Birth by the Numbers

Did you miss Dr. Crear-Perry or Dr. Declercq's presentation on "High-Value, Evidence-Based Maternal Models of Care and Birth Equity" as part of the midwifery & #Medicaid learning series? No worries. The session was recorded! tinyurl.com/yyhyagcv @doccrearperry @BirthNumbers

An excellent article, How to Advocate for Yourself in the Delivery Room, in @NYTimes with a mention of the Listening to Mothers Survey! nytimes.com/2020/04/15/par…

Keep the conversation from #BMHW20! #CenteringBlackMamas #BMH

Join us on Tuesday for a discussion on the impact of outbreak and Maternal and Child Health

It is a scary time to either give or receive obstetric care in NYC. “I’ve never been so dependent on such shaky data to make what are fundamentally life-or-death decisions" @neel_shah told me @NewYorker newyorker.com/science/medica…

*NEW* NCHS data brief with the first #VBAC data since 2004! Check out our updated state maps and find a link to the full report here: birthbythenumbers.org/vaginal-births…

"More women with a history of cesarean section are giving birth vaginally in the U.S., but that rate still falls short of federal goals, new data shows." #VBAC #Cesareansection usnews.com/news/healthies…

Save the Date! - Annual Alumni Award Reception – Friday, April 17th! @BUSPH

AWHONN nurse members share their nursing experiences and express the importance of black nurses during #BlackHistoryMonth. Read Shellie Nelson's story on our site bit.ly/31Jcvpc. #AWHONN

MCH Professor Eugene Declercq's #MondayThoughts on maternal mortality. READ MORE below!

“The only way to [maintain the mother-child dyad after birth] is for Mom not to be criminalized, for her to have a full opportunity to seek and get treatment for her #opioid use disorder" - Dr. Mishka Terplan (@do_less_harm) READ MORE 👉 lat.ms/36TidFS

Gene Declercq in Vox about new US Maternal Mortality estimate. vox.com/2020/1/30/2111…

@NCHStats releases final 2018 #mortality data that includes an official #maternalmortality rate for the first time since 2007 go.usa.gov/xdYDM

Observed changes in #maternalmortality over the past two decades largely reflect changes in reporting methods, rather than a true increase in maternal deaths, per extensive @NCHStats evaluation go.usa.gov/xdYDM

.@NCHStats releases final 2018 #mortality data that includes an official #maternalmortality rate for the first time since 2007: go.usa.gov/xdYDM.

Did you see Gene Declercq in U.S. News & World Report about Maternal Mortality? usnews.com/news/healthies…

The official estimate confirms what other research has long suggested: that pregnant women and new mothers are dying at alarming rates in the U.S. nytv.to/owkQN

@BUSPH Center of Excellence faculty, Gene Declercq: "The disparities are profound and they need to be addressed, but there's much more to it than that...There's systems issues here in the United States that we have to come to grips with." usnews.com/news/healthies…

Some data points about midwives from our recent #Listening2Mothers in California survey with @NPWF @BirthNumbers... chcf.org/collection/lis…

@MCHinAction Check out the article in Commonwealth Magazine co-authored by Gene Declercq goo.gl/xEpsvq! #BirthbytheNumbers