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
Neighbourhood deprivation in childhood and adulthood and risk of arterial stiffness: the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns study (2023)
Blood Pressure
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Does work-related and commuting physical activity predict changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior during the transition to retirement? GPS and accelerometer study (2023)
Health and Place
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Finnish Retirement and Aging Study: a prospective cohort study (2023)
BMJ Open
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Association Between Depression and Physical Conditions Requiring Hospitalization (2023)
JAMA Psychiatry
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Residential green environments are associated with human milk oligosaccharide diversity and composition (2023)
Scientific Reports
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Do Sleep Problems Explain the Association Between Work Stress and the Trajectories of Work Ability From Midlife to Pensionable Age? (2023)
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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Changes in ambulatory blood pressure during the transition to retirement (2023)
Journal of Hypertension
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Predicting long-term sickness absence with employee questionnaires and administrative records: a prospective cohort study of hospital employees (2023)
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
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Workplace Psychosocial Resources and Risk of Sleep Disturbances Among Employees (2023)
JAMA Network Open
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Association of working hours with accelerometer-based sleep duration and sleep quality on the following night among older employees (2023)
Sleep epidemiology
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