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Dr Sigal Naim

About

Sigal Na'im is a senior lecturer in the undergraduate and graduate departments of Health Systems Management and head of the research authority at the academic college of law and sciences.
Additionally, Sigal lectures in the Human Services department at Emek Yezreel Academic College. Sigal is also the academic coordinator of the Age Friendly University unit at the University of Haifa. She completed her doctoral studies in the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, under the supervision of Professor Galit Nimrod.
She conducted her post-doctoral studies at the School of Communication at Ariel University, under the supervision of Professor Azi Lev-On. Her doctoral dissertation dealt with aged people on online social networks (mainly Facebook) – motivations, usage patterns, benefits and risks. Her post-doctoral work dealt with digital literacy in old age.
Currently, Sigal specializes in policy research in the field of aging, particularly in age-friendly environments.

Areas of Research

New-media and SNS in old age; Digital literacy in old age; Elders’ inequality; Social exclusion/inclusion in old age; Elder abuse, and neglect including self-neglect; Aging policy; Qualitative research methods.

Senior citizens employment; Age friendly environments

Courses

Gerontology
Digital medicine
Dilemmas and decision making in health system
Old age and technology
Academic writing and critic reading
Israel’s Health system structure

Selected Publications

      Articles in Refereed Journals

  1. Lev-On, A., Steinfeld, N., Abu-Kishk, H., & Naim, S. P. (2020). The long-term effects of digital literacy programs for disadvantaged populations: analyzing participants’ perceptions. JICES - Journal of Information and Communication Ethics in Society, 19(1), 146-162. https://doi.org/10.1108/JICES-02-2020-0019
  2. Bar-Tur, L., Brick, Y., Jacobson, M. I., Brick-Deshen, S., Zilbershlag, Y., & Naim, S. P. (2021). Telephone-based emotional support for older-adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Aging and Social Policy, 33(4-5), 522-538. DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2021.1924414
  3. Bar-Tur, L., Brick, T., Jacobson, M. I., Brick-Deshen, S., Zilbershlag, Y., & Naim, S. P. (2021). Emotional support for older adults during the Covid-19 pandemic- A tele-based support program. Gerontology & Geriatrics, 47(3-4), 147-162. (Hebrew).
  4. Aartsen, M., Walsh, K., Villar, F., Lowenstein, A., Katz, R., Naim, S. P., Motel-Klingebiel, A., Wanka, A., Urbaniak, A., Hansen, T., & Vidovićová, L. (2021). Exclusion from Social Relations in Later Life and the Role of Gender: A Heuristic Model. The Journal of Gender and Research, 22(1), 16-33.
  5. Hansen, T., Petrová Kafková, M., Katz, R., Lowenstein, A., Naim, S. P., Pavlidis, G., Villar, F., Walsh, K., & Aartsen, M. Exclusion from social relations in later life: Micro and macro-level patterns and correlates in a European perspective. (2021). International Journal of Environmental Research, 18(23),
  6. Brick, Y. & Naim, S. P., (2022). Governmental policy regarding senior citizens – Selected issues. Mirrors, 64, 6-25. [Hebrew].
  7. Naim, S. P., Katz, R. & Lowenstein, A. (2022). COVID-19 effect on intergenerational relationship in old age – Comparison between Jews and Arabs. Israel [Hebrew].

    Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books|

    Band-Winterstein, T., Doron, I. & Naim, S. P.  (2018). Practice Wisdom: Professional Responses to Self-Neglect in Israel. In: Day, M. R. McCarthy G. & Fitzpatrick, J. J. (Ed.), Self-Neglect in Older Adults a Global, Evidence-Based Resource for Nurses and Other Healthcare Providers (Chapter 15, p. 193-212) New York: Springer.Lowenstein, A., & Naim, S. P. (2020). Coping with elder abuse in Israel: The multi-systemic model. In M. Kapur Shankardas (Ed.), International handbook of elder abuse and mistreatment (p. 335-348). Springer.Research reports
    Lev-On, A., Brainin, E., Abu-Kishk, H., Zilberstein, T., Steinfeld, N., & Naim, S. P. (2018). Narrowing the gap: Characterization of participants, short and long-term perceived effects of participation in LEHAVA program (To narrow the digital gap in Israeli society. Final Research Report submitted to Israel Ministry of Science, Technology & Space. Ariel University.
    Policy Brief
    Naim, S. P., Lowenstein, A. & Torres, S. (2019). Policy Brief – Civic exclusion at old age. For the RoseNet Cost Action on Elders' Exclusion.Encyclopedia entry
    Naim, S. P., Lowenstein, A., & Katz, R. (2019). Social Exchange Theory and its Relationship with Health and Aging. An entry for the Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging edited by Danan Gu and Mattew E. Dupre

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דוא"ל: sigaln@edu.mishpat.ac.il

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