Declercq

Gene Declercq

Gene Declercq is Professor of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health. He has been part of the team that produced six reports since 2002 on women’s experiences in childbirth entitled Listening to Mothers and is the founder of the website www.birthbythenumbers.org. He is a current member of the Massachusetts Maternal Mortality Review Committee.

 
pregnant woman and healthcare worker
Research

The Importance of Just Asking

Two key understandings emerged from a recent study – the importance of simply asking a pregnant or postpartum person if they’re feeling depressed and the persistence of racial disparities.

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Old gravestone cross with the inscription Mother.
Viewpoint

Understanding the US Maternal Mortality Problem

The U.S. has ranked behind most industrialized countries on maternal mortality for years, but stopped publishing an official maternal mortality ratio in 2007. It was this failure that was the impetus for our study.

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