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.

Juárez 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: LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH. 2023;8(1):e57-e75

The effect of parental leave on parents' mental health: a systematic review.

Heshmati A; Honkaniemi H; Juárez SP

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