Hamideh Bayrampour

PhD

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

Dr. Bayrampour’s research interests include perinatal mental health and pregnancy and birth outcomes. She is interested in facilitating early detection and management of mental health issues during the perinatal period to improve pregnancy and child outcomes.

Poor mental health is common during pregnancy and is strongly associated with several adverse maternal and child outcomes with long term consequences such as postpartum depression, preterm birth, and developmental problems in offspring. Identification of pregnant women who have poor mental health or are at risk for developing these conditions is important, particularly as there is evidence that non-pharmacologic options are effective in their management during the antenatal period. Dr. Bayrampour's research has been focused on identifications of risk factors of transient and chronic maternal mental health as well as its trajectories over the perinatal period. She is also interested in conceptualization and measurement of maternal screening and addressing poor maternal mental health. Pregnancy outcomes and labour interventions are other areas of her research interests.

Academic Affiliations

  • Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Healthy Starts
  • Research Group(s): Pathways to Healthy Birth

Contact Information

Location

320-5950 University Blvd, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T 1Z3

Parental race and the risk of primary cesarean birth in primigravidas: a retrospective population-based cohort study in the United States

Ajog Global Reports

Bayrampour, H. and Zhang, Z. and Zhang, Y.

DOI: 10.1016/j.xagr.2025.100466

Perspectives of Health Care Providers about the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Care: An Integrative Review

International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology Ismict

Bayrampour, H. and Loro, L.

DOI: 10.1109/ISMICT64722.2025.11059425

New perinatal mental health conditions diagnosed during COVID-19: a population-based, retrospective cohort study of birthing people in Ontario

Archives of Women S Mental Health

Correia, R.H. and Greyson, D. and Kirkwood, D. and Darling, E.K. and Pahwa, M. and Bayrampour, H. and Jones, A. and Kuyvenhoven, C. and Liauw, J. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1007/s00737-024-01534-1

Seeking mental health support for feelings of perinatal depression and/or anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study of decision-making

Women S Health

Shen, K. and Kuyvenhoven, C. and Carruthers, A. and Pahwa, M. and Hadid, D. and Greyson, D. and Bayrampour, H. and Liauw, J. and Mniszak, C. and Vanstone, M.

DOI: 10.1177/17455057241282258

Guideline No. 454: Identification and Treatment of Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Shea, A. and Jumah, N.A. and Forte, M. and Cantin, C. and Bayrampour, H. and Butler, K. and Francoeur, D. and Green, C. and Cook, J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2024.102696

Racial/ethnic disparity in severe maternal morbidity among women who conceived by in vitro fertilization

AJOG Global Reports

Victory, J. and John, S. and Wang, L.Q. and Koegl, J. and Richter, L.L. and Bayrampour, H. and Joseph, K.S. and Lisonkova, S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.xagr.2024.100367

Neonatal abstinence syndrome and infant mortality and morbidity: a population-based study

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Lisonkova, S. and Wen, Q. and Richter, L.L. and Ting, J.Y. and Lyons, J. and Mitchell-Foster, S. and Oviedo-Joekes, E. and Muraca, G.M. and Bayrampour, H. and Cattoni, E. and Abrahams, R.

DOI: 10.3389/fped.2024.1394682

Directive clinique N 454 : Identification et traitement des troubles prinataux de l'humeur et de l'anxit

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Shea, A. and Jumah, N.A. and Forte, M. and Cantin, C. and Bayrampour, H. and Butler, K. and Francoeur, D. and Green, C. and Cook, J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2024.102697

Teaching by texting to promote positive health behaviours in pregnancy: A protocol for a randomised controlled trial of SmartMom

BMJ Open

Janssen, P. and Lecke, S. and Renner, R. and Zhang, W. and Vedam, S. and Norman, W.V. and Bayrampour, H. and Tough, S. and Murray, J. and Muhajarine, N. and Dennis, C.L.

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081730

How do perceptions of Covid-19 risk impact pregnancy-related health decisions? A convergent parallel mixed-methods study protocol

medRxiv

Vanstone, M. and Correia, R.H. and Howard, M. and Darling, E. and Bayrampour, H. and Carruthers, A. and Davis, A. and Hadid, D. and Hetherington, E. and Jones, A. and Kandasamy, S. and Kuyvenhoven, C. and Liauw, J. and McDonald, S.D. and Mniszak, C. and Molinaro, M.L. and Pahwa, M. and Patel, T. and Sadik, M. and Sanya, N. and Shen, K. and Greyson, D.

DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.10.23292463

Feasibility and acceptability of collecting umbilical cord tissue for prenatal cannabis research: A mixed-methods research study

Women's Health

Bayrampour, H. and Langlois, J. and Likhodi, S. and Lisonkova, S. and Jevitt, C. and Oberlander, T. and Webster, G. and Mrette, S. and Vedam, S. and Janssen, P.

DOI: 10.1177/17455057231219599

Pregnancy-Specific Anxiety Tool (PSAT): Instrument Development and Psychometric Evaluation

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Bayrampour, H. and Hohn, R.E. and Tamana, S.K. and Sawatzky, R. and Janssen, P.A. and Bone, J.N. and Fairbrother, N. and Joseph, K.S.

DOI: 10.4088/JCP.22M14696

Postpartum peoples experiences of and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic during the first year of the pandemic: A descriptive qualitative study

Women's Health

Bayrampour, H. and Tsui, M.Y.E.

DOI: 10.1177/17455057231157480

Pregnant people's responses to the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods, descriptive study

CMAJ open

Bayrampour, H. and Tamana, S.K. and Boutin, A.

DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20210136

Experience of pregnancy during family medicine residency Qualitative research study

Canadian Family Physician

Sugimoto, M. and Bayrampour, H.

DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6805356

Measurement of pregnancy-related anxiety worldwide: a systematic review

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Hadfield, K. and Akyirem, S. and Sartori, L. and Abdul-Latif, A.-M. and Akaateba, D. and Bayrampour, H. and Daly, A. and Hadfield, K. and Abiiro, G.A.

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-022-04661-8

Perinatal outcomes of planned home birth after cesarean and planned hospital vaginal birth after cesarean at term gestation in British Columbia, Canada: A retrospective population-based cohort study

Birth

Hamideh Bayrampour and Sarka Lisonkova and Sukhpreet Tamana and Jane Wines and Saraswathi Vedam and Patricia Janssen

DOI: 10.1111/birt.12539

09 / 2021

Cannabis Use During the Pre-Conception Period and Pregnancy After Legalization

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Bayrampour, H. and Asim, A.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jogc.2021.02.119

The risk of relapse of depression during pregnancy after discontinuation of antidepressants: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Bayrampour, H. and Kapoor, A. and Bunka, M. and Ryan, D.

DOI: 10.4088/JCP.19r13134

Effectiveness of eHealth interventions to reduce perinatal anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Bayrampour, H. and Trieu, J. and Tharmaratnam, T.

DOI: 10.4088/JCP.18r12386

Association between gestational weight gain and severe adverse birth outcomes in Washington State, US: A population-based retrospective cohort study, 2004-2013

PLoS Medicine

Vivian Ukah, U. and Bayrampour, H. and Sabr, Y. and Razaz, N. and Chan, W.-S. and Lim, K.I. and Lisonkova, S.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003009

Women's perspectives about cannabis use during pregnancy and the postpartum period: An integrative review

Preventive Medicine

Bayrampour, H. and Zahradnik, M. and Lisonkova, S. and Janssen, P.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.12.002

Barriers to addressing perinatal mental health issues in midwifery settings

Midwifery

Bayrampour, H. and Hapsari, A.P. and Pavlovic, J.

DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2017.12.020

Vulnerable Womens Perceptions of Individual Versus Group Prenatal Care: Results of a Cross-Sectional Survey

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Hetherington, E. and Tough, S. and McNeil, D. and Bayrampour, H. and Metcalfe, A.

DOI: 10.1007/s10995-018-2559-1

Risk factors for antenatal anxiety: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Bayrampour, H. and Vinturache, A. and Hetherington, E. and Lorenzetti, D.L. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1080/02646838.2018.1492097

Adults Knowledge of Child Development in Alberta, Canada: Comparing the Level of Knowledge of Adults in Two Samples in 2007 and 2013

Child Care in Practice

Pujadas Botey, A. and Vinturache, A. and Bayrampour, H. and Breitkreuz, R. and Bukutu, C. and Gibbard, B. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1080/13575279.2016.1215292

A qualitative inquiry on pregnant women's preferences for mental health screening

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Bayrampour, H. and McNeil, D.A. and Benzies, K. and Salmon, C. and Gelb, K. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-017-1512-4

Risk Factors of Antenatal Anxiety: A systematic review

Journal of Infant and Reproductive Psychology

Bayrampour, H., Vinturache, A., Hetherington, E., Lorenz, D., Tough, S. Risk Factors of Antenatal anxiety: A systematic review. (revisiins requested). Journal of Infant and Reproductive Psychology.

