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2. "Here I can like watermelon": culinary redemption among the African Hebrew Israelites.
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Avieli, Nir and Markowitz, Fran
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WATERMELONS , *JEWS , *REDEMPTION , *PASSOVER - Abstract
Every May, the African Hebrew Israelite Community (AHIC), a transnational millenarian group with its headquarters in the Israeli desert town of Dimona, celebrates its most important festival, "New World Passover." Commemorating their exodus from "the land of the great captivity" (the US) to Israel, the colorful, joyful event has a striking culinary feature: a huge pile of several tons of watermelon is set in the park amidst the celebrants, who feast on the juicy fruit along with their many guests. In this article, based on long-term ethnographic study conducted in Dimona's "Kfar HaShalom" (Village of Peace), the AHIC spiritual and administrative center, we explore the various meanings attributed by group members to the watermelon as a healthy, tasty marker of the season; as a natural aphrodisiac; and as an expression of the community's freedom in Israel. We coin the term "culinary redemption" to engage theoretically with these transformations in substance and meaning that are attributed to the watermelon. We argue that the community's positive manipulations of watermelons, which are otherwise associated with African-American culture in adverse modes, are material and spiritual expressions of the AHIC's transformation that allows its members to demonstrate their belonging to the land and people of Israel while dealing with and overcoming American and Israeli prejudice and racism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2022
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3. Food for the body and soul: Veganism, righteous male bodies, and culinary redemption in the Kingdom of Yah.
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Markowitz, Fran and Avieli, Nir
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RELIGIOUS movements ,REDEMPTION ,AFTERLIFE ,SOCIAL movements ,VEGANISM ,SOCIAL justice ,FOOD habits - Abstract
This article grapples with the unlikely combination of veganism, righteous black bodies, and servitude as expressed in the "divine holistic culture" of the African Hebrew Israelite Community (AHIC). Based on our ethnography of how the Community re-scripts strong, virile black male bodies from rough brutes to responsible and righteous patriarchs, we show how the Hebrew Israelites' vegan diet undergirds their Biblically based culture and fuels their salvation project. We propose the term "culinary redemption" to encapsulate the dramatic shift made by the AHIC from a theology based on salvation in the afterlife to a restorative cosmology in the here and now, and suggest that the food and foodways of other subaltern groups also provide powerful material for initiating social justice movements and religious change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2022
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4. Share, comment, but do not like: The effect of politicians' facial attractiveness on audience engagement on Facebook.
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Markowitz-Elfassi, Dana, Yarchi, Moran, and Samuel-Azran, Tal
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SEXUAL attraction , *SOCIAL impact , *POLITICAL debates , *POLITICIANS , *ELECTION Day , *AUDIENCES - Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of politicians' facial attractiveness on their online popularity as reflected in audience engagement with their Facebook posts during the 2015 Israeli election campaign. Design/methodology/approach: Using Israel's 2015 election campaign as the case study, the authors analyzed all messages posted (n=501) on 33 politicians' official Facebook pages during the week leading to Election Day. Findings: The results demonstrate that audiences do engage more with posts of the more facially attractive politicians. These posts generated more shares, more comments and more participants in their discussions – but not more likes – relative to posts of less attractive politicians. These effects became even stronger when the posts were accompanied by one or more visual image, and remained significant even after controlling for other engagement predictors, such as a politician's gender, seniority or the timing of a post's publication. Social implications: The findings emphasize the importance of attractive looks for politicians. The findings highlight that attractive politicians' posts attract more attention, allowing them to better spread their ideas. Thus, politicians should aim to post aesthetic images and visuals to promote better engagement with their ideas on social media. Originality/value: The study expands our understanding of online presentations of politicians, focusing on the effect of politicians' facial attractiveness on their online popularity. Recent studies have demonstrated that physically attractive politicians enjoy more and better media attention on television news, but not in non-visual media such as radio and newspapers. This effect has not been examined in the social media environment, a central arena for today's political debates and one that involves many visual messages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2019
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5. Cognitive-Functional (Cog-Fun) Dyadic Intervention for Children with ADHD and Their Parents: Impact on Parenting Self-Efficacy.
