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Eugene R. Declercq, PhD

Professor

Boston University School of Public Health

Community Health Sciences

PhD, Florida State University
MS, Florida State University
MBA, University of Massachusetts Amherst
BS, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Pronouns: he/him/his

Websites

	Birth by the Numbers
	Public Relations - BU Experts

ORCID : 0000-0001-5411-3033

Gene Declercq combines formal training in political science with almost twenty years of experience as a certified childbirth educator to examine policy and practice related to childbirth in the US and abroad. His recent work in examining maternal mortality and morbidity in the US has emphasized the importance of systems approaches to improving women’s health. This requires a focus on women’s health in the community as well as in clinical settings and not only during pregnancy, but throughout the lifecourse. He is part of the collaborative team that has completed three national studies and a 2018 statewide study of women's experiences in childbirth entitled Listening to Mothers. He was a technical adviser to the film documentary, The Business of Being Born and a producer and presenter of "Birth by the Numbers," a 20 minute video that examines outcomes associated with current US birth practices. With student collaborators, he developed and maintains the companion website, www.birthbythenumbers.org which provides up-to-date data on trends in childbirth practices and outcomes.

He was principal investigator on two NIH funded collaborative projects examining child and maternal outcomes associated with Assisted Reproductive Technologies (MOSART project) and is one of the founders of the Pregnancy to Early Life Longitudinal (PELL) data system that has linked vital statistics, hospital, and administrative data on more than 1,200,000 births in Massachusetts since 1998. He has also been active in a variety of public health projects in his hometown of Lawrence, Massachusetts. As an educator, he is a past president of the Association of Teachers of Maternal and Child Health and has been a recipient of the Norman Scotch Award for outstanding teaching at BUSPH. He is also a recipient of the Martha May Eliot Award from the American Public Health Association for service to maternal and child health and the Greg Alexander Award for research in maternal and child health epidemiology.

Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology

BU Research
NIH RePORTER Research

Reducing Racial Disparities in SMM post COVID19: Assessing the integration of maternal safety bundles and community based doulas to improve outcomes for Black women
09/17/2020 - 06/30/2025 (Multi-PI)
PI: Eugene R. Declercq, PhD
Tufts Medical Center, Inc. NIH NIMHD
1R01MD016026-01

US Maternal Mortality Report - Update
01/01/2024 - 07/31/2024 (PI)
The Commonwealth Fund

Methodological Issues in Maternal Mortality Research
01/01/2019 - 08/31/2021 (Subcontract PI)
University of Maryland College Park NIH NICHD
5R21HD095236-02

Trends and Causes of Maternal Mortality and Severe Morbidity in the United States: A Review of the Evidence and Charting a Path Forward
11/01/2019 - 10/31/2020 (PI)
The Commonwealth Fund

Maternal Attitudes toward Labor Induction in California
01/01/2019 - 07/30/2020 (PI)
Yellow Chair Foundation

Epidemiological MCH/SPH Institute
09/01/2015 - 05/31/2020 (PI)
HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration
6 T03MC07646-12-05

MCH Research
04/01/2016 - 03/31/2018 (PI)
HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration
6R40MC29444-01-03

Women's Health After Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Population-Based Study
06/17/2011 - 03/31/2016 (PI)
NIH/National Institutes of Health
5R01HD067270-05

Women’s Health After Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Population Based Study
06/17/2011 - 03/31/2016 (PI)
NIH/National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
1 R01 HD067270 01

Epidemiological MCH/SPH Institute
09/01/2013 - 08/31/2015 (PI)
HHS/Health Resources and Services Administration
5T03MC07646-09-01

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Yr	Title	Project-Sub Proj	Pubs
2024	Reducing Racial Disparities in SMM post COVID19: Assessing the integration of maternal safety bundles and community based doulas to improve outcomes for Black women	5R01MD016026-05
2023	Reducing Racial Disparities in SMM post COVID19: Assessing the integration of maternal safety bundles and community based doulas to improve outcomes for Black women	5R01MD016026-04
2022	Reducing Racial Disparities in SMM post COVID19: Assessing the integration of maternal safety bundles and community based doulas to improve outcomes for Black women	5R01MD016026-03
2021	Reducing Racial Disparities in SMM post COVID19: Assessing the integration of maternal safety bundles and community based doulas to improve outcomes for Black women	5R01MD016026-02
2020	Reducing Racial Disparities in SMM post COVID19: Assessing the integration of maternal safety bundles and community based doulas to improve outcomes for Black women	1R01MD016026-01
2015	Women's Health After Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Population-Based Study	5R01HD067270-05	29
2014	Women's Health After Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Population-Based Study	5R01HD067270-04	29
2014	Child Health After Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Population-Based Study	5R01HD064595-05	16
2013	Women's Health After Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Population-Based Study	5R01HD067270-03	29
2013	Child Health After Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Population-Based Study	5R01HD064595-04	16

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Declercq ER, Liu CL, Cabral HJ, Amutah-Onukagha N, Diop H, Mehta PK. Emergency Care Use During Pregnancy and Severe Maternal Morbidity. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 01; 7(10):e2439939.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Cabral, Howard

PMID: 39412800

Diop H, Declercq ER, Liu CL, Cui X, Amutah-Onukagha N, Meadows AR, Cabral HJ. Leveraging a Longitudinally Linked Dataset to Assess Recurrence of Severe Maternal Morbidity. Womens Health Issues. 2024 Jul 16.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Cabral, Howard

PMID: 39019744

Bosak J, Messersmith L, Bryer C, Drainoni M, Goodman D, Adams M, Barry T, Flanagan C, Flanagan V, Wolff K, Declercq E. "They just looked at me like I was human": The experiences of parenting women and providers with substance use disorder treatment. J Subst Use Addict Treat. 2024 Feb; 157:209240.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Messersmith, Lisa
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 38061633

Declercq E, Thoma M. Measuring US Maternal Mortality. JAMA. 2023 Nov 14; 330(18):1731-1732. PMID: 37831458

Bosak J, Drainoni ML, Bryer C, Goodman D, Messersmith L, Declercq E. 'It opened my eyes, my ears, and my heart': Codesigning a substance use disorder treatment programme. Health Expect. 2024 Feb; 27(1):e13908.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Messersmith, Lisa
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn

PMID: 37920874; PMCID: PMC10726284; DOI: 10.1111/hex.13908;

Declercq ER, Cabral HJ, Liu CL, Amutah-Onukagha N, Meadows A, Cui X, Diop H. Prior Hospitalization, Severe Maternal Morbidity, and Pregnancy-Associated Deaths in Massachusetts From 2002 to 2019. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Dec 01; 142(6):1423-1430.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Cabral, Howard

PMID: 37797329; PMCID: PMC10843823; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005398;

Admon L, Auty S, Declercq E, Wang N, Gordon S, Daw J, Kozhimannil K. In Reply. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 Oct 01; 142(4):991-992.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Auty, Samantha

PMID: 37734099

Maimburg RD, Declercq ER, de Jonge A. Midwifery care is evidence-based but under increasing pressure. Sex Reprod Healthc. 2023 Jun; 36:100858. PMID: 37209445

