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Rise in "no indicated risk" primary caesareans in the United States, 1991-2001: cross sectional analysisEugene Declercq
Maternal and Child Health Department, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118-2526, USA
BMJ 330:71-2. 2005
Infant and neonatal mortality for primary cesarean and vaginal births to women with "no indicated risk," United States, 1998-2001 birth cohortsMarian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Birth 33:175-82. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Understanding the causes of these differentials is important, given the rapid growth in the number of primary cesareans without a reported medical indication...- Maternal outcomes associated with planned primary cesarean births compared with planned vaginal birthsEugene Declercq
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Department of Biostatistics, Data Coordinating Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Obstet Gynecol 109:669-77. 2007..To compare the outcomes and costs associated with primary cesarean births with no labor (planned cesareans) to vaginal and cesarean births with labor (planned vaginal)... - The changing pattern of doctoral education in public health from 1985 to 2006 and the challenge of doctoral training for practice and leadershipEugene Declercq
Maternal and Child Health Department, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St, Boston, MA 02118 2526, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1565-9. 2008..We describe approaches to practice-based doctoral education taken by three schools of public health... 
Trends in midwife-attended births in the United States, 1989-2009Eugene Declercq
Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Midwifery Womens Health 57:321-6. 2012..Rates of certified nurse-midwife (CNM)-attended births more than doubled between 1989 (3.3% of all births) and 2002 (7.7%) and have remained steady since. This article examines trends in midwife-attended births from 1989 to 2009...- Trends in midwife-attended births, 1989 to 2007Eugene Declercq
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Midwifery Womens Health 56:173-6. 2011..3% and 7.6% since 1999. However, when the number of births attended by CNMs is combined with the number attended by other midwives, their number reached an all-time high in 2007... - Hospital practices and women's likelihood of fulfilling their intention to exclusively breastfeedEugene Declercq
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany St, Talbot W540, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Am J Public Health 99:929-35. 2009..We sought to assess whether breastfeeding-related hospital practices reported by mothers were associated with achievement of their intentions to exclusively breastfeed... - Maternal risk profiles and the primary cesarean rate in the United States, 1991-2002Eugene Declercq
Maternal and Child Health Department, Boston University School of Public Health, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Am J Public Health 96:867-72. 2006..We examined factors contributing to shifts in primary cesarean rates in the United States between 1991 and 2002... - Making U.S. Maternal and Child Health policy: from "early discharge" to "drive through deliveries" to a national lawE Declercq
Maternal and Child Health Department, Boston University School of Public Health, Massachusetts 02118, USA
Matern Child Health J 3:5-17. 1999..To examine the national policy-making process in maternal and child health through a case study of the passage of a national law aimed at extending postpartum hospital stays... - The politics of "Drive-through deliveries": putting early postpartum discharge on the legislative agendaE Declercq
Maternal and Child Health Department, Boston University School of Public Health, MA 02118 2394, USA
Milbank Q 75:175-202. 1997..Emotional constituent anecdotes, unsupported by definitive research findings, also influenced legislators... - Implications of subdividing marital status: are unmarried mothers with partners different from unmarried mothers without partners? An exploratory analysisRobin L Young
Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Matern Child Health J 14:209-14. 2010..To determine the analytic advantages obtained from separating unmarried mothers with partners from unmarried mothers without partners when assessing risk of adverse birth outcomes... - Mothers' reports of postpartum pain associated with vaginal and cesarean deliveries: results of a national surveyEugene Declercq
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118 2526, USA
Birth 35:16-24. 2008..This study examines mothers' reports of their postpartum experiences with pain stratified by method of delivery... - Characteristics of planned and unplanned home births in 19 StatesEugene Declercq
Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Obstet Gynecol 116:93-9. 2010..To estimate the differences in the characteristics of mothers having planned and unplanned home births that occurred at home in a 19-state reporting area in the United States in 2006... - Cesarean birth in the United States: epidemiology, trends, and outcomesMarian F MacDorman
Reproductive Statistics Branch, Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 7318, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Clin Perinatol 35:293-307, v. 2008..quot; Several studies note an increased risk for neonatal and maternal mortality for medically elective cesareans compared with vaginal births... - Neonatal mortality for primary cesarean and vaginal births to low-risk women: application of an "intention-to-treat" modelMarian F MacDorman
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA
Birth 35:3-8. 2008..The purpose of this study was to use an "intention-to-treat" methodology, as recommended by a National Institutes of Health conference, to examine neonatal mortality risk by method of delivery for low-risk women... - Depression symptom prevalence and demographic risk factors among U.S. women during the first 2 years postpartumLinda J Mayberry
College of Nursing, New York University, NY, USA
J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 36:542-9. 2007..To examine differences in depression symptom rates and severity and factors associated with depression ratings... - Neonatal mortality for low-risk women by method of deliveryMarian F MacDorman
Birth 34:101-2. 2007 - Trends in CNM-attended births, 1990-2004Eugene Declercq
J Midwifery Womens Health 52:87-8. 2007 - Effect of late-preterm birth and maternal medical conditions on newborn morbidity riskCarrie K Shapiro-Mendoza
Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341 3717, USA
Pediatrics 121:e223-32. 2008..We compared late-preterm and term (37-41 weeks' gestation) infants with and without selected maternal medical conditions and assessed the independent and joint effects of these exposures on newborn morbidity risk... - Percentage of live births attended by CNMs in the United States, 1989-2001Eugene Declercq
J Midwifery Womens Health 49:78-9. 2004 - The new MCH student: why can't they be like we were?Eugene Declercq
Matern Child Health J 7:267-70. 2003 - CNM birth attendance in the United States, 1999Eugene Declercq
J Midwifery Womens Health 47:44-5. 2002 - Early discharge among late preterm and term newborns and risk of neonatal morbidityKay M Tomashek
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Reproductive Health, Maternal and Infant Health Branch, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Semin Perinatol 30:61-8. 2006..Evidence-based recommendations for appropriate discharge timing and postdischarge follow-up for these late preterm infants are needed to prevent neonatal morbidity... - Cesarean delivery: background, trends, and epidemiologyFay Menacker
Division of Vital Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Semin Perinatol 30:235-41. 2006..To examine trends in cesarean delivery for the overall population and for women with "no indicated risk" for cesarean section, and to summarize the available literature on "maternal request" cesarean deliveries...
Research Grants
- Child Health After Assisted Reproductive Technology: A Population-Based StudyBARBARA JOAN LUKE; Fiscal Year: 2010..S. study to date on infertility, ART and child health from birth to age three. ..