Institution: University of Helsinki (Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences), Finland.
Supervisory team: Professor Anne Kouvonen (Social Policy, University of Helsinki) and research professor Ari Väänänen (Finnish Institute of Occupational Health).
Position: PhD Student.
Current research: I am interested in understanding the effects of long-term changes in societal context on mental health risks in different socioeconomic positions. My PhD takes a big picture look at suicide and self-harm risks and the dynamics of mental health related sickness allowance spells. I use register data that has about a third of the working-age population at multiple timepoints between 1970 and 2017.
Research interests:
- Vulnerability and vulnerable populations in register data.
- Societal context (such as economic fluctuations) and its effects on mental health.
- Change through time, time-related statistical modelling and dynamic models.
- Mental health policy.
Recent Publications:
- Raittila, S., Rahkonen, O., Lahelma, E., Alho, J., & Kouvonen, A. (2017). Occupational class differences in trajectories of working conditions in women. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14, 790. doi: 10.3390/ijerph14070790.
Can help with: I enjoy discussing different approaches to statistical analysis and study design. I have worked on survival models and hierarchical linear models and at least to some degree with SPSS, SAS, R, and Mplus.
What’s essential to your well-being? Punk rock, homebrewed beer and deep arguments over Finnish politics.
Find Simo elsewhere:
- University Profile
- Research Gate
- Email: simo.raittila@helsinki.fi
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