Ahmad Malkawi, Health officer

Ahmad Malkawi

Health officer

HelpAge International

Location
Jordan
Education
Doctorate, Health Education and Health Promotion
Experience
13 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months

Health officer at HelpAge International
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since October 2019

• Plan and conduct health needs assessment survey for Jordanian and Syrian older people aged 60 years and older
• Conduct training workshops for health care provider in the ministry of health aims for inclusive health services for older people
• Attend health sector working groups that include local and international NGOs in Jordan and
• Collaborate and build professional relationship with the ministry of health and other NGOs
• Conduct health education lectures related to nutrition and prevention of infectious diseases to older people

Research Consultant at freelance
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since April 2021

Conduct short workshops for fresh graduates on Basic research principles and statistical analysis using SPSS in addition to provide consultations for researchers.

Mission Epidemiologist at MSF
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2020 to March 2021

• Working on short mission for Syria for implementing and data collection of Community Surveillance System in North Syria using Kobo.
• Monitor Covid-19 suspected admissions in two main hospitals in North Syria.
• Conduct statistical analysis for collected data and do weekly reports to detect any outbreak.

Health Educator at GMS
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • January 2015 to December 2018

• Delivering of health education lectures related to nutrition and physical activity to cadets who join the military service
• Working on developing monitoring and evaluation framework for the health education department
• Management of health education resources including lectures, leaflets and posters
• Conducting health education campaigns
• Developing standard operation procedures (SOPs) for the health education department
• Developing of research proposals related to the health education evaluation framework such as designing of questionnaires, translation into Arabic and evaluating the effectiveness of the health education program

Senior Public Health Assistant at UNHCR
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2014 to January 2015

1. Support health services provision and project implementation funded by UNHCR.
2. Deal with individual patients concerns presented to UNHCR in person through petition or info line

Monitoring and Evaluation Officer at The Minnesota Center for Victims of Torture - Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • September 2013 to June 2014

Project: treating the mental health needs of Iraqi and Syrian Refugees in Jordan: a multi- disciplinary and capacity building approach.

1. Collecting of monthly data from the clinical team and update a mother database which includes information regarding the progress and the indicator of the project.

2. Monitor data quality and data cleaning.

3. Data analysis using SPSS for evaluating the project effectiveness.

4. Reporting for funders.

Public Health Officer at EMPHNET
  • Jordan - Amman
  • February 2012 to June 2013

Project: Non Communicable Diseases Control and Prevention (Ajloun NCD project)

1. Designing and implementing of time frame activities related to the project such as developing training manual and educational materials such as leaflets in addition to training of health care educators on providing physical activity and dietary counseling. Also, I work as part of the monitoring and evaluation system of this project by conducting field visits and developing of computerized tracking system to record patient’s information.

2. Analyzing of large data sets using SPSS and writing reports regarding the Behavior Risk Factor Survey (BRFSS) and school health survey.

3. Develop manuscripts for publication.

4. Facilitation of training workshops.

Dentist at Private clinic
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2009 to June 2010

Providing dental treatment and oral health advices

Internist at The Ministry of Health in Jordan
  • Jordan - Amman
  • July 2008 to January 2009

Providing dental treatment and observing advanced cases (Internship in the Ministry of Health in Jordan)

Education

Doctorate, Health Education and Health Promotion
  • at Maastricht University *
  • April 2022

The thesis is mainly focusing on the determinants of obesity and dietary behaviors in military setting

Master's degree, Master of Public Health
  • at The University of Essex
  • October 2011

• Attended 8 modules: Research Design and Critical Appraisal, Data Collection, Analysis and Interpretation, Health Needs Assessment and Priority Setting, Topics in Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Promotion, Univariate and Multivariate Statistical Analysis and Communicable Disease Control. • 12,000 word systematic literature review thesis examining the effectiveness of physical activity interventions in preventing diabetes type 2 for people who are at high risk of developing diabetes.

Bachelor's degree, Dentistry
  • at The University of Jordan
  • June 2008

• Passed 196 credit hours. The first year included general scientific subjects such as Biology, Chemistry and physics. The second and third year included medical subjects such as Physiology, Anatomy, Community Health and Pharmacology. The fourth and fifth year included dental subjects such as Oral Medicine, Oral Surgery and Preventive Dentistry.

Specialties & Skills

Health Promotion
Public Health
Project Management
Research
Organisational skills
Team work
IT skills (Microsoft office)
Communication skills
Research skills
Data analysis
Monitoring and Evaluation
Health promotion and education

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

ntervention Mapping: Designing theory based and evidence based Interventions (Training)
Training Institute:
Maastricht University
Date Attended:
July 2017
Duration:
40 hours
Health Communication and Health Promotion: Theory and Practice (Training)
Training Institute:
Maastricht University
Date Attended:
July 2017
Duration:
40 hours
Weight Management: Nutrition Interventions (Training)
Training Institute:
Catalyst
Date Attended:
May 2017
Duration:
8 hours
Nutrition & Diabetes Complications (Training)
Training Institute:
Catalyst
Date Attended:
March 2017
Duration:
8 hours
Data analysis and processing using SPSS (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2012
Valid Until:
June 2012

Hobbies

  • Sport and reading