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Hahn-Markowitz, Jeri, Berger, Itai, Manor, Iris, and Maeir, Adina
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TREATMENT of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder , *ANALYSIS of variance , *CHI-squared test , *COGNITIVE therapy , *STATISTICAL correlation , *CROSSOVER trials , *MULTIVARIATE analysis , *OCCUPATIONAL therapy , *PARENT-child relationships , *PARENTING , *PARENTS of children with disabilities , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *RESEARCH funding , *STATISTICAL sampling , *SCALE analysis (Psychology) , *SELF-efficacy , *SELF-evaluation , *T-test (Statistics) , *RANDOMIZED controlled trials , *TREATMENT effectiveness , *PARENT attitudes , *DATA analysis software , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *CHILDREN , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
Aim: The family context of children with ADHD plays a role in intervention outcomes, especially when parents are involved in treatment. Parental participation in evidence-based treatment for ADHD may play a role in improving their own parenting self-efficacy (PSE) as well as child outcomes. This study examined the impact of Cognitive-Functional (Cog-Fun) intervention in occupational therapy (OT) for school-aged children with ADHD, on PSE. Methods: In this randomized controlled trial with crossover design, 107 children were allocated to intervention and waitlist control groups. Intervention participants (n = 50) received Cog-Fun after baseline assessment and waitlist controls (n = 49) received treatment 3 months later. Intervention participants received 3-month follow-up assessment. Treatment included 10 parent-child Cog-Fun weekly sessions. PSE was assessed with the Tool to measure Parenting Self-Efficacy (TOPSE). Results: All children who began treatment completed it. Mixed ANOVA revealed significant Time x Group interaction effects on TOPSE scales of Play and Enjoyment, Control, Self-Acceptance, Knowledge and Learning and Total score, which showed significant improvement with moderate treatment effects for the intervention group. Results were replicated in the control group after crossover. Conclusion: The findings of this study suggest that Cog-Fun OT intervention may be effective for improving aspects of PSE among parents of children with ADHD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2018
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6. Effectiveness of Cognitive-Functional (Cog-Fun) Intervention With Children With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Pilot Study.
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Hahn-Markowitz, Jeri, Manor, Iris, and Maeir, Adina
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ANALYSIS of variance ,ATTENTION-deficit hyperactivity disorder ,COGNITIVE therapy ,COMPUTER software ,OCCUPATIONAL therapy for children ,HEALTH outcome assessment ,PSYCHOLOGY of parents ,PROBABILITY theory ,RESEARCH funding ,STATISTICAL sampling ,STATISTICS ,PILOT projects ,DATA analysis ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,EVALUATION ,CHILDREN - Abstract
The executive function (EF) deficits of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) hinder their performance of complex daily functions. Despite the existing evidence-based pharmacological interventions for ADHD symptoms, no intervention has yet been found that deals directly with EFs in daily tasks. Fourteen children and their parents participated in the Cognitive-Functional (Cog-Fun) program in occupational therapy, which is tailored to the executive dysfunction of ADHD and focuses on enabling cognitive strategies for occupational performance. The study included initial assessment of EFs (Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Functions; Tower of London
DX ), occupational performance (Canadian Occupational Performance Measure), 10 sessions of Cog-Fun intervention with each child-parent dyad, and postintervention and 3-month follow-up assessments. We found significant improvements with medium to large effects on outcome measures after intervention, and most effects were maintained at follow-up. The findings warrant controlled studies examining the effectiveness of this intervention for children with ADHD. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...- Published
- 2011
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7. Exploring the Association between Israeli Legislators' Physical Attractiveness and Their Television News Coverage.
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Yariv Tsfati, Elfassi, Dana Markowitz, and Waismel-Manor, Israel
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LEGISLATORS , *TELEVISION broadcasting of news , *POLITICIANS , *MULTIVARIATE analysis , *JOURNALISM , *PRESS & politics , *NEWSPAPERS , *DECISION making - Abstract
This study develops and tests the hypothesis that physically attractive politicians receive more news coverage. The physical attractiveness of Members of the 16th Israeli Knesset (MKs) was assessed by students abroad, who did not know they were evaluating Israeli politicians. The number of times each member appeared on national television news at the time of study was obtained and used as a measure of television news coverage. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that, over and above controls for a host of factors, the physical attractiveness of the MKs was associated with their coverage in television news. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2010
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8. Soul Citizenship: The Black Hebrews and the State of Israel.
