Jussi
Vahtera
Senior Advisor, Public Health
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Areas of expertise
Public health
Epidemiology
Neighborhood influences on health
Life-course research
Psychosocial stress
Psychosocial work environment
Social Determinants of Health.
Research
My studies focus on work and living environments, psychosocial risks, and behaviors as determinants of health and longevity from a life-course perspective. I have experience in working with large longitudinal datasets and have a strong record of research collaboration both nationally and internationally. My recent research has contributed to the understanding of the effects of social, built and natural neighborhoods on cardiovascular health.
Publications
Do predictors of return to work and recurrence of work disability due to mental disorders vary by age? A cohort study (2017)
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Effort-reward imbalance at work and incident coronary heart disease: A multicohort study of 90,164 individuals (2017)
Epidemiology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Diabetes and risk of occupational injury: a cohort study (2017)
Diabetic Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Trends in work disability due to mental diagnoses among social workers in Finland and Sweden in 2005-2012. (2017)
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Job strain as a risk factor for clinical depression: systematic review and meta-analysis with additional individual participant data (2017)
Psychological Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))
Contribution of risk factors to excess mortality in isolated and lonely individuals: an analysis of data from the UK Biobank cohort study. (2017)
Lancet Public Health
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Occupational class and working beyond the retirement age: a cohort study (2017)
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Trajectory analyses of sickness absence among industrial and municipal employees (2017)
Occupational Medicine
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Organizational Justice and Collaboration Among Nurses as Correlates of Violent Assaults by Patients in Psychiatric Care (2017)
Psychiatric Services
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Social networks and patterns of health risk behaviours over two decades: A multi-cohort study (2017)
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))