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Biography

I am a public health specialist with more than ten years experience in environmental public health and development in the Middle East and the UK. I have an eclectic and multidisciplinary background and experience with degrees in Pharmacy, environmental management and public health. My work experience is varied having worked as a pharmacist and an environmental health consultant with regional and international funding agencies. I had been working in academic public health in the UK since 2001. I have a track record in adapting and delivering capacity building activities in environmental public health in the Middle East and North Africa.

Activities

Works (20)

A call for embedding dignity in humanitarian technologies

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85067846252

Contributors: Talhouk, R.; Montague, K.; Garbett, A.; Araújo-Soares, V.; Akik, C.; Ghattas, H.; Ahmad, B.; Balaam, M.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Involving syrian refugees in design research: Lessons learnt from the field

DIS 2019 - Proceedings of the 2019 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference
2019 | Conference paper
EID:

2-s2.0-85067851233

Contributors: Talhouk, R.; Balaam, M.; Toombs, A.L.; Garbett, A.; Akik, C.; Ghattas, H.; Araujo-Soares, V.; Ahmad, B.; Montague, K.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Women’s health and well-being in low-income formal and informal neighbourhoods on the eve of the armed conflict in Aleppo

International Journal of Public Health
2019 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85050906513

Contributors: Ahmad, B.; Fouad, F.M.; Zaman, S.; Phillimore, P.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Dental Public Health In Action: Barriers to oral healthcare provision for older people in residential and nursing care homes: A mixed method evaluation and strategy development in County Durham, North East England

Community Dental Health
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85054345990

Contributors: Ahmad, B.; Landes, D.; Moffatt, S.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Disaster risk reduction and sustainable development: The role for occupational health

Occupational Medicine
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85054092130

Contributors: Ahmad, B.; Murray, V.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Surface water filtration using granular media and membranes: A review

Science of the Total Environment
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85047454836

Contributors: Hoslett, J.; Massara, T.M.; Malamis, S.; Ahmad, D.; van den Boogaert, I.; Katsou, E.; Ahmad, B.; Ghazal, H.; Simons, S.; Wrobel, L. et al.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Contrasting cardiovascular mortality trends in Eastern Mediterranean populations: Contributions from risk factor changes and treatments

International Journal of Cardiology
2016 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84960192175

Contributors: Critchley, J.; Capewell, S.; O'Flaherty, M.; Abu-Rmeileh, N.; Rastam, S.; Saidi, O.; Sözmen, K.; Shoaibi, A.; Husseini, A.; Fouad, F. et al.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

A cost effectiveness analysis of salt reduction policies to reduce coronary heart disease in four Eastern Mediterranean countries

PLoS ONE
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84896914683

Contributors: Mason, H.; Shoaibi, A.; Ghandour, R.; O'Flaherty, M.; Capewell, S.; Khatib, R.; Jabr, S.; Unal, B.; Sözmen, K.; Arfa, C. et al.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Exploring the role of triangulation in the production of knowledge for urban health policy: An empirical study from informal settlements in Aleppo, Syria

Forum for Development Studies
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84919958603

Contributors: Ahmad, B.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Health system challenges for the management of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: an empirical qualitative study from Syria

International Journal of Public Health
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84939878131

Contributors: Ahmad, B.; Fouad, F.M.; Elias, M.; Zaman, S.; Phillimore, P.; Maziak, W.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Polio eradication in Syria

The Lancet Infectious Diseases
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84904599198

Contributors: Ahmad, B.; Bhattacharya, S.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Priority setting for the prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases: multi-criteria decision analysis in four eastern Mediterranean countries

International Journal of Public Health
2014 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84939875866

Contributors: Ghandour, R.; Shoaibi, A.; Khatib, R.; Abu Rmeileh, N.; Unal, B.; Sözmen, K.; Kılıç, B.; Fouad, F.; Al Ali, R.; Ben Romdhane, H. et al.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Health system challenges of cardiovascular disease and diabetes in four Eastern Mediterranean countries

Global Public Health
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84885187955

Contributors: Phillimore, P.; Zaman, S.; Ahmad, B.; Shoaibi, A.; Khatib, R.; Khatib, R.; Husseini, A.; Fouad, F.; Elias, M.; Maziak, W. et al.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

The influence of neighbourhood formality status and socio-economic position on self-rated health among adult men and women: A multilevel, cross sectional, population study from Aleppo, Syria

BMC Public Health
2013 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84874929253

Contributors: Ahmad, B.; Ryan, V.; Maziak, W.; Pless-Mulloli, T.; White, M.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Use of evidence to support healthy public policy: A policy effectiveness-feasibility loop,Utilisation de preuves à l'appui d'une politique publique saine: La boucle entre efficacité et faisabilité d'une politique

Bulletin of the World Health Organization
2012 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-84868227454

Contributors: Bowman, S.; Unwin, N.; Critchley, J.; Capewell, S.; Husseini, A.; Maziak, W.; Zaman, S.; Romdhane, H.B.; Fouad, F.; Phillimore, P. et al.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Enabling factors and barriers for the use of health impact assessment in decision-making processes

Public Health
2008 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-41949129129

Contributors: Ahmad, B.; Chappel, D.; Pless-Mulloli, T.; White, M.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Self-rated health and its determinants among adults in Syria: A model from the Middle East

BMC Public Health
2007 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-34548575628

Contributors: Asfar, T.; Ahmad, B.; Rastam, S.; Mulloli, T.P.; Ward, K.D.; Maziak, W.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

HIA and pollution prevention control: What they can learn from each other

Environmental Impact Assessment Review
2005 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-24944590456

Contributors: Ahmad, B.; Pless-Mulloli, T.; Vizard, C.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Integrating health into impact assessment: Challenges and opportunities

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
2004 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85007059158

Contributors: Ahmad, B.S.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

A comparative evaluation of the EIA systems in Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia

Environmental Impact Assessment Review
2002 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-0036092487

Contributors: Ahmad, B.; Wood, C.
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Balsam Ahmad via Scopus - Elsevier

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Conflict and health. (1)
Review activity for Sozial- und Präventivmedizin (1)