Ono Hosts Conference on Risk Prevention and Health Promotion

Ono Academic College’ School of Health Professions invites you to a scientific conference on the topic:

• Innovation in risk prevention and health promotion from an interdisciplinary perspective

The Schedule is as follows:

8:30-9:00 Poster Session

09:00 – 10:30 Session1 A – Promoting Health Among Unique Populations

• Perceptions of disrespectful treatment of the mother and postpartum mental health among mothers in Israel – Dr. Sirat Abu Hamed, Prof. Nihaya Daoud
• Youth Peers – An innovative program to promote mental health and prevent mental deterioration among youth with mental difficulties in Israel (The Community Centers Association) – Hadas Lahar, Dr. Yael Mazor, Talia Karaim, Roni Menachem, Masha”v member, Shira Sternfeld
• Implications of Risk Reducing Bilateral Mastectomy among BRCA Mutation Carriers: Functioning and Mental Well-Being – Dr. Osnat Bar Haim Erez, Dr. Pnina Mor, Dr. Danit Langer
• Running and Feeling Better: Leadership of Recovering Women in the Gamani Running Community – Dr. Miri Goldert, Dr. Esti Naveh, Dr. Einav Amram Asherov
• Differences in the threshold of auditory sensitivity to noise (hyperacusis) between those discharged after combat and non-combat military service – Dr. Dina Wexler-Kashi, Shirel Dayan, Sharon Kochavi, Ravit Azran
• Knowledge and attitudes towards the end of life among nursing and medical teams – Dr. Odelia Chen
• Housing adaptation in the shadow of war – Dikla Efrati Chomsky and Efrat Kraus

09:00 – 10:30 Session 1B – Life in Motion: Health and Fitness in the New Era

• Attitudes of physical education teachers and students towards teaching in special education settings – Dr. Or Luntal
• A unique physical activity park to encourage healthy aging among seniors in the community – Dr. Yael Zilbershlag, Prof. Ella Bean, SigalLiraz Salzman
• Case Study: The Benefits of Sports Psychology as a Tool for Improving Quality of Life Among the Elderly Population – Efrat Gutman
• Preventing Heat Injuries from Exertion in an Era of Global Warming – Prof. Yoram Epstein, Ran Yanovitz
• “It’s All in the Head”: Regulations and Rules as a Tool for Raising Awareness of Head Injuries Among Athletes: A Case Study of the Football Industry in Israel – Dr. Sigal Liraz Salzman, Dr. Assaf Lev
• Talk more, feel less? Verbal distractions as a means of changing the perception of pain experienced during physical activity: a qualitative study – Hades Liber
• Fitness Without Limits – Efrat Haraf Almachias, Michal Emanuel Shalev, Tzofit Zmora

11:00 – 12:15 Session 2A – Advanced Medicine: From the Field of Research to Clinical Rehabilitation

• Use of telemedicine – characteristics, attitudes, knowledge, barriers, Patient experience indicators, Patient Outcomes (PREMS & PROMS) among a variety of social groups in Israel – Prof. Orly Thorn, Dr. Sima Reicher, Dr. Galit Madar
• A dedicated protocol for auditory rehabilitation of children with unilateral deafness who have undergone cochlear implant surgery – Dr. Limor Adi-Ben Said, Dr. Yifat Yaar Sofer, Dr. Carmel Eldar, Prof. Yael Henkin
• Innovative intervention approaches in patients with poor cognitive states – Tamar Misha, Prof. Aviya Givaon, Dr. Nodad Shahaf
• First-in-human clinical trial for evaluating the potential of barrier disrupting fields – Dr. Shirley Sharabi, Prof. Yael Mardor, Dr. Itzik Cooper, Dr. Roni Frommer-Shapiro, Dr. David Last
• Development of a new MRI-based tool for examining the blood-brain barrier to detect and prevent secondary damage after traumatic head injury – Dr. Sigal Liraz Salzman, Dr. Shirley Sharabi, Dr. Lest David, Dr. Diane Daniels, Dr. Itzik Cooper, Chen Shemesh, Prof. Michal Beari, Prof. Esther Shahami, Dr. Yael Friedman Levy, Prof. Yael Mardor

11:00 – 12:15 Session 2B – Self-Portrait: Personal Identity in Autism

• Autistic Trauma – Between Secret and Revelation – Dr. Nitzan Almog, Tamir Gabay, Dr. Yael Mazor
• Personal identity and post-traumatic growth among autistic students, against the backdrop of the Iron Swords War – Dr. Efrat Selanikyo, Keren Amidan, Orit Kassel
• Autistic burnout as a mediating factor between camouflage and depression – Dr. Joy Ben Tov, Dr. Ella Sarel-Makhlab, Dr. Shahar Bar Yehuda
• Adapting a school-based suicide prevention intervention program for Autistic adolescents – Dr. Michal Ben Eli
• Panel on innovation in research and field implementation to promote the quality of life of autistic men and women – Dr. Sula Shelly, Social Worker Shai Leadan, Tamir Gabay, Dr. Nitzan Almog

12:30 – 14:00 Keynote Lecture

• Aerobic exercise – a view from the neuropsychiatric angle – Prof. Yoram Yuval

14:00 – 14:45 Lunch

14:45 – 15:45 Session 3A – Managing balance and hearing risks in adults

• Can standard balance tests assess the risk of falls after hip replacement? – Dr. Sigal Liraz Salzman, Dr. Yael Zilbershlag, Prof. Ella Bean
• Telemedicine in balance control in the elderly: Using the Amsterdam Questionnaire for Auditory Function in Everyday Situations to Detect Fall Risk – Dr. Hanna Putter-Katz, Dr. Nitza Horev, Prof. Erez Yaakovi, Prof. Ella Bean
• Right ear dominance in balance control: Detecting fall risk using the speech perception in noise test – Dr. Hanna Putter-Katz, Dr. Nitza Horev, Prof. Ela Bean, Prof. Erez Yaakovi

14:45 – 15:45 Session 3B – Integrated approaches to health and education in changing environments

• The physical environment as a factor influencing speech development in children – Gila Tubul Lavie, Gittit Yitzhaknia
• The importance of auditory monitoring in children in special education settings – Dr. Liora Moss Levy, Fiona Margaliot
• Nurses’ work environment, job satisfaction, workload, and quality of nursing care in geriatric institutions: A mixed methods study – Dr. Firas Abu Hussein
• Growing Space in Times of Crisis: New Knowledge on Training Therapists in Wartime – Dr. Naama Katz

To register, please click here: https://yedion.ono.ac.il/yedion/FireflyWeb.aspx?prgname=PayingForItems&arguments=-N,-N,-N878,-N9476

The conference takes place on:

Wednesday | 11.6.25 | at the Kiryat Ono Campus

Address:

1 Academic Avenue, Kiryat Ono

Conference Chairman: Dr. Assaf Lev

Scientific Committee Chairman: Dr. Limor Adi Ben-Saeed

It is important for us to prepare and make the event accessible to all participants. If you need accessibility adjustments, please contact Tzufit Golan, Institutional Accessibility Officer at tsufit.go@ono.ac.il or by phone0545031059