Dr. Ricky Bitton Cohen
Period of Study | Name of Institution and Department | Degree |
2003-2007 | Graduate of the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Science- University of Haifa and the Faculty of Medicine-Technion (Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa). | B.A., R.N |
2008-2010 | Graduate of the School of Public Health- University of Haifa. | M.H.A |
2016 – 2018 | Dissertation (Thesis) for the School of Public Health-University of Haifa. Grade for Dissertation-95. | Thesis in public health |
2018- 2021 | School of Public Health- University of Haifa. Research subject: Developing a theoretical-applied model based on the “Positive Deviance Approach” for behavioral change in maintaining hygiene to reduce Healthcare Associated Infection (HCAI) rates in Israeli hospitals. (Haddasah Medical Center, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Rambam Health Care Campus). | PhD
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2.Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Cohen, R., Mir Halavi, A., Zemach, M., van Heerden, V.,Sviri, S., Benenson, S., Trahtemberg, U., Orenbuch-Harroch, E., Lowenstein, L., Shteinberg, D., Salmon, A., Moses, A. (2018). Beyond the hospital infection control guidelines: a qualitative study using the Positive Deviance approach to achieve efficacy and clarity. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. Vol. 7:124.
3.Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Abed Elhadi Shahbari, N., Cohen, R., Mir Halavi,A., Hijazi, R., Paz-Yaakobovitch, G., Birman, Y. (2019). Differences in perceptions of health information between the public and health care professionals: A non-probability sampling questionnaire survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research. Vol. 21(7): e14105.
4.Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Cohen, R., Zemach, M., Mir Halavi, A. Research Group. (2019, Epub July 27, 2019). Discourse on hygiene between hospitalized patients and healthcare workers as an accepted norm: Making it legitimate to remind healthcare workers about hand hygiene. American Journal of Infection Control.
5. Cohen, R., Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Singhal, A., Benenson, S., Moses, A. E. (2019). Deconstruction of central line insertion guidelines based on the positive deviance approach – reducing gaps between guidelines and implementation: A qualitative ethnographic research. PLoS ONE, 14(9): e0222608.
6.Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Cohen, R., Diamant, A. (2019). Experts’ views on the gaps in public health emergency preparedness in Israel: a qualitative case study. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness.
7.Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Cohen, R., Hijazi, R., Abed Elhadi Shahbari, N. (2020). Analysis of Public Perception of the Israeli Government’s Early Emergency Instructions Regarding COVID-19: Online Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. Covid-19 Special Issue: Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management. Vol. 22(5):e19370.
8.Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Cohen, R., Abed Elhadi Shahbari, N., Hijazi, R. (2020). A mixed-methods sequential explanatory design comparison between COVID-19 infection control guidelines’ applicability and their protective value as perceived by Israeli healthcare workers, and healthcare executives’ response. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control. Vol. 9:148.
9. Cohen, R., Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Singhal, A., Benenson, S., Moses, A. E. (2020).What distinguishes positive deviance (PD) health professionals from their peers and what impact does a PD intervention have on behavior change: A cross-sectional study of infection control and prevention in three Israeli hospitals. Epidemiology & Infection. Vol 148: e259.
10.Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Zemach, M., Cohen, R., Miron-Shatz, T., Negev, M.,Mesch, G.S. (2021). The influence of new information that contradicts common knowledge about earthquake preparedness in Israel: A mixed methods experiment study. PLoS ONE.
11. Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Cohen, R., Mir Halavi, A., Zemach, M. (2021). Motivating healthcare professionals (nurses, nurse assistants, physicians) to integrate new practices for preventing healthcare associated infections into the care continuum: turning Positive Deviance into positive norms. BMC Infectious Diseases.
12. Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Alamour, Y., Cohen, R., Abed Elhadi Shahbari, N., Hijazi, R., Orr, D., … & Singhal, A. (2021). Creating safe spaces to prevent unintentional childhood injuries among the Bedouins in southern Israel: A hybrid model comprising positive deviance, community-based participatory research, and entertainment-education. PloS one, 16(9), e0257696.
13. Gesser-Edelsburg, Hijazi, R., Cohen, R. It Takes Two to Tango: Israel Ministry of Health Characterization of its COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign vs. News Coverage. Frontiers Public Health.
14. Cohen, R., Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Singhal, A., Benenson, S., Moses, A. E. (2022). Translating a theory-based Positive Deviance approach into an applied tool: Mitigating barriers among health professionals (HPs) regarding infection prevention and control (IPC) guidelines. PLoS ONE, 14(9): e0222608.
