Issues Related to Women's Health Services

Ms. Lora Warshawsky-Livne z"l

 

 Prof. Julie Cwikel

 Prof. Joseph

 Pliskin

 

PhD

 

Analysis of the Organizational, Managerial and Economic Aspects of Healthcare Delivery for Women in Israel