Amy Heshmati

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About me

I am a doctoral student at the Department of Global Public Health. My PhD project is a collaboration between KaroIinska Institutet and the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS) at the Department of Public Health Sciences at Stockholm University, where I am seated.

Education
2012 MSc Public Health Science, Stockholm University, Sweden

2006 PGCertPharm (Medicines Management), University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

2001 BPharm, University of Otago

Research

My thesis is a health equity evaluation of the Swedish parental leave policy with a focus on the work-requirement for earnings-related parental leave benefits.

Articles

Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2022;32(4):522-527
Latent class trajectories of socioeconomic position over four time points and mortality: the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study
Hossin MZ; Heshmati A; Koupil I; Goodman A; Mishra GD
Article: BMJ OPEN. 2021;11(6):e049682
Unintended health consequences of Swedish parental leave policy (ParLeHealth): protocol for a quasi-experimental study
Juarez SP; Honkaniemi H; Heshmati AF; Debiasi E; Dunlavy A; Hjern A; Rostila M; Mussino E; Katikireddi SV; Duvander A-Z
Article: LONGITUDINAL AND LIFE COURSE STUDIES. 2020;11(1):27-54
Socio-economic position at four time points across the life course and all-cause mortality: updated results from the Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study
Heshmati A; Mishra GD; Goodman A; Koupil I
Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 2019;16(20):E3919-3919
Social and Psychological Predictors of Body Mass Index among South Africans 15 Years and Older: SANHANES-1
Mchiza ZJ-R; Parker W-A; Hossin MZ; Heshmati A; Labadarios D; Falkstedt D; Koupil I
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 2017;45(4):419-427
Early life characteristics, social mobility during childhood and risk of stroke in later life: findings from a Swedish cohort
Heshmati A; Chaparro MP; Goodman A; Koupil I
Article: PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION. 2016;19(17):3158-3168
Social patterning of overeating, binge eating, compensatory behaviours and symptoms of bulimia nervosa in young adult women: results from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health
Koupil I; Tooth L; Heshmati A; Mishra G
Article: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE. 2016;7(1):108-113
Maternal pelvic size, fetal growth and risk of stroke in adult offspring in a large Swedish cohort
Heshmati A; Chaparro MP; Koupil I
Article: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE. 2014;5(3):164-170
Placental weight and foetal growth rate as predictors of ischaemic heart disease in a Swedish cohort
Heshmati A; Koupil I
Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 2014;179(7):852-863
Associations Between Birth Characteristics and Eating Disorders Across the Life Course: Findings From 2 Million Males and Females Born in Sweden, 1975-1998
Goodman A; Heshmati A; Malki N; Koupil I
Article: PLOS ONE. 2014;9(8):e106475
Family History of Education Predicts Eating Disorders across Multiple Generations among 2 Million Swedish Males and Females
Goodman A; Heshmati A; Koupil I
Article: JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. 2013;67(11):939-946
Childhood and adulthood socio-economic position and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy: the Uppsala Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study
Heshmati A; Mishra G; Koupil I

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Review: THE LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;8(1):e57-e75
The effect of parental leave on parents? mental health: a systematic review
Heshmati A; Honkaniemi H; Juarez SP

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