Jussi Vahtera - UTU Research Portal

Jussi Vahtera

- Senior Advisor,
- Professor
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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Effect of participative intervention on organisational justice perceptions: a quasi-experimental study on Finnish public sector employees (2011)
- International Journal of Human Resource Management
Linna A, Väänänen A, Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Pentti J, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effect of Retirement on Alcohol Consumption: Longitudinal 1 Evidence from the French Gazel Cohort Study (2011)
- PLoS ONE
Zins M, Guéguen A, Kivimäki M, Singh-Manoux A, Leclerc A, Vahtera J, Westerlund H, Ferrie JE, Goldberg M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Influence of retirement and work stress on headache prevalence: A longitudinal modelling study from the Gazel cohort (2011)
- Cephalalgia
Sjösten N, Nabi H, Westerlund H, Singh-Manoux A, Dartigues J-F, Goldberg M, Zins M, Oksanen T, Salo P, Pentti J, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Is retirement beneficial for mental health? Longitudinal analysis of antidepressant use before and after retirement (2011)
- Epidemiology
Oksanen T, Vahtera J, Westerlund H, Pentti J, Sjösten N, Virtanen M, Kawachi I, Kivimäki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Living Alone and Alcohol-Related Mortality: A Population-Based Cohort Study from Finland (2011)
- PLoS Medicine
Herttua K, Martikainen P, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Long working hours and symptoms of anxiety and depression: a 5-year follow-up of the Whitehall II study (2011)
- Psychological Medicine
Virtanen M, Jokela M, Madsen IEH, Magnusson Hanson LL, Lallukka T, Nyberg S, Alfredsson L, Batty GD, Bjorner B, Borritz M, Burr H, Dragano N, Erbel R, Ferrie JE, Heikkilä K, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Lahelma E, Nielsen L, Oksanen T, Pejtersen JH, Pentti J, Rahkonen O, Rugulies R, Salo P, Schupp J, Shipley MJ, Siegrist J, Singh-Manoux A, Suominen SB, Theorell T, Vahtera J, Wagner GG, Wang JL, Yiengprugsawan V, Westerlund H, Kivimäki M
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Low Level of Optimism Predicts Initiation of Psychotherapy for Depression: Results from the Finnish Public Sector Study (2011)
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Karlsson Hasse, Kronström Kim, Nabi Hermann, Oksanen Tuula, Salo Paula, Virtanen Marianna, Suominen Sakari, Kivimäki Miika, Vahtera Jussi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Negative Aspects of Close Relationships as Predictor of Increase in Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference: the Whitehall II Study (2011)
- American Journal of Public Health
Kouvonen A, Stafford M, De Vogli R, Shipley MJ, Marmot M, Cox T, Vahtera J, Väänänen A, Heponiemi T, Singh-Manoux A, Kivimäki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Optimism and pessimism as predictors of work disability with a diagnosis of depression: a prospective cohort study of onset and recovery (2011)
- Journal of Affective Disorders
Kronström Kim, Nabi Hermann, Oksanen Tuula, Salo Paula, Sjösten Noora, Virtanen Marianna, Pentti Jaana, Kivimäki Mika, Vahtera Jussi, Karlsson Hasse
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Organizational justice at school and its associations with pupils' psychosocial school environment, health, and wellbeing (2011)
- Social Science and Medicine
Elovainio M, Pietikainen M, Luopa P, Kivimaki M, Ferrie JE, Jokela J, Suominen S, Vahtera J, Virtanen M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Overcrowding in psychiatric wards and physical assaults on staff: data-linked longitudinal study (2011)
- British Journal of Psychiatry
Virtanen M, Vahtera J, Batty D, Tuisku K, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Salo P, Ahola K, Kivimäki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Patients with Infectious Diseases, Overcrowding, and Health in Hospital Staff (2011)
- Archives of Internal Medicine -New Series-
Virtanen M, Terho K, Oksanen T, Kurvinen T, Pentti J, Routamaa M, Vartti A-M, Peltonen R, Vahtera J, Kivimäki
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Persistent asthma, comorbid conditions and the risk of work disability: a prospective cohort study (2011)
- Allergy
Hakola R, Kauppi P, Leino T, Ojajärvi A, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Haahtela T, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Predictive factors of future participation in rehabilitation in the working population: the Finnish public sector study. (2011)
- Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
Saltychev M, Laimi K, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Virtanen M, Kivimaki M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Psykososiaaliset työolot (2011) Sosiaaliepidemiologia. Väestön terveyserot ja terveyteen vaikuttavat sosiaaliset tekijät. Ahola K, Väänänen A, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Retirement reduces antihypertensive medication adherence among hypertensive men and women. Abstracts of the 22nd International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health EPICOH 2011 September 7-9, 2011, Oxford, UK (2011)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Vahtera J, Pentti J, Virtanen, Oksanen T, Westerlund H, Kivimäki M
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
Sickness absence among Finnish special and general education teachers (2011)
- Occupational Medicine
Ervasti J, Kivimaki M, Pentti J, Suominen S, Vahtera J, Virtanen M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sleep disturbances and cause-specific mortality: Results from the GAZEL Cohort Study (2011)
- American Journal of Epidemiology
Hulvej Rod N, Vahtera J, Westerlund H, Kivimäki M, Zins M, Goldberg M, Lange T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Socioeconomic differences in long-term psychiatric work disability: prospective cohort study of onset, recovery and recurrence (2011)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Virtanen M, Kawachi I, Oksanen T, Salo P, Tuisku K, Pulkki-Råback L, Pentti J, Elovainio M, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Stressful life events and the onset of asthma (2011)
- European Respiratory Journal
Lietzen R., Virtanen P., Kivimäki M., Sillanmäki L., Vahtera J., Koskenvuo M.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)