Jussi Vahtera
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.
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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- Concurrent changes in physical activity and body mass index among 66 852 public sector employees over a 16-year follow-up: Multitrajectory analysis of a cohort study in Finland (2022)
- BMJ Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Diet quality in preschool children and associations with individual eating behavior and neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage. The STEPS Study (2022)
- Appetite
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Heavy alcohol consumption before and after negative life events in late mid-life: longitudinal latent trajectory analyses (2022)
- Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Long-term cumulative light exposure from the natural environment and sleep: A cohort study (2022)
- Journal of Sleep Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Multi-trajectory analysis of changes in physical activity and body mass index in relation to retirement: Finnish Retirement and Aging study (2022)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Neighborhood disadvantage, greenness and population density as predictors of breastfeeding practices: a population cohort study from Finland (2022)
- Journal of Nutrition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Childhood Body Mass Index Trajectories From Birth to 7 Years of Age (2022)
- Epidemiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Neighbourhood characteristics as a predictor of adherence to dietary recommendations: A population-based cohort study of Finnish adults (2022)
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parental feeding practices and child eating behavior in different socioeconomic neighborhoods and their association with childhood weight. The STEPS study (2022)
- Health and Place
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Psychological Distress During the Retirement Transition and the Role of Psychosocial Working Conditions and Social Living Environment (2022)
- Journals of Gerontology series B, psychological sciences and social sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Residential greenness and risks of depression: Longitudinal associations with different greenness indicators and spatial scales in a Finnish population cohort (2022)
- Health and Place
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Return to work following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (2022)
- Acta Orthopaedica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sleep duration and sleep difficulties as predictors of occupational injuries: a cohort study (2022)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Effect of a Consumer-Based Activity Tracker Intervention on Accelerometer-Measured Sedentary Time Among Retirees: A Randomized Controlled REACT Trial (2022)
- Journals of Gerontology, Series A
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Trajectories of Worktime Control From Midlife to Retirement and Working Beyond Retirement Age (2022)
- Work, Aging and Retirement
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Why do men extend their employment beyond pensionable age more often than women? a cohort study (2022)
- European Journal of Ageing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Work ability and physical fitness among aging workers: the Finnish Retirement and Aging Study (2022)
- European Journal of Ageing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Workplace psychosocial resources and risk of cardiovascular disease among employees: a multi-cohort study of 135 669 participants (2022)
- Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Association between Life Stressors and Arterial Stiffness: The Finnish Retirement and Aging Study (2021)
- Artery Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Association of changes in lifestyle with changes in sleep difficulties: an analysis of 38 400 participants over a 16-year follow-up (2021)
- BMJ Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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