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Markowitz, Fran, Helman, Sara, and Shir-Vertesh, Dafna
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CITIZENSHIP , *AFRICAN American Jews , *DIASPORA , *CULTURE , *HUMAN geography - Abstract
Based on the experiences of the Black Hebrews in Israel, this article introduces "soul citizenship," an alternate discourse that asserts the right of individuals and groups to match their self-defined identities with existing states. After years of living in the Jewish State as an illegal yet tolerated presence, the African Hebrew Israelite Community (AHIC) gained temporary residence status, or according to the postnational model of membership, de facto citizenship. Nonetheless, having reformulated their claims in terms of Jewish cultural pluralism instead of race, the Black Hebrews continue to demand full Israeli citizenship. Rejecting postnational splits among identity, legal status, and territory, their soulful claims suggest a model of citizenship that opens new space for misplaced peopIe(s) to gain membership in the states that meet their cultural aspirations and nourish their souls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] more...
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- 2003
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9. Shopping in the Negev: global flows and local contingencies.
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Markowitz, Fran and Uriely, Natan
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ETHNOLOGY ,SHOPPING centers ,DISCURSIVE practices ,CONSUMER behavior - Abstract
The article focuses the ethnography of the global and local shopping practices in the Old City leisure zones and at the BIG outdoor shopping center in the city of Beersheva, Negev, Israel. Analyses at two consumer sites suggest that global and local are more overlapping social practices than everyday discourse. Further, it concludes that opposite sorts of consumption sites are rooted both in local contexts and the variability of globalization processes. more...
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- 2002
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10. Russkaia Druzhba: Russian Friendship in American and Israeli Contexts.
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Markowitz, Fran
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SOVIET Jews , *FRIENDSHIP , *RUSSIANS - Abstract
Discusses changes in the friendships of Jews who migrated to the U.S. or Israel from the Soviet Union. Soviet immigrants' observation that friends in the U.S. do not get together as frequently as they did in Russia; Former Soviet Jews' claim that their friendships after emigration become more a matter of voluntary and convenient association than of mutual need; Disconnection from a Russian cultural heritage that played an important role in Soviet Jews' lives. more...
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- 1991
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11. ISRAELIS WITH A RUSSIAN ACCENT.
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Markowitz, Fran
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GROUP identity ,IDEOLOGY ,PSYCHOLOGY ,IDENTITY (Psychology) ,SOCIAL cohesion - Abstract
The article explains the inconsistencies in the Russian immigrants' long-term adaptation process in Israel. Nature of Russian identity as Israelis; Concept of assimilationism; Contradictions through the interpretations of State ideology and personal sentiments; Social identity of Soviet Jews; Two-way process of change which refashioned both former Soviet Jews and Israeli society in the 1980s. This paper seeks to explicate what seem to be inconsistencies in the "olim's" long-term adaptation process. On the one hand, they declare "We are Israelis, completely and absolutely at home," while on the other, they remain primary speakers of Russian and avid followers of political events Land cultural developments in the Soviet Union. Ideology and life history converge in the reminiscences of Russian "olim" as they stress the fact that "Russia wasn't ours" in recounting why they had made the decision to come to Israel in the first place Zhanna was 33 years old in 1988 and had lived in Israel for 11 years when she commented that during all the time that she had lived in the Soviet Union, she knew that the country was not hers. more...
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- 1993
12. Launching Israel's next generation.
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Markowitz, Dan
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TENNIS - Abstract
Deals with the efforts of Jewish tennis player Dick Savitt for the improvement of tennis in Israel. His collaborators for the first Israeli tennis center; World rankings of the Israeli tennis players who graduated from the center; Comment from Gilad Bloom, director of the centers' elite junior group. more...
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- 1998
13. Brief video intervention to increase treatment-seeking among individuals living in a conflict zone: A randomized controlled trial.
