Anat Gesser-Edelsburg

Simonovic, N., Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Taber, J. (2025). Examining psychological correlates of vaccine hesitancy: A comparative study between the US and Israel. Frontiers in Public Health. Vol. 12: 1480419.

Hijazi, R., Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Mesch, G.S. (2024). Vaccine communication strategies among healthcare workers as a reflection of the Israeli Ministry of Health’s communication strategies before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health. Vol. 12:1377393.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. Promoting dialogue by thinking differently about framing and correcting misinformation (2023). In Ginossar, T., Shah, F.S.A., Weiss, D. (eds.). Communicating about Vaccines Online: Understanding and Counteracting Misinformation, Rumors and Lies. 163-189. London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Essa-Hadad, J., Abed Elhadi Shahbari, N., Roth, D., Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2022). The impact of Muslim and Christian religious leaders responding to COVID-19 in Israel. Frontiers in Public Health. Vol. 10:1061072.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2022). Parallel evolution of the internal discourse on Covid in health institutions with the communication to the public: an Israeli case study. Invited speaker. Virtual workshop, OECD Global Science Forum (GSF). Public communication and engagement in science: lessons learned from COVID-19.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Hijazi, R., Cohen, R. (2022). It takes two to tango: how the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Israel was framed by the health ministry vs. the television news. Frontiers in Public Health. Vol.10:887579.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2022). Physicians' perspective on vaccine-hesitancy at the beginning of Israel's COVID-19 vaccination campaign and public's perceptions of physicians' knowledge when recommending the vaccine to their patients: a cross-sectional study. The Communication Initiative Network.

In Doctors Only Editorial. (2022). The health system has shown no tolerance for physicians who have been hesitant to get vaccinated for corona.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Badarna Keywan, H. (2022). Physicians' perspective on vaccine hesitancy at the beginning of Israel's covid-19 vaccination campaign and public’s perceptions of physicians’ knowledge when recommending the vaccine to their patients: a cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health. Vol. 10:855468. 

Haimi, M., Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2022). Application and implementation of telehealth services designed for the elderly population during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review. Health Informatics. Vol. 28(1).

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2021). The influence of Muslim and Christian religious leaders within Arab society in the country on their communities in dealing with the corona. Mosaica. 36,600NIS.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2021). How to make health and risk communication on social media more "social" during COVID-19. The Communication Initiative Network.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2021). How to make health and risk communication on social media more “social” during COVID-19. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. Vol. 14:3523-3540. (Integrative article).

In Efi Triger's (2021) Good Morning Israel radio program, on the Army Radio (Galei Tzahal).

In Amit Levy's (2021) Current Events at-9, on Haifa Radio.

In Batito E. (2021). Research: With 30 years of confidentiality over corona debates - most of the public will have a hard time trusting the government.

In Breuer E. (2021). Most Israelis distrust government over COVID cabinet secrets – study. The Jerusalem Post

In Kraus, Y. (2021). Research: Experts criticizing the Ministry of Health endanger their careers. Makor Rishon.

In Shvetz, O. (2021). 60 percent of the public: Do not trust the government, as long as the protocols are confidential. Haifa Radio.

In News Haifa Krayot. (2021). 60% of the public will find it difficult to trust the government as long as the corona cabinet protocols are confidential for 30 years.

In News 7. (2021). The study that will bother the corona cabinet. 

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2021). Analysis of the government of Israel COVID-19 health and risk communication efforts: between a political-constitutional and health crisis. In Lewis, M., Govender, E., Holland, K. (eds.). Communicating COVID-19: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 203-225. London & New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2021). Using narrative evidence to convey health information on social media: the case of COVID-19. Presentation at the 2nd WHO training in infodemic management (in Session 5 Theme: Designing Your Response).

In Doctors Only Editorial. (2021). About half of the public: Experts who criticize corona care endanger their careers.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Zemach, M., Hijazi, R. (2021). Who are the “real” experts? the debate surrounding COVID-19 health risk management: an Israeli case study. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. Vol. 14:2553-2569.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2021). Using narrative evidence to convey health information on social media: the case of COVID-19. The Communication Initiative Network.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2021). Using narrative evidence to convey health information on social media: the case of COVID-19. Journal of Medical Internet Research. Covid-19 Special Issue: Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management. Vol. 23(3):e24948. (Integrative article).

In Kabir, O. (2021). Netanyahu chose words that would create a state of emergency - even when there was no justification. Calcalist.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2021). Needs, Risk Perceptions and Barriers Among Vulnerable Sub-Populations (Arabs, ultra-Orthodox and elderly) in Israel During the COVID-19 Crisis: Challenges, Conflicts, Communication and Minority and Majority Relations. An Israeli Study in Public Health to Deal with the Corona Pandemic and Its Consequences Conference.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2021). When Politics Meets Pandemic: The Management and Communication of the COVID-19 Crisis in Israel. Communication in Time of Corona 2021 Conference.

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Gesser-Edelsburg, A., Hijazi, R.  (2020). When politics meets pandemic: How prime minister Netanyahu and a small team communicated health and risk information to the Israeli public during the early stages of COVID-19. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. Vol. 13:2985-3002.

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 & Infection Control. Vol. 9:148.

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.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2020). A scientist’s opinion: Interview with Prof. Anat Gesser-Edelsburg about health and risk communication. The European Science-Media Hub. European Parliamentary Research Service.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2020). Opinion: the coronavirus puts public trust of the authorities to the test. Globs Opinions.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A.,Shir-Raz, Y. (2016). Risk Communication and Infectious Diseases in an Age of Digital Media. Oxon and New York: Routledge Studies in Public Health. 

Taylor & Francis Group's COVID-19: Novel Coronavirus Content (https://taylorandfrancis.com/coronavirus/#) is providing free access to our book Risk Communication and Infectious Diseases in an Age of Digital Media, Chapter 1: The Public Sphere and Health Communication in the Context of Emergent Infectious Diseases (https://www.book2look.com/book/1RDb8weDQb)

In Photopoulos, J. (2020). COVID-19: How uncertainty affects our consumer behaviour. The European Science-Media Hub. European Parliamentary Research Service.

In Rabad, A. (2020). Research: The public majority trust Bar Siman Tov, less on Litzman. YNET.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2020). Analysis of Public Perception of the Israeli Government's Early Emergency Instructions Regarding COVID-19: Online Survey Study. The Communication Initiative Network.

In Doctors Only Editorial. (2020). The Public Has Determined: The Government Took an Intimidation Strategy in Managing the Corona Crisis. 

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2020). Developing health and risk communication strategies targeting weakened and at-risk sub populations in Israel during and after the Corona crisis. The Israel National Institute for Health Policy Research. 120,000NIS. 

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2020). Invited Expert. Closed scientific workshops sessions. The 1st World Health Organization (WHO) Infodemiology Conference - 29-30 June, 1-16 July (2020).

In Eisbruch, I. (2020). His Turn. “New Contract”: 5 Principals on Which Gamzu’s Programs to Defeat the Coronavirus in Israel is based On. Davar.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2020). Opinion: The fear of the vaccine: An explanatory effort is required. Globs Opinions.

Gesser-Edelsburg, A. (2020). Health and risk communication during COVID-19: the Israeli case. Invited Speaker. UNESCO Chair Webinar 25. The Ethics of Public Health Emergency Response for COVID 19 to Public Health Disaster Preparation and Planning for Tomorrow