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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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)
Sydänsairaudet (2011) Työperäiset sairaudet Oksa P, Oksanen T, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Using additional information on working hours to predict coronary heart disease: a cohort study (2011)
- Annals of Internal Medicine
Kivimäki M, Batty D, Hamer M, Ferrie JE, Vahtera J, Virtanen M, Marmot MG, Singh-Manoux A, Shipley MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Ward overcrowding and assaults on staff: cause and effect? reply (2011)
- British Journal of Psychiatry
VIRTANEN M, Vahtera J, Batty GD, Tuisku K, PENTTI J, OKSANEN T, SALO P, AHOLA K, KIVIMAKI M
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
Workplace Social Capital and Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication: A Cohort Study (2011)
- PLoS ONE
Oksanen T, Kawachi I, Kouvonen A, Suzuki E, Takao S, Sjösten N, Virtanen M, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Workplace social capital and all-cause mortality: A prospective cohort study of 28,043 public sector employees (2011)
- American Journal of Public Health
Oksanen T, Kivimäki M, Kawachi I, Subramanian SV, Takao S, Suzuki E, Kouvonen A, Pentti J, Salo P, Virtanen M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
All-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence as a predictor of sustained suboptimal health: a 14-year follow-up in the GAZEL cohort (2010)
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Vahtera J, Westerlund H, Ferrie JE, Head J, Melchior M, Singh-Manoux A, Zins M, Goldberg M, Alexanderson K, Kivimäki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Allergic rhinitis alone or with asthma is associated with an increased risk of sickness absences (2010)
- Respiratory Medicine
Kauppi P, Salo P, Hakola R, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J, Haahtela T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Antidepressant Medication Use, Weight Gain and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Population-based Study (2010)
- Diabetes Care
Kivimäki M, Hamer M, Batty D, Geddes JR, Tabak AG, Pentti J, Virtanen M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Antidepressant Use Before and After the Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes: A Longitudinal Modeling Study (2010)
- Diabetes Care
Kivimäki M, Tabak A, Lawlor D, David BG, Singh-Manoux A, Jokela M, Virtanen M, Salo P, Oksanen T, Pentti J, Witte D, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Association of contractual and subjective job insecurity with sickness presenteeism among public sector employees (2010)
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Heponiemi T, Elovainio M, Pentti J, VirtanenVM, Westerlund H, Virtanen P, Oksanen T, Kivimäki M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Childhood adversities, adulthood life events and depression (2010)
- Journal of Affective Disorders
Korkeila J, Vahtera J, Nabi H, Kivimäki M, Korkeila K, Sumanen M, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Childhood adversities as predictors of incident coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease (2010)
- Heart
Korkeila J, Vahtera J, Korkeila K, Kivimäki M, Sumanen M, Koskenvuo K, Koskenvuo M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Does depression predict coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease equally well? The Health and Social Support Prospective Cohort Study (2010)
- International Journal of Epidemiology
Nabi H, Kivimaki M, Suominen S, Koskenvuo M, Singh-Manoux A, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Does Organizational Justice Protect from Sickness Absence Following a Major Life Event? Finnish Public Sector study (2010)
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
Elovainio M, Kivimäki M, Linna A, Brockner J, van den Bos K, Greenberg J, Pentti J, Virtanen M, Vahtera J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Does sickness absence due to psychiatric disorder predict cause-specific mortality? A 16-year follow-up of the GAZEL occupational cohort study (2010)
- American Journal of Epidemiology
Melchior M, Ferrie JE, Alexanderson K, Goldberg M, Kivimäki M, Singh-Manoux A, Vahtera J, Westerlund H, Zins M, Head J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)