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Amsalem D, Haim-Nachum S, Lazarov A, Levi-Belz Y, Markowitz JC, Bergman M, Rafaeli AK, Brenner LA, Nacasch N, Wainberg M, Lurie I, Mendlovic S, and Neria Y
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- Humans, Male, Female, Adult, Middle Aged, Israel, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic therapy, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic psychology, Young Adult, Terrorism psychology, Video Recording, Patient Acceptance of Health Care
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Background: On October 7, 2023, a large-scale attack in Southern Israel and the ensuing war led to widespread casualties and the displacement of hundreds of thousands in Southern and Northern Israel. The conflict has exacerbated mental health issues. This randomized controlled trial assessed a brief social-contact-based video intervention on a large sample of individuals living in conflict zones, aiming to examine its effects on increasing treatment-seeking intentions. As a secondary aim, we tested changes in treatment-seeking behavior., Methods: Participants (N = 1,052), civilians in conflict zones in Israel, were randomized into either a brief video-based or a psychoeducational control intervention. The 2.5-minute video featured the personal story of a terrorist attack survivor sharing his traumatic experiences and subsequent mental health struggles. Treatment-seeking intentions were assessed at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at a 30-day follow-up. Treatment-seeking behavior was assessed at the 30- and 90-day follow-ups., Results: The brief video intervention elicited an immediate increase in treatment-seeking intentions. A significant group-by-time interaction emerged (χ²=10.5, df=2, p=.005; Cohen's d = 0.36), particularly among male viewers (p<.001; d = 0.47). However, these effects were not sustained 30 days after the initial viewing. We found no effect on treatment-seeking behavior., Conclusions: This trial confirms the efficacy of a single brief social-contact-based video intervention in increasing treatment-seeking intentions, among those in conflict-affected areas. Although the impact was brief, this accessible intervention underscores its potential as a strategy to facilitate treatment-seeking intentions., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflicts of interest., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.) more...
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- 2025
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14. Aging and aggregate costs of medical care: conceptual and policy issues.
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Chernichovsky D and Markowitz S
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Health Expenditures statistics & numerical data, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Israel epidemiology, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality trends, Socioeconomic Factors, Health Expenditures trends, Health Policy, Population Dynamics
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The conventional wisdom says that because the cost of health care for the aged is more than that of the young at any time, there is a positive relationship between the aging or higher life expectancy of the population and aggregate health care spending. It is difficult, however, to find evidence to support this argument. We present a simple framework that shows how aging of the population may not necessarily increase the total cost of medical care over time or be observed across nations. This follows because numerous other factors that change with aging affect cost of care in ways that are not age-neutral. Such factors include age-specific shifts in morbidity and mortality, growth in income and insurance coverage, rising levels of education and changing technology. Consequently, the relative medical costs of the aged may indeed increase, at least for demographic reasons. Simultaneously, however, the costs of the young may decrease for the same reasons. The Israeli experience, used as a basis for a cursory empirical discussion of the issues, supports the line of reasoning presented in the paper., (Copyright 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.) more...
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- 2004
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15. The founder mutation MSH2*1906G-->C is an important cause of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer in the Ashkenazi Jewish population.
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Foulkes WD, Thiffault I, Gruber SB, Horwitz M, Hamel N, Lee C, Shia J, Markowitz A, Figer A, Friedman E, Farber D, Greenwood CM, Bonner JD, Nafa K, Walsh T, Marcus V, Tomsho L, Gebert J, Macrae FA, Gaff CL, Paillerets BB, Gregersen PK, Weitzel JN, Gordon PH, MacNamara E, King MC, Hampel H, De La Chapelle A, Boyd J, Offit K, Rennert G, Chong G, and Ellis NA more...
