{"id":2557,"date":"2021-05-09T16:57:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-09T13:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/?page_id=2557"},"modified":"2021-05-09T17:23:54","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T14:23:54","slug":"from-challenge-to-opportunity-promoting-active-health-behavior-during-covid-19-through-nanochemistry-education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/?page_id=2557","title":{"rendered":"From challenge to opportunity: Promoting active health behavior during COVID-19 through nanochemistry education"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>From challenge to opportunity: Promoting active health behavior during COVID-19 through nanochemistry education<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Leading team<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/pages\/search\/people?person_id=41367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Shelley Rap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/pages\/search\/people?person_id=45476\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Debora Ivana Marchak Ben Hamo, (Didi)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/st\/blonder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Ron Blonder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Some experts argue that should all the citizens of Israel be vigilant about wearing masks continuously for a period of two to four weeks, the Reproductive number (R) would go down dramatically. However, many people tend to ignore this recommendation, as reflected by the high number of fines that were given in Israel. In this proposal, we suggest that combining public health knowledge with educational one can possibly allow to overcome this challenge. We propose to engage adolescents specially designed nanochemistry education unit that will impact students\u2019 knowledge, perception, and ultimately behavior with regard to their habit of wearing masks. This approach, if found successful, can be further disseminated, reach a wide audience, and decrease the spread of COVID-19 in Israel, and even world-wide. A teaching unit was developed as part of a project aimed at answering many questions such as What is the corona virus? What is the coefficient of infection and how does it change? Can masks really prevent infection? This is done by understanding scientific concepts related to the pandemic, which are presented daily by the media, as well as learning the chemistry behind the masks (e.g., functional groups, molecular relationships, and hydrophobicity \/ hydrophilicity). This unit addresses the cognitive, emotional, and social aspects of the subject. At the end of the unit, the students engage in various educational activities to assimilate the knowledge they have acquired through social action.<br \/>\nWe study the influence of the teaching unit on students\u2019 knowledge, attitudes towards wearing protecting masks, and actual behavior with regards to mask wearing in closed spaces.<\/p>\n<p>The research and development is supported by Miel de Botton.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Administration<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weizmann.ac.il\/pages\/search\/people?keywords=Shani+Motsa&amp;advanced%5Bemail%5D=&amp;advanced%5Boffice_phone%5D=&amp;advanced%5Bdept%5D=&amp;advanced%5Bemptype%5D=&amp;person_id=&amp;op=Search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shani Motsa <\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"mailto:shelley.rap@weizmann.ac.il\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"en\">Contact<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From challenge to opportunity: Promoting active health behavior during COVID-19 through nanochemistry education<br \/>\nLeading team<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shelley Rap<br \/>\nDr. Debora Ivana Marchak Ben Hamo, (Didi)<br \/>\nProf. Ron Blonder<\/p>\n<p>Summary<br \/>\nSome experts argue that should all the citizens of Israel be vigilant about wearing masks continuously for a period of two to four weeks, the Reproductive number (R) would go down dramatically. However, many people tend to ignore this recommendation, as reflected by the high number of fines that &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"parent":131,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2557","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2557"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2571,"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2557\/revisions\/2571"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stwww1.weizmann.ac.il\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}