Jussi
Vahtera
Senior Advisor, Public Health
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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
Diet quality in preschool children and associations with individual eating behavior and neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage. The STEPS Study (2022)
Appetite
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Clustering of social disadvantage with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in young adults: A register-based study in Sweden (2022)
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
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Neighborhood disadvantage, greenness and population density as predictors of breastfeeding practices: a population cohort study from Finland (2022)
Journal of Nutrition
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Parental feeding practices and child eating behavior in different socioeconomic neighborhoods and their association with childhood weight. The STEPS study (2022)
Health and Place
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Residential greenness and risks of depression: Longitudinal associations with different greenness indicators and spatial scales in a Finnish population cohort (2022)
Health and Place
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Characteristics of Workplace Psychosocial Resources and Risk of Diabetes: A Prospective Cohort Study (2022)
Diabetes Care
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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
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Changes in physical activity by context and residential greenness among recent retirees: Longitudinal GPS and accelerometer study (2022)
Health and Place
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Body-mass index and risk of obesity-related complex multimorbidity: an observational multicohort study (2022)
Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology
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Hospital-treated infectious diseases and the risk of dementia: a large, multicohort, observational study with a replication cohort (2021)
Lancet Infectious Diseases
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