Meadows AR, Cabral H, Liu CL, Cui X, Amutah-Onukagha N, Diop H, Declercq ER. Preconception and perinatal hospitalizations as indicators of risk for severe maternal morbidity in primiparas. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2023 Jul; 5(7):101014.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Cabral, Howard

PMID: 37178717; PMCID: PMC10367434; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2023.101014;

Admon LK, Auty SG, Daw JR, Kozhimannil KB, Declercq ER, Wang N, Gordon SH. State Variation in Severe Maternal Morbidity Among Individuals With Medicaid Insurance. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 May 01; 141(5):877-885.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Auty, Samantha
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 37023459; PMCID: PMC10281794; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000005144;

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De Vries R, de Jonge A, Declercq E. The responsibility of the drafters of the Ockenden report to ensure their data are not mispresented. BJOG. 2023 Mar 20. PMID: 36938667

De Vries R, de Jonge A, Declercq E. The responsibility of the drafters of the Ockenden report to ensure their data are not mispresented. BJOG. 2023 Aug; 130(9):1146-1147. PMID: 36938667

Thoma ME, Declercq ER. Changes in Pregnancy-Related Mortality Associated With the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic in the United States. Obstet Gynecol. 2023 May 01; 141(5):911-917. PMID: 36922376

Peralta A, Drainoni ML, Declercq ER, Belanoff CM, Radoff K, Bearse E, Iverson RE. Development and testing of a decision aid to achieve shared decision-making for routine labor induction. Birth. 2023 Sep; 50(3):636-645.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Declercq, Eugene
Radoff, Kari
Drainoni, Mari-Lynn
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 36825853

Declercq E, Wolterink A, Rowe R, de Jonge A, De Vries R, Nieuwenhuijze M, Verhoeven C, Shah N. The natural pattern of birth timing and gestational age in the U.S. compared to England, and the Netherlands. PLoS One. 2023; 18(1):e0278856. PMID: 36652413; PMCID: PMC9847908; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278856;

Diop H, Declercq ER, Liu CL, Cabral HJ, Cui X, Amutah-Onukagha N, Meadows A. Trends and inequities in severe maternal morbidity in Massachusetts: A closer look at the last two decades. PLoS One. 2022; 17(12):e0279161.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Cabral, Howard

PMID: 36538524; PMCID: PMC9767362; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279161;

Stevens JR, Sabin LL, Onyango MA, Sarker M, Declercq E. Midwifery centers as enabled environments for midwifery: A quasi experimental design assessing women's birth experiences in three models of care in Bangladesh, before and during covid. PLoS One. 2022; 17(12):e0278336.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Stevens, Jennifer
Sabin, Lora
Onyango, Monica

PMID: 36454986; PMCID: PMC9714812; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0278336;

Declercq E, Cheyney M. Remembering Marian MacDorman. Birth. 2022 Dec; 49(4):587-588. PMID: 36265168

de Jonge A, De Vries R, Declercq E. Where the Ockenden report goes wrong: Let us keep calm and follow the evidence. BJOG. 2023 Jan; 130(1):11-14. PMID: 35946810; PMCID: PMC10086970; DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.17276;

Stern JE, Farland LV, Hwang SS, Dukhovny D, Coddington CC, Cabral HJ, Missmer SA, Declercq E, Diop H. Assisted Reproductive Technology or Infertility: What underlies adverse outcomes? Lessons from the Massachusetts Outcome Study of Assisted Reproductive Technology. F S Rev. 2022 Oct; 3(4):242-255.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Cabral, Howard

PMID: 36505962; PMCID: PMC9733832; DOI: 10.1016/j.xfnr.2022.06.003;

DeSisto CL, Goodman DA, Brantley MD, Menard MK, Declercq E. Examining the Ratio of Obstetric Beds to Births, 2000-2019. J Community Health. 2022 Oct; 47(5):828-834. PMID: 35771384; PMCID: PMC11036083; DOI: 10.1007/s10900-022-01116-1;

Thoma ME, Declercq ER. All-Cause Maternal Mortality in the US Before vs During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 01; 5(6):e2219133. PMID: 35763300; PMCID: PMC9240902; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.19133;

Goodman DA, Beauregard JL, Trost SL, Declercq E. Homicide During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period in the United States, 2018-2019. Obstet Gynecol. 2022 Apr 01; 139(4):692. PMID: 35594124

MacDorman MF, Thoma M, Declercq E, Howell EA. The relationship between obstetrical interventions and the increase in U.S. preterm births, 2014-2019. PLoS One. 2022; 17(3):e0265146. PMID: 35353843; PMCID: PMC8967025; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265146;

Feinberg E, Declercq E, Lee A, Belanoff C. The Relationship between Social Support and Postnatal Anxiety and Depression: Results from the Listening to Mothers in California Survey. Womens Health Issues. 2022 May-Jun; 32(3):251-260.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Feinberg, Emily
Declercq, Eugene

PMID: 35246352

MacDorman MF, Barnard-Mayers R, Declercq E. United States community births increased by 20% from 2019 to 2020. Birth. 2022 Sep; 49(3):559-568. PMID: 35218065

Declercq ER, Cabral HJ, Cui X, Liu CL, Amutah-Onukagha N, Larson E, Meadows A, Diop H. Using Longitudinally Linked Data to Measure Severe Maternal Morbidity. Obstet Gynecol. 2022 02 01; 139(2):165-171.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Cabral, Howard

PMID: 34991121; PMCID: PMC8820447; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004641;

Gordon SH, Alger CL, Declercq ER, Garrido MM. The Association Between Continuity Of Marketplace Coverage During Pregnancy And Receipt Of Prenatal Care. Health Aff (Millwood). 2021 10; 40(10):1618-1626.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Garrido, Melissa
Gordon, Sarah

PMID: 34606350

Declercq E, Feinberg E, Belanoff C. Racial inequities in the course of treating perinatal mental health challenges: Results from listening to mothers in California. Birth. 2022 03; 49(1):132-140.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Feinberg, Emily
Declercq, Eugene

PMID: 34459012; PMCID: PMC9292331; DOI: 10.1111/birt.12584;

Roder-DeWan S, Baril N, Belanoff CM, Declercq ER, Langer A. Being Known: A Grounded Theory Study of the Meaning of Quality Maternity Care to People of Color in Boston. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2021 Jul; 66(4):452-458.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Declercq, Eugene

PMID: 34240539; PMCID: PMC8456935; DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.13240;

MacDorman MF, Thoma M, Declercq E, Howell EA. Causes contributing to the excess maternal mortality risk for women 35 and over, United States, 2016-2017. PLoS One. 2021; 16(6):e0253920. PMID: 34185810; PMCID: PMC8241083; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0253920;

MacDorman MF, Declercq E. The Continuing Challenge of Measuring Maternal Mortality. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 05 01; 137(5):761-762. PMID: 33831926

Edmonds JK, Declercq E, Sakala C. Women's childbirth experiences: A content analysis from the Listening to Mothers in California survey. Birth. 2021 06; 48(2):221-229.View Related Profiles.

