
Helena Schuch
Adelaide Dental School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Helena is a postdoctoral researcher with the BetterStart group in the School of Public Health at the University of Adelaide. Helena's role includes working on the Early Childhood Health and Development linked data project. Her main researcher interest is in social inequalities in health.
Helena is a postdoctoral researcher with the BetterStart group in the School of Public Health at the University of Adelaide. Helena's role includes working on the Early Childhood Health and Development linked data project.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2017 - ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher The University of Adelaide -
Language Competencies
Language Competency Italian Can read and understand spoken Portuguese Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Spanish - Latin American Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Braz, G. L., Sartori, L. R. M., Moreno, L. B., van de Sande, F. H., Correa, M. B., Demarco, F. F., . . . Montagner, A. F. (2025). Critical Analysis of “Academic Indices Among Oral Pathology and Medicine Fellows in Brazil”. Oral Diseases, 2 pages.
2024 Serpa, S., Karam, S. A., Schuch, H. S., Bielemann, R. T., Demarco, F. F., & Cademartori, M. G. (2024). Self-perception of need to replace dentures and oral health-related quality of life: cross-sectional study nested in a Cohort in Southern Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Oral Sciences, 23, e241678.
2024 Karam, S. A., Schuch, H. S., Demarco, F. F., Horta, B. L., Borrell, L. N., Celeste, R. K., & Correa, M. B. (2024). Differential effect of social mobility on tooth loss by race in adulthood: 1982 Pelotas Birth Cohort Study. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 52(5), 759-765.
2024 Schuch, H. S., Furtado, M., Chiavegatto Filho, A. D. P., & Elani, H. W. (2024). Changes in Use of Prenatal Dental Care After Brazil’s Incentive Policy. Journal of Dental Research, 103(9), 863-869.
2024 Ferris, L. J., Ludlow, K., Walker, N., Georgiou, A., Henry, J. D., Lopez Silva, C., . . . Do, L. G. (2024). Modified Oral Health Assessment Tool (M-OHAT) for Residential Aged Care: A Co-Design Protocol. Healthcare (Switzerland), 12(19), 10 pages.
2023 Bastos, J. L., Constante, H. M., Schuch, H. S., Haag, D. G., & Jamieson, L. M. (2023). The Mouth as a Site of Compound Injustices: A Structural Intersectionality Approach to the Oral Health of Working-Age US Adults. American Journal of Epidemiology, 192(4), 560-572.
Scopus11 WoS3 Europe PMC12023 Moreno-Betancur, M., Lynch, J. W., Pilkington, R. M., Schuch, H. S., Gialamas, A., Sawyer, M. G., . . . Gurrin, L. C. (2023). Emulating a target trial of intensive nurse home visiting in the policy-relevant population using linked administrative data. International Journal of Epidemiology, 52(1), 119-131.
Scopus12 WoS4 Europe PMC22023 Haag, D. G., Schuch, H. S., Nath, S., Baker, S. R., Celeste, R. K., Thomson, W. M., & Jamieson, L. M. (2023). Gender inequities in dental research publications: Findings from 20 years. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51(5), 1045-1055.
Scopus11 WoS2 Europe PMC12023 Echeverria, M. S., Schuch, H. S., Cenci, M. S., Motta, J. V. D. S., Bertoldi, A. D., Britto Correa, M., . . . Demarco, F. F. (2023). Early sugar introduction associated with early childhood caries occurrence. Caries Research, 57(2), 152-158.
Scopus9 WoS2 Europe PMC62023 Schuch, H. S., Nascimento, G. G., Demarco, F. F., & Haag, D. G. (2023). Causal inference in dentistry: Time to move forward. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51(1), 62-66.
Scopus5 WoS2 Europe PMC12023 dos Santos Fernandez, M., Schuch, H. S., Araújo, A. B. G., & Goettems, M. L. (2023). Splinting in the management of dental trauma in the primary dentition: a systematic review. European Archives of Paediatric Dentistry, 24(2), 167-175.
Scopus4 WoS22023 Araujo, C. F., Schuch, H. S., Cademartori, M. G., Bielemann, R. M., Bertoldi, A. D., Tomasi, E., . . . Demarco, F. F. (2023). Functional dentition and edentulism associated with mortality: A cohort study of older adults in Southern Brazil. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51(6), 1209-1215.
