1. Public Health Nurses Promoting Healthy Lifestyles (PHeeL-PHiNe)
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Shuli Maoz, Ronnie Hasson, Michele Lahmi, Naama Constantini, Gina Verbov, Chen Stein-Zamir, Rani Polak, Rivka Cohen, Nihaya Daoud, Hannah Soltz Aharony, Naomi Edelstein, and Nathalie Bentov
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Adult ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Health Policy ,Public health ,MEDLINE ,Psychological intervention ,Preventive health ,Pilot Projects ,Health Promotion ,Middle Aged ,Nurses, Public Health ,Child health ,Nursing ,Family medicine ,medicine ,Feasibility Studies ,Humans ,Female ,Healthy Lifestyle ,Israel ,business ,Risk Reduction Behavior - Abstract
Mother and Child Health Clinics have provided preventive health services in Israel for nearly a century. The Public Health Nurses Promote Healthy Lifestyles Program was developed to assist families in adopting healthy behaviors. The program ran in the Jerusalem District from 2009 to 2011. After piloting, 175 public health nurses received training and interventions took place in 45 clinics serving parents of 167 213 infant and toddlers per year. When evaluation is completed, our hope is to incorporate the program into Mother and Child Health Clinic services regularly provided nationwide, thereby becoming an integral part of the initiative, Healthy Israel 2020.
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- 2015