The Impact of Introducing Centering Pregnancy in a Community Health Setting: A Qualitative Study of Experiences and Perspectives of Health Center Clinical and Support Staff

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Kania-Richmond, A. and Hetherington, E. and McNeil, D. and Bayrampour, H. and Tough, S. and Metcalfe, A.

DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2236-1

Maternal history of childhood abuse and risk of asthma and allergy in 2-year-old children

Psychosomatic Medicine

Tomfohr-Madsen, L.M. and Bayrampour, H. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000419

Pregnancy-related anxiety: A concept analysis

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Bayrampour, H. and Ali, E. and McNeil, D.A. and Benzies, K. and MacQueen, G. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.10.023

Trajectories of perinatal depressive and anxiety symptoms in a community cohort

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Bayrampour, H. and Tomfohr, L. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.4088/JCP.15m10176

Risk and protective factors in early child development: Results from the All Our Babies (AOB) pregnancy cohort

Research in Developmental Disabilities

McDonald, S. and Kehler, H. and Bayrampour, H. and Fraser-Lee, N. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2016.08.010

Adherence to Canadian physical activity and sedentary behaviour guidelines among children 2 to 13 years of age

Preventive Medicine Reports

Pujadas Botey, A. and Bayrampour, H. and Carson, V. and Vinturache, A. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2015.11.012

Adverse Childhood Experiences in Alberta, Canada: a population based study

Medical Research Archives

Sheila McDonald and Dawn Kingston and Hamideh Bayrampour and Suzanne Tough

DOI: 10.18103/mra.v0i3.142

06 / 2015

Effect of depressive and anxiety symptoms during pregnancy on risk of obstetric interventions

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research

Bayrampour, H. and Salmon, C. and Vinturache, A. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1111/jog.12683

Risk factors of transient and persistent anxiety during pregnancy

Midwifery

Bayrampour, H. and McDonald, S. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.02.009

Health-related quality of life in pregnancy and postpartum among women with assisted conception in Canada

Fertility and Sterility

Vinturache, A. and Stephenson, N. and McDonald, S. and Wu, M. and Bayrampour, H. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.04.012

A Qualitative Analysis of "naturalistic" Conversations in a Peer-Led Online Support Community for Lung Cancer

Cancer Nursing

Lobchuk, M. and McClement, S. and Rigney, M. and Copeland, A. and Bayrampour, H.

DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000207

The effectiveness of interventions to improve access to and utilization of prenatal care: a systematic review protocol

JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports

Lennon, S. and Londono, Y. and Heaman, M. and Kingston, D. and Bayrampour, H.

DOI: 10.11124/jbisrir-2015-2067

Cumulative psychosocial stress, coping resources, and preterm birth

Archives of Women's Mental Health

McDonald, S.W. and Kingston, D. and Bayrampour, H. and Dolan, S.M. and Tough, S.C.

DOI: 10.1007/s00737-014-0436-5

Physical activity and screen time guidelines for preschoolers: The relationship to information sources

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Pujadas Botey, A., Bukutu, C. Gibbard, W.B., MacLellan, K., Bayrampour, H., Vinturache, A. Slater, D., Breitkreuz, R., Sakaluk-Moody, L., Lynch, S., Tough, S. (2014). Physical activity and screen time guidelines for preschoolers: The relationship to information sources. Archives of Disease in Childhood 99: A114. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307384.303

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307384.303

What Albertans Know About Child Development: A Comparison of the Provincial Benchmark Surveys 2007 and 2013

Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research

Pujadas Botey, A., Bukutu, C., Vinturache, A., Gibbard, B., MacLellan, K., Bayrampour, H., Slater, D., Breitkreuz, R., Sakaluk-Moody, L., Lynch, S., Hanson, T. & Tough, S. (2014). What Albertans Know About Child Development: A Comparison of the Provincial Benchmark Surveys 2007 and 2013. Technical Report. Calgary: Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research.

