National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL)

1. Multidisciplinary lifestyle treatment for type 2 diabetes in 12 European countries: protocol for a quasi-experimental study

   Authors: Isabel Diez-Valcarce, Marta M. Pisano-González, Cristina Fernández García, Jaana Linstrom, Jelka Zaletel, Claudia Giacomozzi, Foetini Tolika, Inés Rey Hidalgo and Alberto Lana

   Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:1069

   Content type: Study Protocol Published on: 19 March 2025

2. Health, functioning and social engagement among older people living in long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 lockdown in Finland: a register-based cohort study

   Authors: Johanna Edgren, Jokke Häsä and Mari Aaltonen

   Citation: BMC Public Health 2025 25:929

   Content type: Research Published on: 8 March 2025

3. Medical deserts in Finland: measuring the accessibility and availability of primary health care services

   Authors: Visa Väisänen, Markku Satokangas, Moona Huhtakangas, Harri Antikainen and Timo Sinervo

   Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2025 25:281

   Content type: Research Published on: 19 February 2025

4. The association of low-level air pollution with birth weight in a register-based study: potential effects below WHO AQ guidelines

   Authors: Isabell K. Rumrich, A. Korhonen, B. Forsberg, L. M. Frohn, C. Geels, J. Brandt and O. Hänninen

   Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2025 25:162

   Content type: Research Published on: 14 February 2025

5. Overuse of medical imaging and effects of payer-provider integration: quasi-experimental evidence from Finland

   Authors: Konsta Lavaste

   Citation: Health Economics Review 2025 15:4

   Content type: Research Published on: 28 January 2025

6. A digitally supported multimodal lifestyle program to promote brain health among older adults (the LETHE randomized controlled feasibility trial): study design, progress, and first results

   Authors: Anna Rosenberg, Helena Untersteiner, Anna Giulia Guazzarini, Markus Bödenler, Jeroen Bruinsma, Bianca Buchgraber-Schnalzer, Matteo Colombo, Rik Crutzen, Ana Diaz, Dimitrios I. Fotiadis, Hannes Hilberger, Simone Huber, Nico Kaartinen, Thomas Kassiotis, Miia Kivipelto, Jenni Lehtisalo…

   Citation: Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2024 16:252

   Content type: Research Published on: 21 November 2024

7. Heart-healthy diets including phytostanol ester consumption to reduce the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases. A clinical review

   Authors: Piia Simonen, Lotta Nylund, Erkki Vartiainen, Petri T. Kovanen, Timo E. Strandberg, Katariina Öörni, Ingmar Wester and Helena Gylling

   Citation: Lipids in Health and Disease 2024 23:341

   Content type: Review Published on: 21 October 2024

8. Seeking the aim – perspectives of asylum seekers, nurses, and authorities on the objectives of the asylum seekers’ initial health assessment: a qualitative study

   Authors: K-L Mustonen, M. Ismail, T. Mäki-Opas, A.E. Castaneda, J. Kauhanen, S. Atkins and N. Skogberg

   Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:1132

   Content type: Research Published on: 27 September 2024

9. Determinants of received care time among Finnish home care clients and assisted living facility residents: a time-motion study

   Authors: Tiina Pesonen, Visa Väisänen, Mari Aaltonen, Johanna Edgren, Laura Corneliusson, Salla Ruotsalainen and Timo Sinervo

   Citation: BMC Geriatrics 2024 24:754

   Content type: Research Published on: 12 September 2024

10. Accessibility, neighborhood socioeconomic disadvantage and expenditures on electronic gambling machines: a spatial analysis based on player account data

    Authors: Jani Selin, Pasi Okkonen and Susanna Raisamo

    Citation: International Journal of Health Geographics 2024 23:19

    Content type: Research Published on: 31 August 2024

11. The role of workday characteristics on perceived stress and time pressure among nurses in Finnish long-term care – a cross-sectional study

    Authors: Visa Väisänen, Salla Ruotsalainen, Laura Hietapakka, Juhani Sulander and Timo Sinervo

    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2024 24:878

    Content type: Research Published on: 2 August 2024

12. Healthcare use of young Finnish adults with mental disorders – profiles and profile membership determinants

    Authors: Visa Väisänen, Outi Linnaranta, Timo Sinervo, Laura Hietapakka and Marko Elovainio

    Citation: BMC Primary Care 2024 25:238

    Content type: Research Published on: 4 July 2024

13. Barriers and facilitators to implementing workplace interventions to promote mental health: qualitative evidence synthesis

    Authors: Charlotte Paterson, Caleb Leduc, Margaret Maxwell, Birgit Aust, Heather Strachan, Ainslie O’Connor, Fotini Tsantila, Johanna Cresswell-Smith, Gyorgy Purebl, Lars Winter, Naim Fanaj, Asmae Doukani, Bridget Hogg, Paul Corcoran, Luigia D’Alessandro, Sharna Mathieu…

    Citation: Systematic Reviews 2024 13:152

    Content type: Research Published on: 7 June 2024

14. Effectiveness of workplace choice architecture modification for healthy eating and daily physical activity

    Authors: Eeva Rantala, Saara Vanhatalo, Mikko Valtanen, Jaana Lindström, Jussi Pihlajamäki, Kaisa Poutanen, Pilvikki Absetz and Leila Karhunen

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:939

    Content type: Research Published on: 1 April 2024

15. Factors associated with psychological distress of workers in the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church

    Authors: Tuire Kuusi, Kati Tervo-Niemelä and Satu Viertiö

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2024 24:875

    Content type: Research Published on: 21 March 2024

16. Acceptability of workplace choice architecture modification for healthy behaviours

    Authors: Eeva Rantala, Saara Vanhatalo, Federico J. A. Perez-Cueto, Jussi Pihlajamäki, Kaisa Poutanen, Leila Karhunen and Pilvikki Absetz

    Citation: BMC Public Health 2023 23:2451

    Content type: Research Published on: 7 December 2023

17. Associations of perceived changes in work due to digitalization and the amount of digital work with job strain among physicians: a national representative sample

    Authors: Lotta Virtanen, Anu-Marja Kaihlanen, Petra Saukkonen, Jarmo Reponen, Tinja Lääveri, Tuulikki Vehko, Peppiina Saastamoinen, Johanna Viitanen and Tarja Heponiemi

    Citation: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2023 23:252

    Content type: Research Published on: 8 November 2023

18. Job demand and job resource factors explaining stress and job satisfaction among home care nurses – a mixed-methods sequential explanatory study

    Authors: Anu-Marja Kaihlanen, Salla Ruotsalainen, Visa Väisänen, Laura Corneliusson, Tiina Pesonen and Timo Sinervo

    Citation: BMC Nursing 2023 22:404

    Content type: Research Published on: 27 October 2023

19. Potentially traumatic experiences pre-migration and adverse pregnancy and childbirth outcomes among women of Somali- and Kurdish-origin in Finland

    Authors: Satu Majlander, Tarja I. Kinnunen, Eero Lilja, Mika Gissler, Anu E Castaneda, Lara Lehtoranta and Päivikki Koponen

    Citation: BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2023 23:589

    Content type: Research Published on: 17 August 2023

20. Performing up to Nordic principles? Geographic and socioeconomic equity in ambulatory care sensitive conditions among older adults in capital areas of Denmark, Finland and Sweden in 2000–2015

    Authors: Markku Satokangas, Martti Arffman, Janne Agerholm, Karsten Thielen, Charlotte Ørsted Hougaard, Ingelise Andersen, Bo Burström and Ilmo Keskimäki

    Citation: BMC Health Services Research 2023 23:835

    Content type: Research Published on: 7 August 2023