Scopus1 Europe PMC22023 Schuch, H. S., Cademartori, M. G., Dias, V. D., Levandowski, M. L., Munhoz, T. N., Hallal, P. C., & Demarco, F. F. (2023). Depression and anxiety among the University community during the Covid-19 pandemic: a study in Southern Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 95(1), 16 pages.
Scopus32023 Bastos, J. L., Fleming, E., Haag, D. G., Schuch, H. S., Jamieson, L. M., & Constante, H. M. (2023). The Relations between Systems of Oppression and Oral Care Access in the United States. Journal of Dental Research, 102(10), 1080-1087.
Scopus6 Europe PMC12023 Schuch, H. S., Furtado, M., Silva, G. F. D. S., Kawachi, I., Chiavegatto Filho, A. D. P., & Elani, H. W. (2023). Fairness of Machine Learning Algorithms for Predicting Foregone Preventive Dental Care for Adults. JAMA Network Open, 6(11), E2341625.
Scopus8 Europe PMC42022 Bastos, J. L., Constante, H. M., Schuch, H. S., Haag, D. G., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). 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.. Journal of public health dentistry, 82(S1), 16-27.
Scopus16 WoS5 Europe PMC52022 Bastos, J. L., Constante, H. M., Schuch, H. S., Haag, D. G., Nath, S., Celeste, R. K., . . . Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Correction: Where are race-based oral health inequities bound? Protocol for a systematic review on interventions to tackle racial injustice in dental outcomes (Systematic Reviews, (2022), 11, 1, (41), 10.1186/s13643-022-01911-w). Systematic Reviews, 11(1), 1 page.
2022 Haag, D. G., Santiago, P. R., Schuch, H. S., Brennan, D. S., & Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Is the association between social support and oral health modified by household income? Findings from a national study of adults in Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 50(6), 484-492.
Scopus6 WoS1 Europe PMC32022 Echeverria, M. S., Schuch, H. S., Cenci, M. S., Motta, J. V. S., Bertoldi, A. D., Hallal, P. C., & Demarco, F. F. (2022). Trajectories of Sugar Consumption and Dental Caries in Early Childhood. Journal of Dental Research, 101(6), 002203452110687.
Scopus21 WoS6 Europe PMC92022 Sartori, L. R. M., Nóbrega, K. H. S., Schuch, H. S., Cademartori, M. G., de Arruda, J. A. A., Martins, M. D., . . . Vasconcelos, A. C. U. (2022). Temporal trends of women with oral cavity, base of tongue and lip cancers in Brazil: An ecological study covering mortality data from 1980 to 2018. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 51(2), 236-246.
Scopus12022 Bastos, J. L., Constante, H. M., Schuch, H. S., Haag, D. G., Nath, S., Celeste, R. K., . . . Jamieson, L. M. (2022). Where are race-based oral health inequities bound? Protocol for a systematic review on interventions to tackle racial injustice in dental outcomes.. Systematic reviews, 11(1), 41.
Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC12022 Moraes, R. R., Cuevas-Suárez, C. E., Escalante-Otárola, W. G., Fernández, M. R., Dávila-Sánchez, A., Grau-Grullon, P., . . . Demarco, F. F. (2022). A multi-country survey on the impact of COVID-19 on dental practice and dentists’ feelings in Latin America. BMC Health Services Research, 22(1), 12 pages.
Scopus8 WoS5 Europe PMC42022 Karam, S. A., Schuch, H. S., Demarco, F. F., Barros, F. C., Horta, B. L., & Correa, M. B. (2022). Social and racial inequity in self-rated oral health in adults in Southern Brazil. Cadernos de saude publica, 38(3), e00136921.
Scopus4 Europe PMC22022 Martins, R. C., Ricardo, L. I. C., Crochemore-Silva, I., Demarco, F. F., Munhoz, T. N., Levandowski, M. L., . . . Hallal, P. C. (2022). How COVID-19 pandemic impacted the students and staff physical activity? A study in a Southern Brazilian University.
