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
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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Work ability and physical fitness among aging workers: the Finnish Retirement and Aging Study (2022)
European Journal of Ageing
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Multi-trajectory analysis of changes in physical activity and body mass index in relation to retirement: Finnish Retirement and Aging study (2022)
PLoS ONE
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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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Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Childhood Body Mass Index Trajectories From Birth to 7 Years of Age (2022)
Epidemiology
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Return to work following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (2022)
Acta Orthopaedica
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Changes in life satisfaction during the transition to retirement: findings from the FIREA cohort study (2022)
European Journal of Ageing
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Work participation and physicality of work in young adulthood and the development of unhealthy lifestyle habits and obesity later in life: A prospective cohort study (2021)
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
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