Hashem Yousef Kana''An

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hashem yousef kana''an

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Department of Public Health, Community Medicine
jaddou@just.edu.jo

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Ph.D. of Public health from The Johns Hopkins University, 1990
Msc. of Public health from Oklahoma State University, 1976
Bsc. of Medicine and Surgery from Ain Ahams University, 1972

Publications

Kheirallah KA1, , "Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness and Control Levels among Ghawarna: An African-Descendant Ethnic Minority in the Jordan Valley.," Ethn Dis. , vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 321-324, 2015
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Mothers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of antibiotic use," Jordan Medical Journal, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 215-226, 2015
El-Khateeb M, Khader Y, Batieha A, Jaddou H, Hyassat D, Belbisi A, Ajlouni K., "Vitamin B12 deficiency in Jordan: a population-based study.," Ann Nutr Metab., vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 101-105, 2014
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Patterns of anterior abdominal stab wounds and their management at Princess Basma teaching hospital, North of Jordan.," World J Surg., vol. 37, no. 5, pp. 1162-1168, 2013
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Comparison of plasma levels of natural anticoagulants (protein C and protein S) among Jordanian smokers and non-smokers.," Acta Haematol. , vol. 123, no. 4, pp. 248-252, 2010
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Hypertension among 1000 patients with type 2 diabetes attending a national diabetes center in Jordan.," Ann Saudi Med. , vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 346-351, 2008
Jaddou, Hashem; Ammari, Foad, "The silent gallstone: Follow-up of 33 cases.," Annals of Saudi Medicine , vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 123-125, 1996
Jaddou, Hashem Y.; Ammari, Foad F.; Shreideh, Mohammed; Ababneh, Khalil, "Prevalence and risk factors of gallstone disease among female teachers in Northern Jordan," Saudi Medical Journal, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 137-144, 1996
Sameh R Moosa,1 Faris G Bakri,2 Muhammad R Khammash,3 Hashem Y Jaddou,4 Nawwaf J Shatnawi3 and Kamel M Ajlouni1, "Peripheral arterial disease in diabetic Jordanian patients and the agreement between ankle brachial index and toe brachial index," The Britsh Journal of Diabetes and Vascular disease, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 37-42, 2014
A.M. Okour, 1 Y. Khader, 1 Z. Amarin, 1 , "Maternal mortality in Jordan: role of substandard care and delays," Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, vol. 18, no. 5, pp. 426-431, 2012
H. Y. Jaddou,1 A. M. Batieha,1 Y. S. Khader,1 A. H. Kanaan,2 M. S. El-Khateeb,3 and K. M. Ajlouni3 , "Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control, and Associated Factors: Results froma National Survey, Jordan," International Journal of Hypertension, vol. 2011, no. 1, pp. 1-8, 2011
H. Y. Jaddou • A. M. Batieha • Y. S. Khader • S. H. Kanaan • M. S. El-Khateeb • K. M. Ajlouni, "Depression is associated with low levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D among Jordanian adults: results from a national population survey," Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 265-268, 2011
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Epidemiology and management of hypertension among Bedouins in Northern Jordan.," Saudi Med J. , vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 472-475, 2003
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Prevalence, awareness and management of hypertension in a recently urbanised community, eastern Jordan.," J Hum Hypertens., vol. 14, no. 8, pp. 497-501, 2000
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Blood pressure profile in schoolchildren and adolescents in Jordan.," Ann Saudi Med., vol. ;21, no. 1-2, pp. 123-126, 2001
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Prevalence, recognition and management of mental disorders in primary health care in Northern Jordan.," Acta Psychiatr Scand. , vol. 96, no. 1, pp. 31-35, 1997
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Relationship between 25-hydroxyvitamin D and metabolic syndrome among Jordanian adults.," Nutr Res Pract. , vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 132-139, 2011
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Vitamin D status in Jordan: dress style and gender discrepancies.," Ann Nutr Metab., vol. 58, no. 1, pp. 10-18,
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Metabolic Syndrome and Its Individual Components among Jordanian Children and Adolescents.," Int J Pediatr Endocrinol., vol. doi: 10.1155/2010/316170, no. , pp. 0-0, 2010
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Anthropometric cutoff values for detecting metabolic abnormalities in Jordanian adults.," Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes., vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 395-402, 2010
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Growth status of Jordanian schoolchildren in military-funded schools.," Eur J Clin Nutr., vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 380-386, 2001
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "The effectiveness of BCG vaccination: the Jordanian experience.," J Trop Pediatr. , vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 288-290, 1998
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in Jordan: prevalence and associated risk factors.," J Intern Med., vol. 244, no. 4, pp. 317-323, 1998
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Obesity in Jordan.," Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord., vol. 22, no. 7, pp. 624-628, 1998
Hashem Y. Kana''An, "Socio-economic discrepancies in growth status of Jordanian children in military-run schools at the turn of the twentieth century.," Saudi Med J. , vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 548-549, 2003
H. Y. Jaddou, "Psychiatric disorders among adolescent Jordanian returnees from Kuwait during the 1991 Gulf War," Eastern Mediterranian Health Journal, vol. 9, no. 1/2, pp. 20-27, 2003
Jaddou HY, Batieha AM, Ajlouni KM, "Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension: results from a three community-based survey, Jordan.," J Hum Hypertens. 1996 Dec;10(12):815-21., vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 815-821, 1996
"Association between albumin and depression: a population-based study", BMC Psychiatry