Sakala, Carol
Declercq, Eugene

PMID: 33538003

Adashi EY, Venkatesh KK, Gruppuso PA, Declercq ER. Reducing Maternal Mortality: The Measurement Imperative. Womens Health Issues. 2021 May-Jun; 31(3):198-200. PMID: 33279385

Kennedy HP, Balaam MC, Dahlen H, Declercq E, de Jonge A, Downe S, Ellwood D, Homer CSE, Sandall J, Vedam S, Wolfe I. The role of midwifery and other international insights for maternity care in the United States: An analysis of four countries. Birth. 2020 12; 47(4):332-345. PMID: 33124095

MacDorman MF, Thoma M, Declercq E. Improving US maternal mortality reporting by analyzing literal text on death certificates, United States, 2016-2017. PLoS One. 2020; 15(10):e0240701. PMID: 33112910; PMCID: PMC7592741; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240701;

Rydahl E, Juhl M, Declercq E, Maimburg RD. Disruption of physiological labour; - A population register-based study among nulliparous women at term. Sex Reprod Healthc. 2021 Feb; 27:100571. PMID: 33157403

Sakala C, Belanoff C, Declercq ER. Factors Associated with Unplanned Primary Cesarean Birth: Secondary Analysis of the Listening to Mothers in California Survey. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Aug 14; 20(1):462.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Sakala, Carol
Declercq, Eugene

PMID: 32795305; PMCID: PMC7427718; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-020-03095-4;

Declercq E, Belanoff C, Iverson R. Maternal perceptions of the experience of attempted labor induction and medically elective inductions: analysis of survey results from listening to mothers in California. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2020 Aug 12; 20(1):458.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Declercq, Eugene
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 32787802; PMCID: PMC7425604; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-020-03137-x;

Declercq E, Sakala C, Belanoff C. Women's experience of agency and respect in maternity care by type of insurance in California. PLoS One. 2020; 15(7):e0235262.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Sakala, Carol
Declercq, Eugene

PMID: 32716927; PMCID: PMC7384608; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235262;

Seijmonsbergen-Schermers AE, van den Akker T, Rydahl E, Beeckman K, Bogaerts A, Binfa L, Frith L, Gross MM, Misselwitz B, Hálfdánsdóttir B, Daly D, Corcoran P, Calleja-Agius J, Calleja N, Gatt M, Vika Nilsen AB, Declercq E, Gissler M, Heino A, Lindgren H, de Jonge A. Variations in use of childbirth interventions in 13 high-income countries: A multinational cross-sectional study. PLoS Med. 2020 05; 17(5):e1003103. PMID: 32442207; PMCID: PMC7244098; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003103;

Cheng ER, Carroll AE, Iverson RE, Declercq ER. Communications Between Pregnant Women and Maternity Care Clinicians. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 05 01; 3(5):e206636.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Iverson, Ronald

PMID: 32459352; PMCID: PMC7254181; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.6636;

Rydahl E, Declercq E, Juhl M, Maimburg RD. Routine induction in late-term pregnancies: follow-up of a Danish induction of labour paradigm. BMJ Open. 2019 12 16; 9(12):e032815. PMID: 31848171; PMCID: PMC6937045; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032815;

Declercq ER, Belanoff C, Sakala C. Intrapartum Care and Experiences of Women with Midwives Versus Obstetricians in the Listening to Mothers in California Survey. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2020 Jan; 65(1):45-55.View Related Profiles.

Belanoff, Candice
Sakala, Carol
Declercq, Eugene

PMID: 31448884; PMCID: PMC7028014; DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.13027;

Ranchoff BL, Declercq ER. The Scope of Midwifery Practice Regulations and the Availability of the Certified Nurse-Midwifery and Certified Midwifery Workforce, 2012-2016. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2020 Jan; 65(1):119-130. PMID: 31318150

Cheng ER, Ranchoff B, Declercq ER. Distinguishing Subgroups in Opposition to Infant Immunization: Results From the Listening to Mothers III Survey. J Perinat Educ. 2019 Jul 01; 28(3):126-130. PMID: 31341371; PMCID: PMC6613737; DOI: 10.1891/1058-1243.28.3.126;

Vedam S, Stoll K, Taiwo TK, Rubashkin N, Cheyney M, Strauss N, McLemore M, Cadena M, Nethery E, Rushton E, Schummers L, Declercq E. The Giving Voice to Mothers study: inequity and mistreatment during pregnancy and childbirth in the United States. Reprod Health. 2019 Jun 11; 16(1):77. PMID: 31182118; PMCID: PMC6558766; DOI: 10.1186/s12978-019-0729-2;

Rydahl E, Declercq E, Juhl M, Maimburg RD. Cesarean section on a rise-Does advanced maternal age explain the increase? A population register-based study. PLoS One. 2019; 14(1):e0210655. PMID: 30677047; PMCID: PMC6345458; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210655;

MacDorman MF, Declercq E. Trends and state variations in out-of-hospital births in the United States, 2004-2017. Birth. 2019 06; 46(2):279-288. PMID: 30537156; PMCID: PMC6642827; DOI: 10.1111/birt.12411;

Dukhovny D, Hwang SS, Gopal D, Cabral H, Missmer S, Diop H, Declercq E, Stern JE. Length of stay and cost of birth hospitalization: effects of subfertility and ART. J Perinatol. 2018 11; 38(11):1457-1465.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Cabral, Howard

PMID: 30166621; PMCID: PMC6217794; DOI: 10.1038/s41372-018-0205-9;

Hutchinson K, Bryant M, Bachman DeSilva M, Price D, Sabin L, Bryson L, Jean Charles R, Declercq E. Delayed access to emergency obstetrical care among preeclamptic and non-preeclamptic women in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2018 Aug 20; 18(1):337.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Hutchinson, Katharine
Sabin, Lora

PMID: 30126377; PMCID: PMC6102923; DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1961-4;

Hwang SS, Dukhovny D, Gopal D, Cabral H, Missmer S, Diop H, Declercq E, Stern JE. Health of Infants After ART-Treated, Subfertile, and Fertile Deliveries. Pediatrics. 2018 08; 142(2).View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Cabral, Howard

PMID: 29970386; PMCID: PMC6317642; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-4069;

Declercq ER, Cheng ER, Sakala C. Does maternity care decision-making conform to shared decision- making standards for repeat cesarean and labor induction after suspected macrosomia? Birth. 2018 09; 45(3):236-244.View Related Profiles.

