Heather Eliassen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5460310 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Heather Eliassen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Heather |
| FAMILY NAME | Eliassen |
| SIGNATURE | ELIASSEN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3961-6609 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The structure of religion and spirituality in a diverse sample of adults in the United States
Objective: This paper details psychometric analyses of religion and spirituality (R/S) measures in a diverse sample of U.S. adults in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH). Methods: participants. Given our goal of identifying a robust, parsimonious set of R/S measures for common use in U.S. cohort studies, we analyzed the structure of individual R/S items in a combined sample and disregarded whether items were part of a pre-existin…
Sexual orientation-related disparities in perinatal mental health among a prospective cohort study
Sexually minoritized women (SMW) may be at an increased risk of adverse perinatal mental health, though prior research is limited. We examined sexual orientation-related differences in perinatal mental health (i.e., stress and depression), and antidepressant utilization among those at different severities of clinically significant perinatal depressive symptoms. Nurses' Health Study 3 participants with prospectively assessed pregnancies (N = 6,364…
Forgiveness and health across racial-ethnic cohorts
Empirical research has found a robust association between greater forgiveness and well-being, but we know little of how this may operate in diverse samples of respondents. This study draws on data from the Nurses' Health Study II (NHSII; White women) and the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) to address this gap and test the possible moderating role of religious attendance and perceived closeness with God. Reg…
Belief in miracles, religious/spiritual struggles, and depressive symptoms
Belief in miracles is widespread, extending to many religious traditions, societies, and cultures. This study examines the relationship between a belief that God heals physical illness through miracles with depressive symptoms, and the possible moderating role of religious/spiritual (R/S) struggles in buffering or exacerbating this relationship. We utilize the Study on Stress, Spirituality and Health (SSSH), which provides a wide array of R/S dat…
Does Religious Service Attendance Modify the Relationship between Everyday Discrimination and Risk of Obesity? Results from the Study on Stress, Spirituality and Health
Reproductive Factors and Risk of Thyroid Cancer in Women
Risk of Covid-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community
BACKGROUND: Data for front-line health-care workers and risk of COVID-19 are limited. We sought to assess risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers compared with the general community and the effect of personal protective equipment (PPE) on risk. METHODS: We did a prospective, observational cohort study in the UK and the USA of the general community, including front-line health-care workers, using self-reported data from the COVID Sym…
Stampfer et al. Respond
AffiliationsMeir Stampfer and Walter Willett are with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Meir Stampfer, Fran Grodstein, and Heather Eliassen are with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. Fran Grodstein and Heather Eliassen are also with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Breast Cancer Research in the Nurses’ Health Studies
Objectives. To review the contribution of the Nurses’ Heath Study (NHS) and the NHS II in identifying risk and protective factors for breast cancer incidence and survival. Methods. We conducted a narrative review of NHS and NHS II articles on breast cancer incidence and survival published from 1976 to 2016, with a focus on exogenous and endogenous hormones; lifestyle factors, including diet, physical activity, and aspirin use; intermediate marker…
Breast Cancer Research in the Nurses’ Health Studies
Objectives. To review the contribution of the Nurses’ Heath Study (NHS) and the NHS II in identifying risk and protective factors for breast cancer incidence and survival. Methods. We conducted a narrative review of NHS and NHS II articles on breast cancer incidence and survival published from 1976 to 2016, with a focus on exogenous and endogenous hormones; lifestyle factors, including diet, physical activity, and aspirin use; intermediate marker…
Breast Cancer Research in the Nurses’ Health Studies
Objectives. To review the contribution of the Nurses’ Heath Study (NHS) and the NHS II in identifying risk and protective factors for breast cancer incidence and survival. Methods. We conducted a narrative review of NHS and NHS II articles on breast cancer incidence and survival published from 1976 to 2016, with a focus on exogenous and endogenous hormones; lifestyle factors, including diet, physical activity, and aspirin use; intermediate marker…
Stampfer et al. Respond
AffiliationsMeir Stampfer and Walter Willett are with the Department of Nutrition, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA. Meir Stampfer, Fran Grodstein, and Heather Eliassen are with the Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston. Fran Grodstein and Heather Eliassen are also with the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Risk of Covid-19 among front-line health-care workers and the general community
BACKGROUND: Data for front-line health-care workers and risk of COVID-19 are limited. We sought to assess risk of COVID-19 among front-line health-care workers compared with the general community and the effect of personal protective equipment (PPE) on risk. METHODS: We did a prospective, observational cohort study in the UK and the USA of the general community, including front-line health-care workers, using self-reported data from the COVID Sym…
Reproductive Factors and Risk of Thyroid Cancer in Women
Sexual orientation-related disparities in perinatal mental health among a prospective cohort study
Sexually minoritized women (SMW) may be at an increased risk of adverse perinatal mental health, though prior research is limited. We examined sexual orientation-related differences in perinatal mental health (i.e., stress and depression), and antidepressant utilization among those at different severities of clinically significant perinatal depressive symptoms. Nurses' Health Study 3 participants with prospectively assessed pregnancies (N = 6,364…
Forgiveness and health across racial-ethnic cohorts
Empirical research has found a robust association between greater forgiveness and well-being, but we know little of how this may operate in diverse samples of respondents. This study draws on data from the Nurses' Health Study II (NHSII; White women) and the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) to address this gap and test the possible moderating role of religious attendance and perceived closeness with God. Reg…
Belief in miracles, religious/spiritual struggles, and depressive symptoms
Belief in miracles is widespread, extending to many religious traditions, societies, and cultures. This study examines the relationship between a belief that God heals physical illness through miracles with depressive symptoms, and the possible moderating role of religious/spiritual (R/S) struggles in buffering or exacerbating this relationship. We utilize the Study on Stress, Spirituality and Health (SSSH), which provides a wide array of R/S dat…
Does Religious Service Attendance Modify the Relationship between Everyday Discrimination and Risk of Obesity? Results from the Study on Stress, Spirituality and Health
The structure of religion and spirituality in a diverse sample of adults in the United States
Objective: This paper details psychometric analyses of religion and spirituality (R/S) measures in a diverse sample of U.S. adults in the Study on Stress, Spirituality, and Health (SSSH). Methods: participants. Given our goal of identifying a robust, parsimonious set of R/S measures for common use in U.S. cohort studies, we analyzed the structure of individual R/S items in a combined sample and disregarded whether items were part of a pre-existin…
Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (4 works) · Spirituality (4 works) · Cohort (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)