2021 Schuch, H. S., Peres, K. G., Haag, D. G., Boing, A. F., & Peres, M. A. (2021). The independent and joint contribution of objective and subjective socioeconomic status on oral health indicators. COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY, 50(6), 9 pages.
Scopus7 WoS2 Europe PMC32021 Almeida, F. V., Da Costa, V. P. P., Schuch, H. S., & Goettems, M. L. (2021). Prevention and Management of Dental Trauma in Primary Teeth in the Context of the COVID-19: A Critical Literature Review. Pesquisa Brasileira em Odontopediatria e Clinica Integrada, 21.
Scopus12021 de Oliveira, L. J. C., Cademartori, M. G., Schuch, H. S., Barros, F. C., Silveira, M. F., Correa, M. B., & Demarco, F. F. (2021). Periodontal disease and preterm birth: Findings from the 2015 Pelotas birth cohort study. Oral Diseases, 27(6), 1519-1527.
Scopus14 WoS6 Europe PMC82021 Silveira, E. R., Cademartori, M. G., Schuch, H. S., Corrêa, M. B., Ardenghi, T. M., Armfield, J., . . . Demarco, F. F. (2021). The vicious cycle of dental fear at age 31 in a birth cohort in Southern Brazil. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 49(4), 354-361.
Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC42021 Silveira Schuch, H., Venâncio Fernandes Dantas, R., Menezes Seerig, L., S. Santos, I., Matijasevich, A., J.D. Barros, A., . . . Demarco, F. F. (2021). Socioeconomic inequalities explain the association between source of drinking water and dental caries in primary dentition. Journal of Dentistry, 106, 6 pages.
Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC12021 Franco, M. C., Rice, D. B., Schuch, H. S., Dellagostin, O. A., Cenci, M. S., & Moher, D. (2021). The impact of gender on scientific writing: An observational study of grant proposals. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 136, 37-43.
Scopus12 WoS3 Europe PMC12021 Silveira, E. R., Cademartori, M. G., Schuch, H. S., Armfield, J. A., & Demarco, F. F. (2021). Estimated prevalence of dental fear in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Dentistry, 108, 10 pages.
Scopus93 WoS24 Europe PMC442021 Schuch, H., Cademartori, M., Dias, V. D., Levandowski, M., Munhoz, T., Hallal, P., & Demarco, F. (2021). Depression and anxiety among the University community during the Covid-19 pandemic: a study in Southern Brazil.
2020 Nascimento, G. G., Seerig, L. M., Schuch, H. S., Horta, B. L., Peres, K. G., Peres, M. A., . . . Demarco, F. F. (2020). Income at birth and tooth loss due to dental caries in adulthood: The 1982 Pelotas birth cohort. Oral Diseases, 26(7), 1494-1501.
Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC22020 Jamieson, L., Haag, D., Schuch, H., Kapellas, K., Arantes, R., & Thomson, W. M. (2020). Indigenous oral health inequalities at an international level: A commentary. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(11), 1-6.
Scopus15 WoS8 Europe PMC42020 Haag, D., Schuch, H., Ha, D., Do, L., & Jamieson, L. (2020). Oral Health Inequalities among Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Children. JDR Clinical and Translational Research, 6(3), 317-323.
Scopus12 WoS10 Europe PMC72020 Echeverria, M. S., Silva, A. E. R., Agostini, B. A., Schuch, H. S., & Demarco, F. F. (2020). Regular use of dental services among university students in southern Brazil. Revista de saude publica, 54, 85.
Scopus7 WoS3 Europe PMC32020 Schuch, H. S., Haag, D. G., Bastos, J. L., Paradies, Y., & Jamieson, L. M. (2020). Intersectionality, racial discrimination and oral health in Australia.. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, 49(1), 87-94.
Scopus24 WoS19 Europe PMC52020 Silveira, E., Cademartori, M., Schuch, H., Armfield, J., & Demarco, F. (2020). Estimated prevalence of dental fear in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
2019 Schuch, H. S., Nascimento, G. G., Peres, K. G., Mittinty, M. N., Demarco, F. F., Correa, M. B., . . . Do, L. G. (2019). The Controlled Direct Effect of Early-Life Socioeconomic Position on Periodontitis in a Birth Cohort. American Journal of Epidemiology, 188(6), 1101-1108.
