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Tuija Martelin is affiliated with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare in Finland. The research focuses primarily on health-related topics, integrating perspectives from psychology and social sciences. Their contributions span several subfields including health, social psychology, public health, environmental and occupational health, experimental and cognitive psychology, and general health professions.

The research topics covered by Martelin include:

  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Psychological well-being and life satisfaction
  • Mental health research topics
  • Agriculture sustainability and environmental impact
  • Nutritional studies and diet
  • Consumer attitudes and food labeling
  • Recreation, leisure, wilderness management

Martelin's recent research papers demonstrate an interest in dietary habits, social inclusion, and mental health, often considering different population groups and their subjective experiences. Recent papers include:

  • Population group differences in subjective importance of meat in diet and red and processed meat consumption, 2021, published in Appetite
  • Profiles of subjective health among people living alone: a latent class analysis, 2021, published in BMC Public Health
  • Positive Mental Health of Finnish People Living Alone: The Role of Circumstantial Factors and Leisure-Time Activities, 2021, published in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Experiences of Social Inclusion Scale, 2021, published in Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
  • Early childhood family background predicts meal frequency behaviour in children: Five-year follow-up study, 2021, published in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Frequently collaborating researchers include Tytti Pasanen, Nina Tamminen, Pia Solin, Tommi Härkänen, and Peppi Haario. These coauthors appear regularly in joint publications and research projects.

Martelin's work is published in various reputable venues that focus on public health and social dimensions of health, including:

  • BMC Public Health
  • Appetite
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Human Development and Capabilities
  • Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

The body of work situates Martelin's research at the intersection of health outcomes, psychological well-being, and social factors, with a particular emphasis on understanding how individual circumstances and leisure activities relate to mental health and dietary patterns.

Best Publications

  • Health behaviours as explanations for educational level differences in cardiovascular and all-cause mortality: a follow-up of 60 000 men and women over 23 years.

    Mikko Laaksonen;Kirsi Talala;Tuija Martelin;Ossi Rahkonen

  • 25-year trends and socio-demographic differences in response rates: Finnish adult health behaviour survey.

    Hanna Tolonen;Satu Helakorpi;Kirsi Talala;Ville Helasoja

  • Why are socioeconomic mortality differences smaller among women than among men

    Seppo Koskinen;Tuija Martelin

  • Social capital, health behaviours and health: a population-based associational study

    Tarja Nieminen;Ritva Prättälä;Tuija Martelin;Tommi Härkänen

  • Social capital as a determinant of self-rated health and psychological well-being.

    Tarja Nieminen;Tuija Martelin;Seppo Koskinen;Hillevi Aro

  • Mortality differences according to living arrangements

    Seppo Koskinen;Kaisla Joutsenniemi;Tuija Martelin;Pekka Martikainen

  • Contribution of deaths related to alcohol use to socioeconomic variation in mortality: register based follow up study

    Pia Mäkelä;Tapani Valkonen;Tuija Martelin

  • Living arrangements and mental health in Finland

    Kaisla Joutsenniemi;Tuija Martelin;Pekka Martikainen;Sami Pirkola

  • Changes in socioeconomic inequalities in mortality during an economic boom and recession among middle-aged men and women in Finland

    Tapani Valkonen;Pekka Martikainen;Marika Jalovaara;Seppo Koskinen

  • Differences in mortality by marital status in Finland from 1976 to 2000: analyses of changes in marital-status distributions, socio-demographic and household composition, and cause of death.

    Pekka Martikainen;Tuija Martelin;Elina Nihtilä;Karoliina Majamaa

  • Change in male and female life expectancy by social class: decomposition by age and cause of death in Finland 1971–95

    Pekka Martikainen;T. Valkonen;T. Martelin

  • Mortality by indicators of socioeconomic status among the finnish elderly

    Tuija Martelin

  • Measurement and Socio-Demographic Variation of Social Capital in a Large Population-Based Survey.

    Tarja Nieminen;Tuija Martelin;Seppo Koskinen;Jussi Simpura

  • Influence of parental education, childhood adversities, and current living conditions on daily smoking in early adulthood.

    Laura Kestilä;Seppo Koskinen;Tuija Martelin;Ossi Rahkonen

  • LIVING ARRANGEMENTS, HEAVY DRINKING AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE

    Kaisla Joutsenniemi;Tuija Martelin;Laura Kestilä;Pekka Martikainen

  • Sense of coherence as a determinant of the oral health-related quality of life: a national study in Finnish adults.

    Jarno Savolainen;Anna-Liisa Suominen-Taipale;Hannu Hausen;Päivi Harju

  • Gender, Living Arrangements, and Social Circumstances as Determinants of Entry Into and Exit From Long-Term Institutional Care at Older Ages: A 6-Year Follow-Up Study of Older Finns

    Pekka Martikainen;Heta Moustgaard;Michael J. Murphy;Elina K. Einiö

  • Determinants of health in early adulthood: what is the role of parental education, childhood adversities and own education?

    Laura Kestilä;Seppo Koskinen;Tuija Martelin;Ossi Rahkonen

  • Psychological performance and long-term exposure to mercury vapors.

    L Piikivi;H Hanninen;Tuija Martelin;Pirjo Mantere

  • Mortality in a large population-based cohort of patients with drug-treated diabetes mellitus

    S. V. P. Koskinen;A. R. S. Reunanen;T. P. Martelin;T. Valkonen

Frequent Co-Authors

Seppo Koskinen
Seppo Koskinen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Ossi Rahkonen
Ossi Rahkonen University of Helsinki
Ritva Prättälä
Ritva Prättälä National Institutes of Health
Tommi Härkänen
Tommi Härkänen Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Tapani Valkonen
Tapani Valkonen University of Helsinki
Pekka Martikainen
Pekka Martikainen University of Helsinki
Antti Uutela
Antti Uutela Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
Eero Lahelma
Eero Lahelma University of Helsinki
Arja Rimpelä
Arja Rimpelä Tampere University
Ari Haukkala
Ari Haukkala University of Helsinki

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