Sabah Abdulqader Mohammed Abdulrahman Al-Marwani, Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An

25/10/2023
"Prevalence and Associated Factors of Toenail Onychomycosis among Patients with Diabetes in Jordan", Current Diabetes Reviews

Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An

03/04/2023
"Osteoporosis among Postmenopausal Women in Jordan: A National Cross-Sectional Study", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Duaa Fayez Houshel Jumaa, Lina Mohammed Suhail Ibrahim Elsalem, Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Moh''D Zohair Moh''D Allouh

20/07/2022
"Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants", Lancet

Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader

24/08/2021
"Knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthy eating among public school teachers in Kuwait", Journal of Public Health Research

Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Rami Abdullah Mahmmoud Saadeh, Manar Matar R Alanazi

06/06/2021
"Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants", Lancet

Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader

07/11/2020
"Metabolic syndrome amongst adults in Jordan: prevalence, trend, and its association with socio?demographic characteristics", Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome

Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Mohamad Nihad Alyousfi , Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An

05/11/2020
"Knowledge, Attitude, Future Expectations, and Perceived Barriers of Medical Students and Physicians Regarding Pharmacogenomics in Jordan", The International Journal of Clinical Practice

Abdallah Adel Damen Alzoubi, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Dua'A Ahmad Abdallah Alhazaimeh, Salam Maher Mohamad Gharaibeh, Tareq Lewis Micheal Mukattash, Khalid Ahmed Abdullah Kheirallah

06/08/2020
"An alarmingly high and increasing prevalence of obesity in Jordan", Epidemiology and health

Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An

06/06/2020
"Trauma exposure and post-traumatic stress symptoms among Syrian refugee youth in Jordan: Social support and gender as moderators", international journal of psychology

Khalid Ahmed Abdullah Kheirallah, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An

23/05/2020
"Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol", Nature

Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader

02/04/2020
"The performance of anthropometric measures to predict diabetes mellitus and hypertension among adults in Jordan", BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An

17/10/2019
"Vitamin D deficiency and associated factors in Jordan", SAGE OPEN

Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An

22/08/2019
"Hypertension in Jordan: Prevalence, Awareness, Control, and Its Associated Factors", International Journal of Hypertension

Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Sukaina Ismael Faisal Rawashdeh, Albaraa Mohammad Saleh Khader

11/04/2019
"Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults", Nature

Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader

30/03/2019
"Time Trends in Diabetes Mellitus in Jordan between 1994 and 2017", Diabetic Medicine

Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Nour Mohammed Nizar Rida Abdo

04/01/2019
"The prevalence and determinants of anaemia in Jordan", East Mediterr Health J

Nour Mohammed Nizar Rida Abdo, Shahed Ehsan Ahmed Douglas, Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Sohaib Mahmoud Jamil Al-Khatib

14/06/2018
"Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128?9 million children, adolescents, and adults.", lancet

Anwar Mahmoud Salih Batieha, Hashem Yousef Al-Ali Kana''An, Yousef Saleh Abdelqader Khader

10/10/2017

Manager of ADHA hospitals, Abu Dhabi Health Authority (ADHA), United Arab Emirates, Aug 2002- Aug 2006
Secretary General, Ministry of Health, Jordan, May 1996- Sep 1997

COMMUNICATION FOR HEALTH
COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH EDUCATION
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY
MEDICAL ETHICS
MEDICAL ETHICS AND FORENSIC MEDICINE
MEDICAL ETHICS AND PRACTICES
PLANNING & EVALUATION OF HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS
PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH BEHAVIOUR CHANGE
PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING HEALTH WORKERS
PUBLIC HEALTH