Sakala, Carol
Declercq, Eugene

PMID: 29934981

MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Thoma ME. Making Vital Statistics Count: Preventing U.S. Maternal Deaths Requires Better Data. Obstet Gynecol. 2018 05; 131(5):759-761. PMID: 29630026; PMCID: PMC6642825; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000002598;

MacDorman MF, Declercq E. In Reply. Obstet Gynecol. 2018 05; 131(5):934-935. PMID: 29652696

Vedam S, Stoll K, MacDorman M, Declercq E, Cramer R, Cheyney M, Fisher T, Butt E, Yang YT, Powell Kennedy H. Mapping integration of midwives across the United States: Impact on access, equity, and outcomes. PLoS One. 2018; 13(2):e0192523. PMID: 29466389; PMCID: PMC5821332; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192523;

Seijmonsbergen-Schermers A, van den Akker T, Beeckman K, Bogaerts A, Barros M, Janssen P, Binfa L, Rydahl E, Frith L, Gross MM, Hálfdánsdóttir B, Daly D, Calleja-Agius J, Gillen P, Vika Nilsen AB, Declercq E, de Jonge A. Variations in childbirth interventions in high-income countries: protocol for a multinational cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2018 01 10; 8(1):e017993. PMID: 29326182; PMCID: PMC5780680; DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017993;

MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Thoma ME. Trends in Texas maternal mortality by maternal age, race/ethnicity, and cause of death, 2006-2015. Birth. 2018 06; 45(2):169-177. PMID: 29314209; PMCID: PMC5980674; DOI: 10.1111/birt.12330;

MacDorman MF, Declercq E. The failure of United States maternal mortality reporting and its impact on women's lives. Birth. 2018 06; 45(2):105-108. PMID: 29314173; PMCID: PMC6620782; DOI: 10.1111/birt.12333;

Declercq E. Introduction to a Special Issue: Childbirth History is Everyone's History. J Hist Med Allied Sci. 2018 Jan 01; 73(1):1-6. PMID: 29228371

Culler CS, Kotelchuck M, Declercq E, Kuhlthau K, Jones K, Yoder KM. A School-Based Dental Program Evaluation: Comparison to the Massachusetts Statewide Survey. J Sch Health. 2017 Oct; 87(10):784-789.View Related Profiles.

Culler, Corinna
Declercq, Eugene
Kuhlthau, Karen

PMID: 28876475

Plough AC, Galvin G, Li Z, Lipsitz SR, Alidina S, Henrich NJ, Hirschhorn LR, Berry WR, Gawande AA, Peter D, McDonald R, Caldwell DL, Muri JH, Bingham D, Caughey AB, Declercq ER, Shah NT. Relationship Between Labor and Delivery Unit Management Practices and Maternal Outcomes. Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Aug; 130(2):358-365. PMID: 28697107

Liberman RF, Getz KD, Heinke D, Luke B, Stern JE, Declercq ER, Chen X, Lin AE, Anderka M. Assisted Reproductive Technology and Birth Defects: Effects of Subfertility and Multiple Births. Birth Defects Res. 2017 Aug 15; 109(14):1144-1153.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Getz, Kelly
Anderka, Marlene

PMID: 28635008; PMCID: PMC5555800; DOI: 10.1002/bdr2.1055;

MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Thoma ME. Trends in Maternal Mortality by Sociodemographic Characteristics and Cause of Death in 27 States and the District of Columbia. Obstet Gynecol. 2017 May; 129(5):811-818. PMID: 28383383; PMCID: PMC5400697; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001968;

Declercq E, Cheng E. Freestanding Birth Centers: Innovation, Evidence. A Profile of Birth Center Use in the US and the Potential Demand for Birth Center Use in the Future.Cole M, and Avery M. Freestanding Birth Centers: Innovation, Evidence, Optimal Outcomes. 2017.
Declercq E, Stotland N. UpToDate. Out-of-Hospital Birth. Waltham, MA. 2017.

MacDorman MF, Declercq E. In Reply. Obstet Gynecol. 2017 01; 129(1):207. PMID: 28002296; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001832;

Declercq E. Understanding the U.S. Maternal Mortality Problem. 2016. View Publication

Sherman BR, Hoen R, Lee JM, Declercq ER. Doctor of Public Health Education and Training. Public Health Rep. 2017 Jan/Feb; 132(1):115-120. PMID: 28005488; PMCID: PMC5298511; DOI: 10.1177/0033354916682204;

Declercq E, Cabral H, Ecker J. The plateauing of cesarean rates in industrialized countries. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Mar; 216(3):322-323.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Cabral, Howard

PMID: 27890649; DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.11.1038;

Kennedy HP, Yoshida S, Costello A, Declercq E, Dias MA, Duff E, Gherissi A, Kaufman K, McConville F, McFadden A, Michel-Schuldt M, Moyo NT, Schuiling K, Speciale AM, Renfrew MJ. Asking different questions: research priorities to improve the quality of care for every woman, every child. Lancet Glob Health. 2016 11; 4(11):e777-e779. PMID: 27663682; DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(16)30183-8;

MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Cabral H, Morton C. Recent Increases in the U.S. Maternal Mortality Rate: Disentangling Trends From Measurement Issues. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Sep; 128(3):447-55.View Related Profiles.

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MacDorman MF, Declercq E. Trends and Characteristics of United States Out-of-Hospital Births 2004-2014: New Information on Risk Status and Access to Care. Birth. 2016 Jun; 43(2):116-24. PMID: 26991514; DOI: 10.1111/birt.12228;

Belanoff C, Declercq ER, Diop H, Gopal D, Kotelchuck M, Luke B, Nguyen T, Stern JE. Severe Maternal Morbidity and the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Massachusetts. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Mar; 127(3):527-34.View Related Profiles.

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Luke B, Stern JE, Kotelchuck M, Declercq ER, Anderka M, Diop H. Birth Outcomes by Infertility Treatment: Analyses of the Population-Based Cohort: Massachusetts Outcomes Study of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (MOSART). J Reprod Med. 2016 Mar-Apr; 61(3-4):114-27.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq E, MacDorman M, Cabral H, Stotland N. Prepregnancy Body Mass Index and Infant Mortality in 38 U.S. States, 2012-2013. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Feb; 127(2):279-87.View Related Profiles.

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Cheng ER, Declercq ER, Belanoff C, Stotland NE, Iverson RE. Labor and Delivery Experiences of Mothers with Suspected Large Babies. Matern Child Health J. 2015 Dec; 19(12):2578-86.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq E, Stern JE, Luke B, Cabral H, Gopal D, Belanoff C, Diop H, Kotelchuck M. Maternal Postpartum Hospitalization Following Assisted Reproductive Technology Births. Epidemiology. 2015 Nov; 26(6):e64-5.View Related Profiles.

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Luke B, Stern JE, Kotelchuck M, Declercq ER, Cohen B, Diop H. Birth Outcomes by Infertility Diagnosis Analyses of the Massachusetts Outcomes Study of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (MOSART). J Reprod Med. 2015 Nov-Dec; 60(11-12):480-90. PMID: 26775455; PMCID: PMC4734384

Declercq E, MacDorman M, Osterman M, Belanoff C, Iverson R. Prepregnancy Obesity and Primary Cesareans among Otherwise Low-Risk Mothers in 38 U.S. States in 2012. Birth. 2015 Dec; 42(4):309-18.View Related Profiles.

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Kozhimannil KB, Attanasio LB, Yang YT, Avery MD, Declercq E. Midwifery care and patient-provider communication in maternity decisions in the United States. Matern Child Health J. 2015 Jul; 19(7):1608-15. PMID: 25874874; PMCID: PMC4476913; DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1671-8;

Cheng ER, Declercq ER, Belanoff C, Iverson RE, McCloskey L. Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Likelihood of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery. Birth. 2015 Sep; 42(3):249-53.View Related Profiles.

