Newcastle University

_{Research Interests}

Neighbourhoods and health

Urban health in the Middle East

Health and wellbeing of women

Mixed method research

Translating evidence into policy recommendations for chronic disease planning and management

Health impact assessment (HIA) and integrated impact assessment/capacity building in HIA and EIA

Funding

"Developing capacity and capability for HIA in the North East Region" (North East Public Health Observatory,2005, £15K).

Projects

• Developing Capacity and Capability for Health Impact Assessment in the North East Region
  Project Leader(s): Balsam Ahmad, Tanja Pless-Mulloli, Martin White, David Chappel, Derek Ward

Postgraduate Teaching

MSc in Health Sciences- Health Impact Assessment session

• Ahmad B, Chappel D, Pless-Mulloli T, White M. Enabling factors and barriers for the use of health impact assessment in decision-making processes. Public Health 2008, 122(5), 452-457.
• Asfar T, Ahmad B, Rastam S, Pless-Mulloli T, Ward KD, Maziak W. Self-rated health and its determinants among adults in Syria: A model from the Middle East. BMC Public Health 2007, 7(177).
• Ahmad B, Pless-Mulloli T, Vizard C. HIA and pollution prevention control: What they can learn from each other. In: 6th UK and Ireland Health Impact Assessment Conference. 2005, Birmingham: Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Elsevier.
• Ahmad BS. Integrating health into impact assessment: challenges and opportunities. Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal 2004,22 2-4.
• Ahmad B, Wood C. A Comparative Evaluation of the EIA Systems in Egypt, Turkey and Tunisia. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 2002, 22(3), 213-234.
• Ahmad B. EIA in the Middle East and North Africa. In: Billing, L., Jones, C., Sadler, B., Walmsley, J., Wood, C, ed. Environmental Assessment Yearbook 2002:The EA Agenda for Johannesburg and Beyond. Oxford, UK: SeaCourt Press, 2002, pp.109-111.