Markku T Hyyppä

Biographic Data

ID276440
NAMEMarkku T Hyyppä
GIVEN NAMESMarkku T
FAMILY NAMEHyyppä
SIGNATUREHYYPPÄ M T
AFFILIATIONSSocial Insurance Institution
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
H-INDEX2

  • Social capital, health behaviours and health

    Open AccessTarja Nieminen, Ritva Prättälä et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    Irrespective of their social status, people with higher levels of social capital - especially in terms of social participation and networks - engage in healthier behaviours and feel healthier both physically and psychologically

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

    Open AccessTarja Nieminen, Tuija Martelin et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Public…2010

  • P31 Social capital and health behaviour

    Tarja Nieminen, T Martelin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2010

    Objective To examine how different dimensions of social capital and health behaviour are associated. Design Cross-sectional data of the Health 2000 Health Examination Survey including a personal interview and self-administered questionnaires. Setting Representative sample (N=8028) of the Finnish adult population. Participants 6986 (87%) adults aged 30 years or over. Main Outcome Measures Non-smoking, non-excessive drinking, leisure-time physical …

  • Long-term Stability of Social Participation

    Open AccessMarkku T Hyyppä, Juhani Mäki et al.ARTICLESocial Indicators Research2008Cited by: 4References: 22

  • Leisure participation predicts survival

    Open AccessMarkku T Hyyppä, Juhani Mäki et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2006

    The authors study whether leisure participation is an independent predictor of survival over 20 years. Of the nationally representative sample of 8000 adult Finns (Mini-Finland Health Survey), aged >or=30 years, the cohort of 30-59 years (n 5087) was chosen for the Cox proportional survival analyses. The sum score of leisure participation was divided in quartiles (the lowest quartile = scarce = 0-6), two intermediate quartiles = 7-11 and the high…

  • Social participation and health in a community rich in stock of social capital

    Markku T HyyppäARTICLEHealth Education Research2003

    In Finland, members of the Swedish-speaking minority, many of whom live in the province of Ostrobothnia, intermingle with the Finnish-speaking majority. Although the two language communities are quite similar to each other in most societal respects, including socioeconomic status, education and use of health services, significant disparities have been reported in the morbidity, disability and mortality between the Swedish-speaking minority and th…

  • Individual-Level Relationships between Social Capital and Self-Rated Health in a Bilingual Community

    Open AccessMarkku T Hyyppä, Juhani MäkiARTICLEPreventive Medicine2001

  • Quality of sleep during economic recession in Finland

    Open AccessMarkku T Hyyppä, Erkki Kronholm et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine1997Cited by: 7References: 29

  • Promoting good sleep

    Open AccessMarkku T HyyppäARTICLEHealth Promotion International1991

    The author discusses the concept, assessment and promotion of good sleep. The significance of good sleep for mental well-being and health is presented, based on the sleep habit surveys in Finland. it is recommended that the strategy of sleep promotion and counselling should be substantiated with available scientific data rather than with public opinion and cultural tradition only. The author gives some guidelines for improving sleep quality.

  • Mental well‐being of good sleepers in a random population sample

    Open AccessMarkku T Hyyppä, Erkki Kronholm et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Medical…1991Cited by: 1

    It is generally assumed that a good night's sleep has a beneficial effect on mood. The present survey aimed to evaluate what a good night's sleep means for mental well‐being and psychic functional capacity. A random community sample of 670 adult subjects was divided into three groups: good, intermediate and poor sleepers according to a sleep habit questionnaire based on self‐reports. Their cognitive, emotional and personality features were assess…