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Luke B, Stern JE, Kotelchuck M, Declercq ER, Hornstein MD, Gopal D, Hoang L, Diop H. Adverse pregnancy outcomes after in vitro fertilization: effect of number of embryos transferred and plurality at conception. Fertil Steril. 2015 Jul; 104(1):79-86. PMID: 25956368; PMCID: PMC4489987; DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2015.04.006;

de Jonge A, de Vries R, Lagro-Janssen AL, Malata A, Declercq E, Downe S, Hutton EK. The importance of evaluating primary midwifery care for improving the health of women and infants. Front Med (Lausanne). 2015; 2:17. PMID: 25853136; PMCID: PMC4369669; DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2015.00017;

Stone SL, Diop H, Declercq E, Cabral HJ, Fox MP, Wise LA. Stressful events during pregnancy and postpartum depressive symptoms. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2015 May; 24(5):384-93.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq E. Childbirth in Brazil: challenging an interventionist paradigm. Birth. 2015 Mar; 42(1):1-4. PMID: 25676791; DOI: 10.1111/birt.12156;

Declercq E, Luke B, Belanoff C, Cabral H, Diop H, Gopal D, Hoang L, Kotelchuck M, Stern JE, Hornstein MD. Perinatal outcomes associated with assisted reproductive technology: the Massachusetts Outcomes Study of Assisted Reproductive Technologies (MOSART). Fertil Steril. 2015 Apr; 103(4):888-95.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq E. Midwife-attended births in the United States, 1990-2012: results from revised birth certificate data. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2015 Jan-Feb; 60(1):10-5. PMID: 25712276; DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12287;

DeSisto CL, McDonald JA, Rochat R, Diaz-Apodaca BA, Declercq E. Decision Making About Method of Delivery on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Health Care Women Int. 2016; 37(4):426-43. PMID: 25364879; PMCID: PMC4580528; DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2014.971951;

Kotelchuck M, Hoang L, Stern JE, Diop H, Belanoff C, Declercq E. The MOSART database: linking the SART CORS clinical database to the population-based Massachusetts PELL reproductive public health data system. Matern Child Health J. 2014 Nov; 18(9):2167-78.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq E. Is medical intervention in childbirth inevitable in Brazil? Cad Saude Publica. 2014 Aug; 30 Suppl 1:S23-4. PMID: 25167186

Renfrew MJ, McFadden A, Bastos MH, Campbell J, Channon AA, Cheung NF, Silva DR, Downe S, Kennedy HP, Malata A, McCormick F, Wick L, Declercq E. Midwifery and quality care: findings from a new evidence-informed framework for maternal and newborn care. Lancet. 2014 Sep 20; 384(9948):1129-45. PMID: 24965816; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60789-3;

Stern JE, Kotelchuck M, Luke B, Declercq E, Cabral H, Diop H. Calculating length of gestation from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting System (SART CORS) database versus vital records may alter reported rates of prematurity. Fertil Steril. 2014 May; 101(5):1315-20.View Related Profiles.

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MacDorman MF, Matthews TJ, Declercq E. Trends in out-of-hospital births in the United States, 1990-2012. NCHS Data Brief. 2014 Mar; (144):1-8. PMID: 24594003

Declercq ER, Sakala C, Corry MP, Applebaum S, Herrlich A. Major Survey Findings of Listening to Mothers(SM) III: New Mothers Speak Out: Report of National Surveys of Women's Childbearing ExperiencesConducted October-December 2012 and January-April 2013. J Perinat Educ. 2014; 23(1):17-24.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq ER, Sakala C, Corry MP, Applebaum S, Herrlich A. Major Survey Findings of Listening to Mothers(SM) III: Pregnancy and Birth: Report of the Third National U.S. Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences. J Perinat Educ. 2014; 23(1):9-16.View Related Profiles.

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Benoit C, Declercq E, De Vries R, Murray S, Sandall J, van Teijlingen E, Wrede S. Palgrave Handbook International Healthcare Policy and Governance (Kuhlmann E, Blank R, Bourgeault I, Wendt C, eds.). Maternity Care as Global Health Policy Issue. 2014.

Declercq ER, Belanoff C, Diop H, Gopal D, Hornstein MD, Kotelchuck M, Luke B, Stern JE. Identifying women with indicators of subfertility in a statewide population database: operationalizing the missing link in assisted reproductive technology research. Fertil Steril. 2014 Feb; 101(2):463-71.View Related Profiles.

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MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Mathews TJ. Recent Trends in Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2013 Sep-Oct; 58(5):494-501. PMID: 26055924; DOI: 10.1111/jmwh.12092;

Wierckx K, Elaut E, Declercq E, Heylens G, De Cuypere G, Taes Y, Kaufman JM, T'Sjoen G. Prevalence of cardiovascular disease and cancer during cross-sex hormone therapy in a large cohort of trans persons: a case-control study. Eur J Endocrinol. 2013 Oct; 169(4):471-8. PMID: 23904280; DOI: 10.1530/EJE-13-0493;

Cáceres IA, Arcaya M, Declercq E, Belanoff CM, Janakiraman V, Cohen B, Ecker J, Smith LA, Subramanian SV. Hospital differences in cesarean deliveries in Massachusetts (US) 2004-2006: the case against case-mix artifact. PLoS One. 2013; 8(3):e57817.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq E. The absolute power of relative risk in debates on repeat cesareans and home birth in the United States. J Clin Ethics. 2013; 24(3):215-24. PMID: 24282849

Declercq E. The politics of home birth in the United States. Birth. 2012 Dec; 39(4):281-5. PMID: 23281945; DOI: 10.1111/birt.12001;

Declercq E. Trends in midwife-attended births in the United States, 1989-2009. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2012 Jul-Aug; 57(4):321-6. PMID: 22672126; DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2012.00198.x;

Macdorman MF, Declercq E, Mathews TJ, Stotland N. Trends and characteristics of home vaginal birth after cesarean delivery in the United States and selected States. Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Apr; 119(4):737-44. PMID: 22433337; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31824bb050;

Barger MK, Nannini A, Weiss J, Declercq ER, Stubblefield P, Werler M, Ringer S. Severe maternal and perinatal outcomes from uterine rupture among women at term with a trial of labor. J Perinatol. 2012 Nov; 32(11):837-43.View Related Profiles.

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MacDorman MF, Mathews TJ, Declercq E. Home births in the United States, 1990-2009. NCHS Data Brief. 2012 Jan; (84):1-8. PMID: 22617638

Stivanello E, Rucci P, Carretta E, Pieri G, Seghieri C, Nuti S, Declercq E, Taglioni M, Fantini MP. Risk adjustment for inter-hospital comparison of caesarean delivery rates in low-risk deliveries. PLoS One. 2011; 6(11):e28060. PMID: 22132210; PMCID: PMC3223220; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028060;

Armstrong E and Declercq E. Is it time to push yet? The challenges to advocacy in U.S. Childbirth. Book chapter in B. Hoffman, N. Tomes, M. Schlesinger & R. Grob. Eds. Patients as Policy Actors. Rutgers University Press. New Bunswick, NJ. 2011; 60-83.

Tatano Beck C, Gable RK, Sakala C, Declercq ER. Postpartum Depressive symptomatology: results from a two-stage US national survey. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2011 Sep-Oct; 56(5):427-35.View Related Profiles.

