Hyam Bashour, PhD

Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
Damascus University
Damascus, Syria
PO-Box 9241
Tel: + (963) 11 2134081
Fax: + (963) 11 6116953
Email: hbashour@scs-net.org


Educational Background:
PhD, 1991, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, United Kingdom.
MS, 1987, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, United Kingdom.
MD, 1983, Faculty of Medicine, Aleppo University, Aleppo, Syria.


Research Interests:
Reproductive health, child health, and infectious diseases epidemiology.


Selected Recent Publications:
Bashour, H., Abdulsalam, A., Jabr., A., Cheikha, S., Tabbaa, M., Lahham, M., et al. Maternal mortality in Syria: Causes, contributing factors, and preventability.  In press.  Tropical Medicine and International Health.

Bashour, H., Abdulsalam, A., Al-Faisal, W., & Cheikha, S. The patterns and determinants of maternity care in Damascus- Syria. In press. East Mediterranean Health Journal.

Bashour, H., & Kharouf, M. Community-based study of unintentional injuries among preschool children in Damascus, Syria. In press. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal.

Bashour, H., Kharouf, M., Abdulsalam, A., El-Asmar, K., Tabaa, M., & Cheikha, S. (2008). Effect of postnatal home visits on maternal / infant outcomes in Syria: A randomized controlled trial. Public Health Nursing, 25 (2), 115-25.

Bashour, H., & Abdulsalam, A. (2005). Syrian women's preferences for birth attendant and birth place. Birth, 32, 20-26.

Bashour, H., Raghada, H., & Abdulsalam, A. (2005). Syrian women's perceptions and experiences of ultrasound. Reproductive Health Matters, 13(25), 147-154.

Abdulsalam, A., Bashour, H., Cheikha, S., Al-Faisal, W., Gabr, A., Al-Jorf, S., et al. (2004). Routine care of normal deliveries as applied in Syrian maternity wards. Journal of the Arab Board of Medical Specializations. 6, 134-140.

Bashour, H. (2004). Dietary habits survey of in-school adolescents in Damascus, Syria. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 10, 853-862.

Abdulsalam, A., Bashour, H., Monem, F., & Hamadeh, F. (2003). Pregnancy outcomes among Palestinian women with sickle cell trait: A study in UNRWA health centers in Damascus. Saudi Med Journal, 24(9), 447-451.

Bashour, H., & Maamari, F. (2003). Gender differences and tuberculosis in the Syrian Arab republic: Patients' attitudes, compliance and outcomes. Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 9, 757-768.

Chikh, I., & Bashour, H. (2003). The contribution of breakfast in the nutritional daily intake among a sample of primary school children in Damascus (I). Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Medical Sciences, 4, 38-47.

Chikh, I., & Bashour, H. (2003). Relationship between breakfast consumption and educational and cognitive performance of primary school children in Damascus (II). Journal of the Association of Arab Universities for Medical Sciences, 4, 93-100.

Vassal, A., Bagdadi, S., Bashour, H., Zaher, H., & Maaren, P. (2002). Cost-effectiveness of different treatment strategies for tuberculosis in Egypt and Syria. International Journal Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, 6, 1083-1090.

Bashour, H., & Abdulsalam, A. (2001). A hospital based study of risk factors for spontaneous abortion in Syrian woman. Journal of the Arab Board of Medical Specializations., 3(3), 90-96.

Bashour, H., & Abdulsalam, A. (2001). Psychological stress and spontaneous abortion. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 73, 179-181.