What adults know about child development in Alberta, Canada: Implications for health services

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Pujadas Botey, A., Bukutu, C. Gibbard, W.B., MacLellan, K., Bayrampour, H., Vinturache, A. Slater, D., Breitkreuz, R., Sakaluk-Moody, L., Lynch, S., Tough, S. (2014). What adults know about child development in Alberta, Canada: Implications for health services. Archives of Disease in Childhood 99:A203. Doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307384.549

DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307384.549

Reliability and validity of three shortened versions of the State Anxiety Inventory scale during the perinatal period

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology

Bayrampour, H. and McDonald, S. and Fung, T. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.3109/0167482X.2014.950218

Predictors of perception of pregnancy risk among nulliparous women

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Bayrampour, H. and Heaman, M. and Duncan, K.A. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1111/1552-6909.12215

Migrant women's utilization of prenatal care: A systematic review

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Heaman, M. and Bayrampour, H. and Kingston, D. and Blondel, B. and Gissler, M. and Roth, C. and Alexander, S. and Gagnon, A.

DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1058-z

Advanced maternal age and risk perception: A qualitative study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Bayrampour, H. and Heaman, M. and Duncan, K.A. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-100

Comparison of Perception of Pregnancy Risk of Nulliparous Women of Advanced Maternal Age and Younger Age

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Bayrampour, H. and Heaman, M. and Duncan, K.A. and Tough, S.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2012.00188.x

Comparison of Demographic and Obstetric Characteristics of Canadian Primiparous Women of Advanced Maternal Age and Younger Age

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Bayrampour, H. and Heaman, M.

DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34985-4

Advanced maternal age and the risk of cesarean birth: A systematic review

Birth

Bayrampour, H. and Heaman, M.

DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00409.x

Body image during pregnancy among Iranian women

The Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Bayrampour, H., Noroozi, M., Abedi, H.A. (2008). Body image during pregnancy among Iranian women. Book of Abstracts: XXI European Congress of Perinatal Medicine. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 21, Suppl. 1, 209.

Body image during pregnancy

Isfahan Nursing and Midwifery Research Journal

Mahnaz Noroozi AND H Bayrampour AND Hossein Ali Abedi

Pregnancy-Specific Anxiety Tool

Through a 3-phase research project, we developed and validated a patient-reported outcomes measure, Pregnancy-specific anxiety tool (PSAT). As part of this project, we also collected detail information about birth and newborn health (e.g., gestational age, birth weight, type of birth) and child early developmental outcomes.

Detection of Perinatal Mental Health Issues Using Artificial Intelligence

Through a series of studies, we are exploring the use of artificial intelligence-based tools for detection of perinatal mental health issues.

Grants

2022-2025. Co-Investigator for Teaching by Texting to Promote Healthy Behaviours in Pregnancy. Funding Source: CIHR Project Grant.

2022-2023. Co-Investigator for How do perceptions of Covid-19 risk influence health decisions in pregnancy? A mixed methods study. Funding Source: CIHR.

2020-2021. Co-Investigator for Health and developmental trajectories of infants born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome: sex differences and implications for harm reduction. Funding Source: CIHR.

2020-2021. Co-Investigator for Measuring pregnancy-related anxiety in low- and middle-income contexts: A pilot study in Ghana. Funding Source: UK Medical Research Council Global Maternal and Neonatal Health Seed-Funding.

2019-2020. Principal Investigator for A pilot prospective cohort study to examine the prenatal cannabis exposure and early developmental outcomes. Funding Source: CIHR.

2017-2020. Principal Investigator for project, Pregnancy Specific Anxiety Scale (PSAS): Instrument Development and Psychometric Testing. Funding Source: CIHR Project Grant.

2018-2023. Co-Investigator for Giving Voice to Mothers; Measuring access to high quality, respectful maternity care in Canada. Funding Source: CIHR Project Grant.

Honours & Awards

2022 - UBC Killam Accelerator Research Fellowship

2008 - The University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF)

2012 - Travel Award, CIHR Training Program in Genetics, Child Development and Health

2009 - Canadian Institutes of Health Research- Manitoba Health Research Council Regional Partnership Program (CIHR-MHRC RPP) Fellowship

2014 - Steiner Young Investigator Award, North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics & Gynecology

2009 - Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Maternal Fetal Newborn (CIHR-MFN)

2010 - CIHR-Institute of Gender and Health. Bursary Program for Innovations in Gender, Sex, and Health Research Conference

2013 - Postgraduate Fellowship Award, Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions (AIHS)

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