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PMID: 23181639; DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00090.x;

MacDorman M, Declercq E, Menacker F. Recent trends and patterns in cesarean and vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) deliveries in the United States. Clin Perinatol. 2011 Jun; 38(2):179-92. PMID: 21645788; DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2011.03.007;

Beck CT, Gable RK, Sakala C, Declercq ER. Posttraumatic stress disorder in new mothers: results from a two-stage U.S. national survey. Birth. 2011 Sep; 38(3):216-27.View Related Profiles.

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MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Mathews TJ. United States home births increase 20 percent from 2004 to 2008. Birth. 2011 Sep; 38(3):185-90. PMID: 21884226; DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00481.x;

Declercq E, Young R, Cabral H, Ecker J. Is a rising cesarean delivery rate inevitable? Trends in industrialized countries, 1987 to 2007. Birth. 2011 Jun; 38(2):99-104.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq E. Trends in midwife-attended births, 1989 to 2007. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2011 Mar-Apr; 56(2):173-6. PMID: 21429084; DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00055.x;

MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Menacker F. Trends and characteristics of home births in the United States by race and ethnicity, 1990-2006. Birth. 2011 Mar; 38(1):17-23. PMID: 21332770; DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2010.00444.x;

Declercq ER, Barger M, Weiss J. . Reducing Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Reproductive and Perinatal Outcomes (Handler A & J. Kennelly, N. Peacock, eds.). The role of evidence in reducing disparities in maternity care practices. Springer. New York. 2011; 401-429.

MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Zhang J. Obstetrical intervention and the singleton preterm birth rate in the United States from 1991-2006. Am J Public Health. 2010 Nov; 100(11):2241-7. PMID: 20864720; PMCID: PMC2951941; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.180570;

Declercq E. Changing the Rules: The Impact of Information Technology Book Chapter in D. Rothman and D. Blumenthal, Information Technology and the Medical Professions. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers U Press. 2010; pp. 116-132..

Declercq E, Macdorman MF, Menacker F, Stotland N. Characteristics of planned and unplanned home births in 19 States. Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Jul; 116(1):93-9. PMID: 20567173; DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e21f6d;

MacDorman MF, Menacker F, Declercq E. Trends and characteristics of home and other out-of-hospital births in the United States, 1990-2006. Natl Vital Stat Rep. 2010 Mar 3; 58(11):1-14, 16. PMID: 20575315

Menacker F, MacDorman MF, Declercq E. Neonatal mortality risk for repeat cesarean compared to vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC) deliveries in the United States, 1998-2002 birth cohorts. Matern Child Health J. 2010 Mar; 14(2):147-54. PMID: 20044789; DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0551-5;

Sandall J, Benoit C, van Teijlingen E, Wrede S, Declercq E, DeVries R. The Palgrave Handbook of Gender and Healthcare (Kuhlmann E, Annandale E, eds.). Gender and Maternal Healthcare. Palgrave MacMillan. London. 2010.

Declercq E. Births attended by certified nurse-midwives in the United States reach an all-time high: trends from 1989 to 2006. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2009 May-Jun; 54(3):263-5. PMID: 19410224; DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.02.006;

Declercq E, Labbok MH, Sakala C, O'Hara M. Hospital practices and women's likelihood of fulfilling their intention to exclusively breastfeed. Am J Public Health. 2009 May; 99(5):929-35.View Related Profiles.

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Young RL, Declercq E. Implications of subdividing marital status: are unmarried mothers with partners different from unmarried mothers without partners? An exploratory analysis. Matern Child Health J. 2010 Mar; 14(2):209-14. PMID: 19199016; DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0450-9;

Declercq E. Births attended by certified nurse-midwives in the United States in 2005. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2009 Jan-Feb; 54(1):95-6. PMID: 19114252; DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2008.10.001;

Declercq E, Caldwell K, Hobbs SH, Guyer B. The changing pattern of doctoral education in public health from 1985 to 2006 and the challenge of doctoral training for practice and leadership. Am J Public Health. 2008 Sep; 98(9):1565-9. PMID: 18633094; PMCID: PMC2509619; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.117481;

MacDorman MF, Menacker F, Declercq E. Cesarean birth in the United States: epidemiology, trends, and outcomes. Clin Perinatol. 2008 Jun; 35(2):293-307, v. PMID: 18456070; DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2008.03.007;

MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Menacker F, Malloy MH. Neonatal mortality for primary cesarean and vaginal births to low-risk women: application of an "intention-to-treat" model. Birth. 2008 Mar; 35(1):3-8. PMID: 18307481; DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2007.00205.x;

Declercq E, Cunningham DK, Johnson C, Sakala C. Mothers' reports of postpartum pain associated with vaginal and cesarean deliveries: results of a national survey. Birth. 2008 Mar; 35(1):16-24.View Related Profiles.

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Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Tomashek KM, Kotelchuck M, Barfield W, Nannini A, Weiss J, Declercq E. Effect of late-preterm birth and maternal medical conditions on newborn morbidity risk. Pediatrics. 2008 Feb; 121(2):e223-32. PMID: 18245397; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-3629;

Bourgeault IV, Declercq ER, Sandall J, Wrede S, Vanstone M, van Teijlingen E, DeVries R, Benoit C. Patients, Consumers and Civil Society (Chambre S, Gouldner M, eds.). Too Posh to Push? Comparative Perspectives on Maternal Request Caesarean Sections in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Finland. Emerald Group Publishing. Bingley. 2008.

Mayberry LJ, Horowitz JA, Declercq E. Depression symptom prevalence and demographic risk factors among U.S. women during the first 2 years postpartum. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2007 Nov-Dec; 36(6):542-9. PMID: 17973697

Declercq E, Barger M, Cabral HJ, Evans SR, Kotelchuck M, Simon C, Weiss J, Heffner LJ. Maternal outcomes associated with planned primary cesarean births compared with planned vaginal births. Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Mar; 109(3):669-77.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq ER. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. Review of R. Mander. Caesarean: Just another way of birth?. Routledge Publ. London. 2007.

Declercq E. Trends in CNM-attended births, 1990-2004. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2007 Jan-Feb; 52(1):87-8. PMID: 17207758

Declercq ER, Sakala C, Corry MP, Applebaum S. Listening to Mothers II: Report of the Second National U.S. Survey of Women's Childbearing Experiences: Conducted January-February 2006 for Childbirth Connection by Harris Interactive(R) in partnership with Lamaze International. J Perinat Educ. 2007; 16(4):15-7.View Related Profiles.

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MacDorman M, Declercq ER, Menacker F, Malloy M. Birth. authors reply. 2007; 34(1):101-102.

