Helena’s research interest has been in mapping inequities in health and healthcare outcomes. She has recently focused her work on ways to dismantle structural oppression by studying how intersecting forms of marginalisation affect intersectional groups.
She holds a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health from University College London (UCL/UK, 2019) and an MSc in Public Health from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC/Brazil, 2014). After her PhD, she was granted two Fellowships funded...
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 4178 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-5786 |
| https://twitter.com/@lenaconstante | |
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Roles
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University of Sheffield
University, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Research Associate -
University College London
University, London, United Kingdom
Teaching Assistant in Data Analysis and Advanced Topics in Data Analysis -
University College London
University, London, United Kingdom
Teaching Assistant for MSc programme (worked in the Basic Statistics in Medical Science course) and for UCL Doctoral School (worked in the Research Methods for Quantitative Data course) -
Federal University of Santa Catarina
University, Florianopolis, Brazil
Tutor of the Brazil Health Care System Open University (UNASUS) - an online course sponsored by Brazilian Ministry of Health -
Federal University of Santa Catarina
University, Florianopolis, Brazil
Supervisor of tutors in an online course sponsored by Brazilian Ministry of Justice
Research
Explaining income inequities in tooth loss among Brazilian adults
| Authors | Rafael Aiello Bomfim, Helena Mendes Constante, Andreia Morales Cascaes |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Public Health Dentistry |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The Mouth as a Site of Compound Injustices: A Structural Intersectionality Approach to the Oral Health of Working-Age US Adults
| Authors | João L Bastos, Helena M Constante, Helena S Schuch, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | American Journal of Epidemiology |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Tooth loss severity and core and non‐core food consumption among older Brazilian adults
| Authors | Andreia Morales Cascaes, Helena Mendes Constante, Juliana dos Santos Vaz, ... |
| Year | 2023 |
| Journal Name | Gerodontology |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Correction: Where are race-based oral health inequities bound? Protocol for a systematic review on interventions to tackle racial injustice in dental outcomes
| Authors | João L. Bastos, Helena M. Constante, Helena S. Schuch, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Systematic Reviews |
How do state‐level racism, sexism, and income inequality shape edentulism‐related racial inequities in contemporary United States? A structural intersectionality approach to population oral health
| Authors | João L. Bastos, Helena M. Constante, Helena S. Schuch, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Public Health Dentistry |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The more you need, the less you get: Intersectionality and the inverse care law in the Brazilian depression care cascade
| Authors | Helena M. Constante, Joao L. Bastos, Milagros A. Ruiz |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Ethnicity & Health |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Where are race-based oral health inequities bound? Protocol for a systematic review on interventions to tackle racial injustice in dental outcomes
| Authors | João L. Bastos, Helena M. Constante, Helena S. Schuch, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | Systematic Reviews |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Mapping the Margins in Health Services Research: How Does Race Intersect With Gender and Socioeconomic Status to Shape Difficulty Accessing HealthCare Among Unequal Brazilian States?
| Authors | Helena Mendes Constante, João Luiz Bastos |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Health Services |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Orofacial trauma and mouthguard use in Brazilian rugby union players
| Authors | Ana Clara Loch Padilha, Helena Mendes Constante, Helena Pickler Fronza, ... |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Dental Traumatology |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The ethical urgency of tackling racial inequities in health
| Authors | João L. Bastos, Helena M. Constante, Lisa M. Jamieson |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | EClinicalMedicine |
Advancing racial equity in oral health (research): more of the same is not enough
| Authors | João L Bastos, Helena M Constante, Roger K Celeste, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | European Journal of Oral Sciences |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Racial inequalities in public dental service utilization: Exploring individual and contextual determinants among middle‐aged Brazilian adults
| Authors | Helena Mendes Constante |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
3.10-P11Racial inequalities in dental service utilisation amongst middle-aged Brazilian adults: a multilevel approach
| Authors | H Constante, G Tsakos, R Watt |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | European Journal of Public Health |
Trends in dental caries rates over 45 years (1971–2016) among schoolchildren in Florianópolis, southern Brazil
| Authors | Ana Paula Debiasi Paganelli, Helena Mendes Constante, Felipe Sappino Sala, ... |
| Year | 2018 |
| Journal Name | International Dental Journal |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
P29 Racial inequalities in dental service utilisation amongst middle-aged brazilian adults
| Authors | HM Constante, G Tsakos, RG Watt |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | SSM annual scientific meeting 2017 |
Mediators between education and dental pain: a cross‐sectional study to assess the role of dental services utilization
| Authors | Helena M. Constante, Marco A. Peres, Fernanda C. Schroeder, ... |
| Year | 2016 |
| Journal Name | European Journal of Oral Sciences |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Dental Caries Trends and Inequalities in Brazilian Schoolchildren: 40 years of Study (1971–2011).
| Authors | H. Mendes Constante, M. Leite Souza, J. L. Bastos, ... |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Epidemiology |
Trends in dental caries among Brazilian schoolchildren: 40 years of monitoring (1971–2011)
| Authors | Helena Mendes Constante, Marina Leite Souza, João Luiz Bastos, ... |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | International Dental Journal |
Socio‐demographic and behavioural inequalities in the impact of dental pain among adults: a population‐based study
| Authors | Helena M. Constante, João L. Bastos, Karen G. Peres, ... |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
A Global Perspective of Racial–Ethnic Inequities in Dental Caries: Protocol of Systematic Review
| Authors | Sonia Nath, Sneha Sethi, João L. Bastos, ... |
| Year | 2022 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
The door is open, but not everyone may enter: racial inequities in healthcare access across three Brazilian surveys
| Authors | Helena Mendes Constante, Gerson Luiz Marinho, João Luiz Bastos |
| Journal Name | Ciência & Saúde Coletiva |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
To Extract or to Restore the Tooth? Color/Race and Clinical Decision Making among Undergraduate Dental Students from Southern Brazil
| Authors | FC Schroeder, JL Bastos, HM Constante, ... |
| Journal Name | Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clínica Integrada |
| Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
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