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...
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ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9475-5786
Twitter https://twitter.com/@lenaconstante

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Roles

  • 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
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1 Journal Article

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
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2 Journal Article

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
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3 Journal Article

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
4 Journal Article

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
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5 Journal Article

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
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6 Journal Article

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
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7 Journal Article

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
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8 Journal Article

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
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9 Journal Article

The ethical urgency of tackling racial inequities in health

Authors João L. Bastos, Helena M. Constante, Lisa M. Jamieson
Year 2021
Journal Name EClinicalMedicine
10 Journal Article

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
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11 Journal Article

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
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12 Journal Article

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
13 Journal Article

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
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14 Journal Article

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
15 Journal Article

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
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16 Journal Article

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
17 Journal Article

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
18 Journal Article

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
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19 Journal Article

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
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20 Journal Article

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
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21 Journal Article

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
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22 Journal Article

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