The Division for Development and Public Relations     GAIL  AUSLANDER,  ZENA HARMAN PROFESSOR OF SOCIAL WORK  Status : ACTIVE Birth place : WASHINGTON D.C. Office Phone: 02-588-2191 Fax: 02-582-3587 E-Mail: msgail@mscc.huji.ac.il U.R.L: http://www.sw.huji.ac.il/eng/staff_academ_in.asp?id=41   Department Faculty   PAUL BAERWALD SCHOOL OF SOCIAL W PAUL BAERWALD SCHOOL OF SOCIAL Dept. Description   Academic Degree   Institution Year D.S.W. COLUMBIA UNIV. 1985   Academic Position   Year PROFESSOR 2004 ASSOC. PROFESSOR 1995 SENIOR LECTURER 1990 LECTURER 1987   Administrative Position   From To Dean, Paul Baerwald School of Social Work & Social Welfare 2006 2010   External Academic Positions Visiting Research Fellow, Royal Children's Hosp., Melbourne Awards and Honors: Ford Foundation Fellowship   Research Interests Quality of life of patients with chronic illness. Help-seeking behavior medical services and social services utilization). Discharge planning and continuity of care. Family caregivers of hospitalized patients (in acute care settings). Parents of children with serious or chronic illness - stress, coping and adaptation.   Research Projects Barriers to utilization of health services and social work services The continuum of care of social work clients - from the community to Families as caregivers of hospitalized patients - tasks, motivation,   Selected Publications Publication Title   Year Use of GPS technology for measuring timing and distance of 2011 Who should make the decision on the use of GPS for people with 2011 What do cognitively intact older people think about the use of 2010 What can we learn about the mobility of the elderly in the GPS 2010 Family and professional caregivers' views of using advanced 2010 Cooperation with complex research protocols: The use of global 2010 The use of tracking technologies for the analysis of outdoor 2010 Attitudes of family and professional caregivers towards the use 2009 Discharge planning in acute care hospitals in Israel: Services 2008 The use of advanced tracking technologies for the analysis of 2008 Social network and social support among functionally impaired 2008 The role of stress in the relationship between gender and 2006 Help seeking and barriers to utilization of medical and social 2006 Utilization of health-based social work services among immigrant 2005 Social work in the health system: International issues and their 2005 The relationship between formal social networks and quality of 2004 Inter-organizational cooperation among social workers: The case 2003 Parental anxiety following discharge of their Very Low Birth 2003 Parents' satisfaction with care in the neonatal intensive care 2003 Quality of life of patients with end-stage renal disease at 2003 Quality of life and social support following distal arterial 2003 The supportive community: Accepting and utilizing help among old 2003 Evaluating an activity intervention with hemodialysis patients 2002 Inequality in the press towards people with disabilities. In: 2001 Discharge planning for complex paediatric cases. 2001 Comparing social work's role in renal dialysis in Israel and the 2001 Social work in health care, what have we achieved? - Initial 2001 Outcomes of social work intervention in health care settings. 2000 Using large classes to positive advantage: involving students as 2000 Social work research and evaluation in Israel. 2000 A friend in need: Use of personal connections by social work 2000 Media reports on disability: A bi-national comparison of types 1999 Newspaper coverage of people with disabilities in Canada and 1999 Gender issues in newspaper coverage of people with disabilities: 1999 Disability terminology in the media: A comparison of newspaper 1999 Levels of professional achievement among women in social work. 1999 Social work practice in health care. In: 1998 Factors related to congruence between social worker and client 1997 Reliability issues in the development of computerized 1996 Practice information - Information for practice? 1996 Utilizing data to improve practice in hospital social work. 1995 Involvement of elders' informal networks in contacts with public 1993 Follow-up evaluation of discharge planning by social workers in 1993 The administrative and posthospital care outcomes of discharge 1993 The role of computerized information systems in quality 1992 Issues in the development of social work information systems: 1992 Screening for depression among the elderly: A reliability and 1988 Self-help groups and the family service agency: A consultation 1988 Social networks, social support and recovery from serious 1988 Social networks and health status: The unemployment example. 1988 Social networks and the functional health status of the poor: A 1988 Social networks and the poor: Toward effective policy and 1988 Sociability and patterns of participation: Implications for 1988 The parameters of network intervention: A social work 1987   © All rights reserved to The Hebrew University of Jerusalem