R|S Atlas dataset

R|S Atlas provides a comprehensive map of all religion or spirituality (R/S) survey questions available within 20 highly-regarded prospective cohort studies in the U.S. R|S Atlas is an open-source, online data resource developed and hosted by the Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities (Alexandra E. Shields, Director) under the auspices of the National Consortium on Psychosocial Stress, Spirituality, and Health, made possible through a grant from the John Templeton Foundation. See our companion website for a full suite of search tools to investigate these data in greater detail: https://atlas.mgh.harvard.edu/. R|S Atlas is a tool to maximize the utility of extant R/S measures to facilitate high-quality, prospective analyses using currently available R/S measures in prospective cohort studies in the U.S. While the number of R/S measures available in our participating cohorts can be fairly limited at times, many existing R/S measures are immediately available for prospective analyses aimed at advancing understanding of the complex relationships of R/S beliefs, practices, experiences, and other important health outcomes. Given that many such study designs will require pooling data across several cohorts, R|S Atlas provides a valuable resource to researchers seeking to identify cohorts with similar data on R/S, as well as cohorts who meet additional study criteria (e.g., racial/ethnic composition, availability of blood or DNA samples, age or sex of cohort participants, etc.).