Scopus18 WoS11 Europe PMC62019 dos Santos Costa, F., Agostini, B. A., Schuch, H. S., Britto Correa, M., Goettems, M. L., & Demarco, F. F. (2019). Parent-child interaction and stimulation in early life can be related to caries in primary dentition? Hypotheses from a life-course approach. Medical Hypotheses, 130, 4 pages.
Scopus6 WoS3 Europe PMC12018 Armfield, J., Crego, A., Schuch, H., & Luzzi, L. (2018). The role of cognitions in short-term temporal changes in dental fear among Australian adults. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 78(1), 32-40.
Scopus2 Europe PMC22018 Schuch, H., Peres, K., Demarco, F., Horta, B., Gigante, D., Peres, M., & Do, L. (2018). Effect of life-course family income trajectories on periodontitis: birth cohort study. Journal of Clinical Periodontology, 45(4), 394-403.
Scopus16 WoS10 Europe PMC82018 Lorenzo-Erro, S., Massa, F., Álvarez-Vaz, R., Schuch, H., Correa, M., & Peres, M. (2018). The role of contextual and individual factors on periodontal disease in Uruguayan adults. Brazilian oral research, 32(0), 1-10.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12018 Haag, D., Schuch, H., Paradies, Y., Bastos, J. L., De Anselmo Peres, M., & Jamieson, L. M. (2018). Race-Related Attitudes Associated with Poor Adult Oral Health: A Nationwide Population-Based Australian Study. Lancet.
2017 Schuch, H., Peres, K., Singh, A., Peres, M., & Do, L. (2017). Socioeconomic position during life and periodontitis in adulthood: a systematic review. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 45(3), 201-208.
Scopus53 WoS43 Europe PMC212017 Simões, R., Goettems, M., Schuch, H., Torriani, D., & Demarco, F. (2017). Impact of malocclusion on oral health-related quality of life of 8-12 years old schoolchildren in Southern Brazil. Brazilian Dental Journal, 28(1), 105-112.
Scopus38 Europe PMC202017 Silveira Schuch, H., & Giang Do, L. (2017). School-Based Oral Hygiene Education Program Has Long-Term Positive Effects on Oral Health Indicators. Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice, 17(1), 65-67.
Scopus2 WoS22017 Schuch, H., Haag, D., Kapellas, K., Arantes, R., Peres, M., Thomson, W., & Jamieson, L. (2017). The magnitude of Indigenous and non-Indigenous oral health inequalities in Brazil, New Zealand and Australia. Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 45(5), 434-441.
Scopus50 WoS38 Europe PMC252016 Boscato, N., Schuch, H., Grasel, C., & Goettems, M. (2016). Differences of oral health conditions between adults and older adults: a census in a Southern Brazilian city. Geriatrics & Gerontology International, 16(9), 1014-1020.
Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC22016 Laguzzi, P., Schuch, H., Medina, L., de Amores, A., Demarco, F., & Lorenzo, S. (2016). Tooth loss and associated factors in elders: results from a national survey in Uruguay. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 76(2), 143-151.
Scopus34 WoS25 Europe PMC192016 Singh, A., Harford, J., Schuch, H., Watt, R., & De Anselmo Peres, M. (2016). Theoretical basis and explanation for the relationship between area-level social inequalities and population oral health outcomes - A scoping review. SSM - Population Health, 2, 451-462.
Scopus24 WoS20 Europe PMC162016 Conde, M., Chisini, L., Sarkis-Onofre, R., Schuch, H., Nör, J., & Demarco, F. (2016). A scoping review of root canal revascularization: relevant aspects for clinical success and tissue formation. International Endodontic Journal, Online(9), 1-15.
Scopus36 WoS25 Europe PMC152015 Schuch, H., Peres, K., Do, L., & Peres, M. (2015). Can socioeconomic trajectories during the life influence periodontal disease occurrence in adulthood? Hypotheses from a life-course perspective. Medical Hypotheses, 84(6), 596-600.
Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC72015 Schuch, H., Correa, M., Torriani, D., Demarco, F., & Goettems, M. (2015). Perceived dental pain: determinants and impact on Brazilian schoolchildren. Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache, 29(2), 168-176.