Menacker F, Declercq E, Macdorman MF. Cesarean delivery: background, trends, and epidemiology. Semin Perinatol. 2006 Oct; 30(5):235-41. PMID: 17011392

MacDorman MF, Declercq E, Menacker F, Malloy MH. Infant and neonatal mortality for primary cesarean and vaginal births to women with "no indicated risk," United States, 1998-2001 birth cohorts. Birth. 2006 Sep; 33(3):175-82. PMID: 16948717

Tomashek KM, Shapiro-Mendoza CK, Weiss J, Kotelchuck M, Barfield W, Evans S, Naninni A, Declercq E. Early discharge among late preterm and term newborns and risk of neonatal morbidity. Semin Perinatol. 2006 Apr; 30(2):61-8. PMID: 16731278

Declercq E, Menacker F, Macdorman M. Maternal risk profiles and the primary cesarean rate in the United States, 1991-2002. Am J Public Health. 2006 May; 96(5):867-72. PMID: 16571712; PMCID: PMC1470600; DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.052381;

Declercq E, Menacker F, MacDorman M. Rise in "no indicated risk" primary caesareans in the United States, 1991-2001: cross sectional analysis. BMJ. 2005 Jan 8; 330(7482):71-2. PMID: 15556953; PMCID: PMC543865

Declercq E. Percentage of live births attended by CNMs in the United States, 1989-2001. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2004 Jan-Feb; 49(1):78-9. PMID: 14710152

Raymond de Vries, Sirpa Wrede, Edwin van Teijlingen, Cecilia Benoit, Eugene Declercq. Comparing Cultures (in Henk Vinken, Joseph Soeters & Peter Ester). Making Maternity Care: The Consequences of Culture for Health Care Systems. Koninklijke Brill. Leiden. 2004.

Declercq E. The new MCH student: why can't they be like we were? Matern Child Health J. 2003 Dec; 7(4):267-70. PMID: 14682504

Declercq ER. Clarifying the meaning of vaginal birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003 Jul; 189(1):307; discussion 307-8;author reply 308. PMID: 12861184

Sakala C, Declercq ER, Corry MP. Listening to Mothers: the first national U.S. survey of women's childbearing experiences. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2002 Nov-Dec; 31(6):633-4.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq E, Barger M, O'Grady JP. Uterine rupture among women with a prior cesarean delivery. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jan 10; 346(2):134-7. PMID: 11806379

Declercq E. CNM birth attendance in the United States, 1999. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2002 Jan-Feb; 47(1):44-5. PMID: 11874092

Declercq ER. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. Review of H. Bryan. The Obstetrician’s Armamentarium: Historical Obstetric Instruments and Their Inventors. Norman Publishers. San Anselmo. 2002; 47(2):113-114.

Declercq ER, Williams DR, Koontz AM, Paine LL, Streit EL, McCloskey L. Serving women in need: nurse-midwifery practice in the United States. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2001 Jan-Feb; 46(1):11-6.View Related Profiles.

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Declercq ER. Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health. Review of Loudon. The Tragedy of Childbed Fever. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 2001; 46(3):201-202.
Bourgeault I, ER Declercq, J. Sandall. Birth by Design: Pregnancy, Maternity Care and Midwifery in North America and Europe (R. DeVries, C. Benoit, E. van Teijlingen, S Wrede, eds.). Changing Birth: Interest Groups and Maternity Care Policy. Routledge Press. London. 2001; 51-69.
Declercq ER, K Viisainen. Birth by Design: Pregnancy, Maternity Care and Midwifery in North America and Europe (R. DeVries, C. Benoit, E. van Teijlingen, S. Wrede, eds.). The Politics of Numbers: The promise and frustration of cross-national analysis. Routledge Press. London. 2001; 267-279.
Declercq ER, R DeVries, K Viisainen, H Salveson, S. Wrede. Birth by Design: Pregnancy, Maternity Care and Midwifery in North America and Europe (R. DeVries, C. Benoit, E. van Teijlingen,S Wrede, eds.). Where to give birth? Politics and the place of birth. Routledge Press. 2001. 2001; 7-27.

Paine LL, Johnson TR, Lang JM, Gagnon D, Declercq ER, DeJoseph J, Scupholme A, Strobino D, Ross A. A comparison of visits and practices of nurse-midwives and obstetrician-gynecologists in ambulatory care settings. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2000 Jan-Feb; 45(1):37-44.View Related Profiles.

Gagnon, David
Declercq, Eugene

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Anderka M, Declercq ER, Smith W. A time to be born. Am J Public Health. 2000 Jan; 90(1):124-6.View Related Profiles.

Declercq, Eugene
Anderka, Marlene

PMID: 10630151; PMCID: PMC1446119

Paine LL, Lang JM, Strobino DM, Johnson TR, DeJoseph JF, Declercq ER, Gagnon DR, Scupholme A, Ross A. Characteristics of nurse-midwife patients and visits, 1991. Am J Public Health. 1999 Jun; 89(6):906-9.View Related Profiles.

Gagnon, David
Declercq, Eugene

PMID: 10358684; PMCID: PMC1508644

Declercq E. Making U.S. Maternal and Child Health policy: from "early discharge" to "drive through deliveries" to a national law. Matern Child Health J. 1999 Mar; 3(1):5-17. PMID: 10728285

Declercq ER. Social Science and Medicine (K Ram, M Jolly, eds.). Review of Maternities and Modernities: Colonial and postcolonial experiences in Asia and the Pacific. 1999; 48:975.
Declercq ER. Health and Welfare of Families in the 21st Century (Wallace H., Green G., Jaros K., Paine L., Story M., eds). The Health and Welfare Policy Process: The Case of the 1996 Welfare Reforms. Jones and Bartlett. Sudbury. 1999; 63-78.

Declercq E. "Changing childbirth" in the United Kingdom: lessons for U.S. health policy. J Health Polit Policy Law. 1998 Oct; 23(5):833-59. PMID: 9803364

Declercq ER, Paine LL, Simmes DR, DeJoseph JF. State regulation, payment policies, and nurse-midwife services. Health Aff (Millwood). 1998 Mar-Apr; 17(2):190-200. PMID: 9558797

Declercq ER, Bichell TJ, Center JK. Population-based needs assessment. Bringing public health to midwifery practice. J Nurse Midwifery. 1997 Nov-Dec; 42(6):478-88. PMID: 9439136

Lechat MF, Shrager DI, Declercq E, Bertrand F, Blattner WA, Blumberg BS. Decreased survival of HTLV-I carriers in leprosy patients from the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a historical prospective study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1997 Aug 15; 15(5):387-90. PMID: 9342260

Declercq E, Simmes D. The politics of "Drive-through deliveries": putting early postpartum discharge on the legislative agenda. Milbank Q. 1997; 75(2):175-202. PMID: 9184681; PMCID: PMC2751046

Declercq ER, Paine LL, Winter MR. Home birth in the United States, 1989-1992. A longitudinal descriptive report of national birth certificate data. J Nurse Midwifery. 1995 Nov-Dec; 40(6):474-82. PMID: 8568572

Declercq ER. Midwifery care and medical complications: the role of risk screening. Birth. 1995 Jun; 22(2):68-73. PMID: 7779225

Declercq ER. A cross-national analysis of midwifery politics: six lessons for midwives. Midwifery. 1994 Dec; 10(4):232-7. PMID: 7837990

Declercq ER. The trials of Hanna Porn: the campaign to abolish midwifery in Massachusetts. Am J Public Health. 1994 Jun; 84(6):1022-8. PMID: 8203670; PMCID: PMC1614962

Declercq ER. Where babies are born and who attends their births: findings from the revised 1989 United States Standard Certificate of Live Birth. Obstet Gynecol. 1993 Jun; 81(6):997-1004. PMID: 8497369

Declercq ER. The transformation of American midwifery: 1975 to 1988. Am J Public Health. 1992 May; 82(5):680-4. PMID: 1566946; PMCID: PMC1694140

Declercq ER. Journal of Nurse-Midwifery. Review of Beyond Conception, the New Politics of Reproduction by P. Spallone. 1991; 36(4):254-255.
Declerq ER. Journal of Health Politics, Policy and the Law. Review of The Captured Womb by Oakley and Regulating Birth by R DeVries. 1987.

