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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Classification and processing of 24-hour wrist accelerometer data (2018)
- Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour
Pulakka A, Shiroma EJ, Harris TB, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Stenholm S
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Clustering of job strain, effort−reward imbalance, and organizational injustice and the risk of work disability: A cohort study (2018)
- Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Anne Juvani, Tuula la Oksanen, Marianna Virtanen, Paula Salo, Jaana Pentti, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Downsizing and purchases of psychotropic drugs: A longitudinal study of stayers, changers and unemployed (RETRACTED) (2018)
- PLoS ONE
Blomqvist S, Alexanderson K, Vahtera J, Westerlund H, Hanson LLM
(Other publication)
Job strain and loss of healthy life years between ages 50 and 75 by sex and occupational position: analyses of 64 934 individuals from four prospective cohort studies (2018)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Hanson LLM, Westerlund H, Chungkham HS, Vahtera J, Rod NH, Alexanderson K, Goldberg M, Kivimaki M, Stenholm S, Platts LG, Zins M, Head J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Lifestyle factors and risk of sickness absence from work: a multicohort study (2018)
- Lancet Public Health
Virtanen M, Ervasti J, Head J, Oksanen T, Salo P, Pentti J, Kouvonen A, Vaananen A, Suominen S, Koskenvuo M, Vahtera J, Elovainio M, Zins M, Goldberg M, Kivimaki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Long working hours and depressive symptoms: systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished individual participant data (2018)
- Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Virtanen M, Jokela M, Madsen IEH, Hanson LLM, Lallukka T, Nyberg ST, Alfredsson L, Batty GD, Bjorner JB, Borritz M, Burr H, Dragano N, Erbel R, Ferrie JE, Heikkila K, Knutsson A, Koskenvuo M, Lahelma E, Nielsen ML, 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, Kivimaki M
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage, risk factors, and diabetes from childhood to middle age in the Young Finns Study: a cohort study (2018)
- Lancet Public Health
Kivimäki Mika, Vahtera Jussi, Tabák Adam G, Halonen, Jaana I, Vineis Paolo, Pentti Jaana, Pahkala Katja, Rovio Suvi, Viikari Jorma, Kähönen Mika, Juonala Markus, Ferrie Jane E, Stringhini Silvia, Raitakari Olli T
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Night work and risk of common mental disorders: Analyzing observational data as a non-randomized pseudo trial (2018)
- Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Beltagy M., Pentti J., Vahtera J., Kivimäki M.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Obesity and loss of disease-free years owing to major non-communicable diseases: a multicohort study (2018)
- Lancet Public Health
Solja T Nyberg, G David Batty, Jaana Pentti, Marianna Virtanen, Lars Alfredsson, Eleonor I Fransson, Marcel Goldberg, Katriina Heikkilä, Markus Jokela, Anders Knutsson, Markku Koskenvuo, Tea Lallukka, Constanze Leineweber, Joni V Lindbohm, Ida E H Madsen, Linda L Magnusson Hanson, Maria Nordin, Tuula Oksanen, Olli Pietiläinen, Ossi Rahkonen, Reiner Rugulies, Martin J Shipley, Sari Stenholm, Sakari Suominen, Töres Theorell, Jussi Vahtera, Peter J M Westerholm, Hugo Westerlund, Marie Zins, Mark Hamer, Archana Singh-Manoux, Joshua A Bell, Jane E Ferrie, Mika Kivimäki
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Occupational and educational inequalities in exit from employment at older ages: evidence from seven prospective cohorts (2018)
- Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Carr E, Fleischmann M, Goldberg M, Kuh D, Murray ET, Stafford M, Stansfeld S, Vahtera J, Xue BW, Zaninotto P, Zins M, Head J
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Physical activity level as a predictor of healthy and chronic disease-free life expectancy between ages 50 and 75 (2018)
- Age and Ageing
Tuija Leskinen, Sari Stenholm, Ville Aalto, Jenny Head, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Prediction of long-term absence due to sickness in employees: development and validation of a multifactorial risk score in two cohort studies (2018)
- Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Airaksinen J, Jokela M, Virtanen M, Oksanen T, Koskenvuo M, Pentti J, Vahtera J, Kivimäki M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Relationship transitions and change in health behavior: A four-phase, twelve-year longitudinal study (2018)
- Social Science and Medicine
Kim Josefsson, Marko Elovainio, Sari Stenholm, Ichiro Kawachi, Maarit Kauppi, Ville Aalto, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Self-rated Health of the Temporary Employees in a Nordic Welfare State: Findings from the Finnish Public Sector Study (2018)
- Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Pekka Virtanen, Jaan Pentti, Jussi Vahtera, Mika Kivimäki, Marianna Virtanen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sickness absence diagnoses among abstainers, low-risk drinkers and at-risk drinkers: consideration of the U-shaped association between alcohol use and sickness absence in four cohort studies (2018)
- Addiction
Jenni Ervasti, Mika Kivimäki, Jenny Head, Marcel Goldberg, Guillaume Airagnes, Jaana Pentti, Tuula Oksanen, Paula Salo, Sakari Suominen, Markus Jokela, Jussi Vahtera, Marie Zins, Marianna Virtanen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sickness absence in a re-employment program as a predictor of labor market attachment among long-term unemployed individuals: A 6-year cohort study in Finland (2018)
- Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Nwaru C., Kivimäki M., Pentti J., Vahtera J., Virtanen P.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sociodemographic Differences Between Alcohol Use and Sickness Absence: Pooled Analysis of Four Cohort Studies (2018)
- Alcohol and Alcoholism
Jenni Ervasti, Mika Kivimäki, Jenny Head, Marcel Goldberg, Guillaume Airagnes, Jaana Pentti, Tuula Oksanen, Paula Salo, Sakari Suominen, Markus Jokela, Jussi Vahtera, Marie Zins, Marianna Virtanen
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The effect of retirement on subjective and objective sleep characteristics: the Finnish Retirement and Aging study (2018)
- Journal of Sleep Research
Myllyntausta S, Pulakka A, Salo P, Kronholm E, Pentti J, Oksanen T, Kivimaki M, Vahtera J, Stenholm S
(Other publication)
The gender gap in accrued pension rights - an indicator of women's accumulated disadvantage over the course of working life. The Hordaland Health Study (HUSK) (2018)
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
Jens Christoffer Skogen, Gunnel Hensing, Simon Øverland, Ann Kristin Knudsen, Børge Sivertsen, Jussi Vahtera, Grethe S. Tell, Inger Haukenes
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Trajectories of antidepressant use before and after the loss of a family member: Evidence from the Finnish public sector study (2018)
- Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Helena Honkaniemi, Mikael Rostila, Maarit Kauppi, Pekka Virtanen, Liudmila Lipiäinen, Jaana Pentti, Mika Kivimäki, Jussi Vahtera
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)