Scopus33 WoS23 Europe PMC152014 Schuch, H., Dos Santos Costa, F., Torriani, D., Demarco, F., & Goettems, M. (2014). Oral health-related quality of life of schoolchildren: impact of clinical and psychosocial variables. International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 25(5), 358-365.
Scopus61 WoS47 Europe PMC322014 Goettems, M., Schuch, H., Demarco, F., Ardenghi, T., & Torriani, D. (2014). Impact of dental anxiety and fear on dental care use in Brazilian women. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 74(4), 310-316.
Scopus21 WoS16 Europe PMC122014 Goettems, M., Schuch, H., Hallal, P., Torriani, D., & Demarco, F. (2014). Nutritional status and physical activity level as risk factor for traumatic dental injuries occurrence: a systematic review. Dental Traumatology, 30(4), 251-258.
Scopus22 WoS15 Europe PMC112013 Baldissera, R., Corrêa, M., Schuch, H., Collares, K., Nascimento, G., Jardim, P., . . . Demarco, F. (2013). Are there universal restorative composites for anterior and posterior teeth?. Journal of Dentistry, 41(11), 1027-1035.
Scopus75 WoS57 Europe PMC352013 Schuch, H., Goettems, M., Correa, M., Torriani, D., & Demarco, F. (2013). Prevalence and treatment demand after traumatic dental injury in South Brazilian schoolchildren. Dental Traumatology, 29(4), 297-302.
Scopus26 WoS24 Europe PMC212012 Goettems, M., Azevedo, M., Correa, M., Costa, C., Wendt, F., Schuch, H., . . . Torriani, D. (2012). Dental trauma occurrence and occlusal characteristics in Brazilian preschool children. Pediatric Dentistry, 34(2), 104-107.
Scopus33 WoS30 Europe PMC162010 Correa, M. B., Schuch, H. S., Collares, K., Torriani, D. D., Hallal, P. C., & Demarco, F. F. (2010). Survey on the occurrence of dental trauma and preventive strategies among Brazilian professional soccer players. Journal of Applied Oral Science, 18(6), 572-576.
Scopus32 WoS21 Europe PMC6- Henzel, L. T., Silveira, M. C., Karam, S. A., Schuch, H. S., Cademartori, M. G., Correa, M. B., & Demarco, F. F. (n.d.). Iniquidades socioeconômicas na saúde bucal de estudantes universitários do sul do Brasil. Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Porto Alegre, 62(1), 33-43.
- Martins, R. C., Ricardo, L. I. C., Crochemore-Silva, I., Demarco, F. F., Munhoz, T. N., Levandowski, M. L., . . . Hallal, P. C. (n.d.). How COVID-19 pandemic impacted students’ and staff ’s physical activity at a Brazilian University?. Revista Brasileira de Atividade Física & Saúde, 29, 1-18.
- Dias, V. D., Prux, A. T., Schuch, H. S., Cademartori, M. G., Karam, S. A., Costa, V. P. P. D., . . . Demarco, F. F. (n.d.). Medo odontológico e saúde bucal: avaliação transversal do ciclo do medo entre universitários brasileiros. Revista da Faculdade de Odontologia de Porto Alegre, 62(2), 43-54.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2021 Chittleborough, C., Brown, T., Schuch, H., Kalamkarian, A., Pilkington, R., Montgomerie, A., . . . Lynch, J. (2021). Thriving in adversity: positive child development despite early disadvantage in a whole-of-population data linkage study. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Vol. 50 (pp. 1 page). OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
DOI2021 Chittleborough, C., Schuch, H., Pilkington, R., Montgomerie, A., Grant, J., Petersen, J., & Lynch, J. (2021). Considering child maltreatment in social inequalities of educational achievement: a whole-of-population data linkage study. In INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY Vol. 50 (pp. 48). OXFORD UNIV PRESS.
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Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name 2018 - 2018 Principal Supervisor How well characteristics at birth and the Ages and Stages Questionnaire predict developmentally vulnerability at age 5? The University of Adelaide Master in Public Health Master Full Time Kelsey Malana Clifton
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