Lechat MF, Vanderveken M, Declercq E, Misson CB. Analysis of trends in the occurrence of leprosy. World Health Stat Q. 1986; 39(2):129-37. PMID: 3751103

Declercq E. Birth weight is not causally related to place of birth, but it is useful. Public Health Rep. 1984 Sep; 99(5):436. PMID: 19313436

Declercq ER. Out-of-hospital births, U.S., 1978: birth weight and Apgar scores as measures of outcome. Public Health Rep. 1984 Jan-Feb; 99(1):63-73. PMID: 6422497; PMCID: PMC1424526

Declercq ER. Public opinion toward midwifery and home birth: an exploratory analysis. J Nurse Midwifery. 1983 May-Jun; 28(3):19-21. PMID: 6552275

Declercq ER. Journal of Nurse Midwifery. Review of Medicine and Its Technologies by Davis. 1983; 48-49.
Declercq ER. Journal of Nurse Midwifery. Review of Issues in Health Regulation by R Gordon. 1982; 44.
Declercq ER. Journal of Nurse Midwifery. Review of The Politics of Contraception by Djerassi. 1982; 44-45.
Declercq ER. Journal of Nurse Midwifery. Review of Obstetrics and Gynecology in America: A History by H. Speert. 1982; 54.
Declercq ER. Journal of Nurse Midwifery. Review of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Parenthood by P. Ahmed. 1982; 43.
Declercq ER. Birth and the Family Journal. Review of New Relations: A Film About Fathers and Sons by Achtenberg. 1981; 56.
Declercq ER. Birth and the Family Journal. Review of Fathering: Participation in Labor and Birth by Phillips and J. Anzalone. 1980; 274-275.
Declercq ER. The Federal Monitor. Review of Child Health by G. Silver. 1980; 5-6.
Declercq ER. Birth and the Family Journal. Review of Adolescent Sexuality in a Changing American Society by Chilman. 1980; 52-54.
Declerq ER. Birth and the Family Journal. Review of American Midwives: 1860 to the Present by J. Litoff. 1980; 133-134.
Declercq ER, J Kaminski. Public Administration Review. A New Look at the office of lieutenant governor. 1978; 38:256-261.
Declercq ER. Public Opinion Quarterly. The use of polling in campaigns for the U.S. House of Representatives. 1978; 42:247-258.
Declercq ER. Public Opinion Quarterly. Review of Party Image and Electoral Behavior by Richard Trilling. 1977; 41:425-426.
Declercq ER, T Hurley, N Luttbeg. Presidential voting change in the South - 1956-72. Journal of Politics. 1977; 39:480-492.
Declercq ER. Inter-house differences in American state legislatures. Journal of Politics. 1977; 39:774-785.
Declercq ER, J. Kaminski. A Profile of American lieutenant governors: 1950-1975. National Civic Review. 1976; 394-396.
Declercq ER, T Hurley, N Luttbeg. Voting in American presidential elections: 1956-1972. American Politics Quarterly. 1975; 4:9-35.
Dye T, J Pickering, ER Declercq. Concentration, specialization and interlocking among institutional elites. Social Science Quarterly. 1974; 54:8-28.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 194 publications over 39 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2015

Bar chart showing 194 publications over 39 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2015

Year	Publications
1980	4
1981	1
1982	4
1983	2
1984	2
1986	1
1987	1
1991	1
1992	1
1993	1
1994	2
1995	2
1997	3
1998	2
1999	4
2000	2
2001	5
2002	5
2003	2
2004	3
2006	4
2007	8
2008	6
2009	4
2010	6
2011	10
2012	5
2013	5
2014	9
2015	13
2016	10
2017	7
2018	12
2019	6
2020	9
2021	6
2022	12
2023	12
2024	2

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Unsettling truths about maternal mortality in the U.S.

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States that banned abortion already had high maternal death rates and fewer doctors: Study

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Home Births in the U.S. Increased Again, Maintaining Pandemic Trend

MedPage Today 11/17/2022

We don’t really know how many pregnant people are dying in the US

Popular Science 11/10/2022

U.S. Maternal Deaths Spiked Upwards During Pandemic

HealthDay 7/4/2022

U.S. Maternal Mortality Increased 33% During Pandemic

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Pregnancy Has Risks. Without Roe, More People Will Face Them

WIRED 6/8/2022

Pregnancy-related deaths climbed in pandemic’s first year

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Visualizing the stark maternal health inequities in the United States

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Taking Action to Improve Maternal and Fetal Health

U. S. News & World Report 8/5/2021

Colorado aims to improve maternal health care with groundbreaking legislation

Boulder Weekly 8/5/2021

Maternal Health Advocates Optimistic With Unified Congress, White House

U.S. News & World Report 1/20/2021

Women Have Few Options For Giving Birth On The South Side. 2 Midwives Want To Chance That.

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‘I brainwashed myself with the internet’

NBC News 2/21/2020

The CDC's updated maternal mortality stats show how far the U.S. has to go

Mic 1/31/2020

We finally have a new US maternal mortality estimate. It’s still terrible

VOX 1/30/2020

The extraordinary danger of being pregnant and uninsured in Texas

Vox 12/6/2019

7 Ways We Can Dramatically Improve Childbirth in America

Healthline 8/28/2019

How to Curb Maternal Deaths

MedPage Today 7/1/2019

One Twin’s Difficult Birth Puts a Project Designed to Reduce C-Sections to the Test

The Epoch Times 1/13/2019

Team Birth Project Is Proof That Communication Improves Birth Outcomes

Scary Mommy 12/23/2018

Twin's Difficult Birth Put A Project Designed To Reduce C-Sections To The Test

NPR Shots 11/24/2018

Dangerous Deliveries-Deaths and complications related to childbirth are trending up – but the tide may be turning

US News 9/11/2018

Maternal death rates are a key indicator of why the state of female health in the US is so terrible

QUARTZ 8/28/2018

Maternal deaths represent the canary in the coal mine for women’s health

STAT 8/22/2018

Texas' Maternal Mortality Problem Is Also A Data Problem, Study Finds

Kut 90.5 1/4/2018

Maternal Deaths Are Increasing in Texas, But Probably Not as Much as We Thought

Pro Publica 1/4/2018

2018 MCH Epidemiology Awards: Greg Alexander Award

2014 American Association of Birth Centers: Communication Award

2013 American Public Health Association: Martha May Eliot Award

2011 Partners in Perinatal Health: Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Partners Award

2008 Harvard Medical School: 33rd Annual Joseph Garland Lecture

2003 Boston University School of Public Health: Norman Scotch Award

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Cesarean Section

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