Jussi Vahtera - UTU Research Portal

Jussi Vahtera

- Senior Advisor,
Public Health (Department of Clinical Medicine)

jussi.vahtera@utu.fi

+358 29 450 2030

+358 40 592 9990

Kiinamyllynkatu 10

Turku

ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6036-061X

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

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Genome-wide scan of job-related exhaustion with three replication studies implicate a susceptibility variant at the UST gene locus (2013)
- Human Molecular Genetics
Sulkava S, Ollila HM, Ahola K, Partonen T, Viitasalo K, Kettunen J, Lappalainen M, Kivimaki M, Vahtera J, Lindstrom J, Harma M, Puttonen S, Salomaa V, Paunio T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Increased risk of coronary heart disease among individuals reporting adverse impact of stress on their health: the Whitehall II prospective cohort study (2013)
- European Heart Journal
Nabi H, Kivimaki M, Batty GD, Shipley MJ, Britton A, Brunner EJ, Vahtera J, Lemogne C, Elbaz A, Singh-Manoux A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Influence of retirement on nonadherence to mediation for hypertension and diabetes (2013)
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
Kivimäki M, Batty GD, Hamer M, Nabi H, Korhonen M, Huupponen R, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Kawachi I, Virtanen M, Westerlund H, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Job Strain and Health-Related Lifestyle: Findings From an Individual-Participant Meta-Analysis of 118 000 Working Adults (2013)
- American Journal of Public Health
Katriina Heikkilä, Eleonor I Fransson, Solja T Nyberg, Marie Zins, Hugo Westerlund, Peter Westerholm, Marianna Virtanen, Jussi Vahtera, Sakari Suominen, Andrew Steptoe, Paula Salo, Jaana Pentti, Tuula Oksanen, Maria Nordin, Michael G Marmot, Thorsten Lunau, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Markku Koskenvuo, Anders Knutsson, France Kittel, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Marcel Goldberg, Raimund Erbel, Nico Dragano, Dirk DeBacquer, Els Clays, Annalisa Casini, Lars Alfredsson, Jane E Ferrie, Archana Singh-Manoux, G David Batty, Mika Kivimäki
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Job strain and supervisor support in primary care health centres and glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study (2013)
- BMJ Open
Koponen A, Vahtera J, Pitkäniemi J, Virtanen M, Pentti J, Simonsen-Rehn N, Kivimäki M, Suominen S
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Job Strain, Sleep and Alertness in Shift Working Health Care Professionals – A Field Study (2013)
- Industrial Health
Karhula K, Härmä M, Sallinen M, Hublin C, Virkkala J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J, Puttonen S
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Koulujen henkilöstövoimavarat ja opettajien vaihtuvuus – Rekisteritutkimus kymmenen kaupungin peruskouluista (2013)
- Yhteiskuntapolitiikka
Jenni Ervasti, Mika Kivimäki, Jaana Pentti, Jussi Vahtera, Marianna Virtanen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Living in proximity of a bar and risky alcohol behaviours – a longitudinal study (2013)
- Addiction
Halonen JI, Kivimaki M, Virtanen M, Pentti J, Subramanian SV, Kawachi I, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Obesity and Occupational Injury – A Prospective Cohort Study of 69,515 Public Sector Employees (2013)
- PLoS ONE
Kouvonen A, Kivimaki M, Oksanen T, Pentti J, De Vogli R, Virtanen M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Organizational justice, sickness absence and employee age (2013)
- Journal of Managerial Psychology
Aino Tenhiälä, Anne Linna, Monika von Bonsdorff, Jaana Pentti, Jussi Vahtera, Mika Kivimäki, Marko Elovainio
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Perceived job insecurity as a risk factor for incident coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis (2013)
- BMJ
Virtanen M, Nyberg ST, Batty GD, Jokela M, Heikkila K, Fransson EI, Alfredsson L, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Casini A, Clays E, De Bacquer D, Dragano N, Elovainio M, Erbel R, Ferrie JE, Hamer M, Jockel KH, Kittel F, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Koskinen A, Lunau T, Madsen IEH, Nielsen ML, Nordin M, Oksanen T, Pahkin K, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rugulies R, Salo P, Shipley MJ, Siegrist J, Steptoe A, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Toppinen-Tanner S, Vaananen A, Vahtera J, Westerholm PJM, Westerlund H, Slopen N, Kawachi I, Singh-Manoux A, Kivimaki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Perceived organizational justice as a predictor of long-term sickness absence due to diagnosed mental disorders: Results from the prospective longitudinal Finnish Public Sector Study (2013)
- Social Science and Medicine
Elovainio M, Linna A, Virtanen M, Oksanen T, Kivimaki M, Pentti J, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Proximity of off-premise alcohol outlets and heavy alcohol consumption: A cohort study (2013)
- Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Halonen JI, Kivimaki M, Virtanen M, Pentti J, Subramanian SV, Kawachi I, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Psychosocial factors and well-being among Finnish GPs and specialists: a 10-year follow-up (2013)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Elovainio M, Salo P, Jokela M, Heponiemi T, Linna A, Virtanen M, Oksanen T, Kivimaki M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Relationship between participants' pre-treatment individual characteristics and change in perceived work ability after a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program (2013)
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
Saltychev M, Laimi K, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
(Other publication)
Social Capital and Sleep Disturbances – Does the Workplace Matter? (2013)
- American Journal of Epidemiology
- Oksanen T, Salo P, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
(Other publication)
Social Capital in Schools (2013) Global Perspectives on Social Capital and Health Marianna Virtanen, Jenni Ervasti, Tuula Oksanen, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Socioeconomic characteristics of residential areas and risk of death: is variation in spatial units for analysis a source of heterogeneity in observed associations? (2013)
- BMJ Open
Halonen JI, Vahtera J, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Virtanen M, Jokela M, Diez-Roux AV, Kivimäki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Socioeconomic inequalities in common mental disorders and psychotherapy treatment in the UK between 1991 and 2009 (2013)
- British Journal of Psychiatry
Jokela M, Batty GD, Vahtera J, Elovainio M, Kivimaki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The health effects of major organisational changes (2013)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Vahtera J, Virtanen M
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)