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- Alanine genetics, Case-Control Studies, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 genetics, Crystallography, X-Ray, Female, Gene Frequency genetics, Haplotypes genetics, Heterozygote, Humans, Israel, Male, Microsatellite Repeats genetics, MutS Homolog 2 Protein, Mutation, Missense genetics, Neoplasms genetics, Pedigree, Polymorphism, Genetic genetics, Proline genetics, Protein Conformation, Proto-Oncogene Proteins analysis, Proto-Oncogene Proteins chemistry, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis genetics, DNA-Binding Proteins, Founder Effect, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Jews genetics, Point Mutation genetics, Proto-Oncogene Proteins genetics
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Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is caused by mutations in the mismatch-repair genes. We report here the identification and characterization of a founder mutation in MSH2 in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. We identified a nucleotide substitution, MSH2*1906G-->C, which results in a substitution of proline for alanine at codon 636 in the MSH2 protein. This allele was identified in 15 unrelated Ashkenazi Jewish families with HNPCC, most of which meet the Amsterdam criteria. Genotype analysis of 18 polymorphic loci within and flanking MSH2 suggested a single origin for the mutation. All colorectal cancers tested showed microsatellite instability and absence of MSH2 protein, by immunohistochemical analysis. In an analysis of a population-based incident series of 686 Ashkenazi Jews from Israel who have colorectal cancer, we identified 3 (0.44%) mutation carriers. Persons with a family history of colorectal or endometrial cancer were more likely to carry the mutation than were those without such a family history (P=.042), and those with colorectal cancer who carried the mutation were, on average, younger than affected individuals who did not carry it (P=.033). The mutation was not detected in either 566 unaffected Ashkenazi Jews from Israel or 1,022 control individuals from New York. In hospital-based series, the 1906C allele was identified in 5/463 Ashkenazi Jews with colorectal cancer, in 2/197 with endometrial cancer, and in 0/83 with ovarian cancer. When families identified by family history and in case series are included, 25 apparently unrelated Ashkenazi Jewish families have been found to harbor this mutation. Although this pathogenic mutation is not frequent in the Ashkenazi Jewish population (accounting for 2%-3% of colorectal cancer in those whose age at diagnosis is <60 years), it is highly penetrant and accounts for approximately one-third of HNPCC in Ashkenazi Jewish families that fulfill the Amsterdam criteria. more...
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- 2002
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16. Environmental influences on perceptual and motor skills of children from immigrant Ethiopian families.
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Rosenblum S, Katz N, Hahn-Markowitz J, Mazor-Karsenty T, and Parush S
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- Age Factors, Child, Ethiopia ethnology, Female, Humans, Israel, Male, Motor Skills, Child Development, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Emigration and Immigration statistics & numerical data, Jews statistics & numerical data, Psychomotor Performance, Social Environment
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The purpose of this study was to examine environmental influences on perceptual and motor skills of children from immigrant Ethiopian families in Israel in comparison with those of Israeli-born children. The subjects were divided into groups based on age (6- to 8-yr.-olds and 10- to 12-yr.-olds) and length of time in Israel. The results of this study show that the perceptual and motor performance of 6- to 8-yr.-old, less recent Ethiopian immigrants is similar to that of the recent Ethiopian immigrants of the same age. A difference exists between those two groups and the Israeli-born children of the same age. In the 10- to 12-yr.-old age group, there is a marked difference between the performance of the two groups of Ethiopian immigrants. The difference between the less recent immigrants and the Israeli-born children is smaller for most tasks; however, the less recent immigrants' performance is still poorer than that of the Israeli children. These results are compatible with those of other studies describing the difficulties encountered by children who had not studied in formal educational settings and those who have had that experience. more...
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- 2000
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17. The efficacy of an early prevention program facilitated by occupational therapists: a follow-up study.
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Parush S and Hahn-Markowitz J
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- Child Rearing, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Israel, Male, Maternal-Child Health Centers, Mother-Child Relations, Child Behavior Disorders prevention & control, Developmental Disabilities prevention & control, Early Intervention, Educational, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Mothers education, Occupational Therapy
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Objective: This study examined the long-term effect of an early prevention program on mothers' knowledge, attitudes, and practices with regard to their children's development. The prevention program focused on increasing the mothers' sensitivity to their children's needs and their awareness of the importance of their role in their children's early development., Method: Fifty-five mothers and their infants received approximately .5 hours of intervention once every 8 weeks during the infants' first year of life. A control group of 54 mothers and their infants did not receive the intervention. Subjects' knowledge of their children's sensory, motor, and language abilities; their beliefs in their ability to influence their children's development; and an indication of whether they implemented their knowledge were all measured with the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices Questionnaire (KAP) 1.5 years to 2 years after completion of the prevention program., Results: KAP scores of the intervention group were higher than the scores of the control group, suggesting that the prevention program helped mothers acquire greater knowledge and more appropriate attitudes and practices about child development., Conclusion: This study supports the theory that the effect of a primary prevention program during the first year of a child's life can be sustained for 1 year to 2 years. more...
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- 1997
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