Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Faculty

Cynthia Stanton
Assistant Professor

Academic Degrees
PhD, MPH

Departmental Affiliation
Population, Family and Reproductive Health

Departmental Address
Room E4011
Dept PFRH JHSPH

Email: cstanton@jhsph.edu

Phone: 301 741 5871

Collexis expertise and publication web link

Research and Professional Experience

My research interests focus on maternal and perinatal mortality and morbidity in developing countries. In particular I have been involved in efforts to improve measurement of maternal and perinatal outcomes, measurement via surveys, censuses, routine data sources and qualitative efforts. Recent efforts have also focused on understanding current use of cesarean section, management of the 3rd stage of labor and induction and augmentation.

Keywords

maternal mortality; maternal health, maternal morbidity; perinatal mortality; perinatal morbidity; developing countries; evaluation

Selected Publications

Stanton, C. 2008. Steps towards achieving skilled attendance at birth. Lead editorial, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, in press, April 2008.

*Stanton, C., Ronsmans, C., and the Baltimore Group on Caesarean. “Recommendations for Routine Reporting on Indication for Cesarean Delivery in Developing Countries” in press in the Journal Birth.

Hounton, S., Meda, N., De Brouwere, V.,Sombie, I., Byass, P., Stanton, C. “Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness evaluation of the Skilled Care Initiative in rural Burkina Faso: Methodological approaches” in press.

Adisasmita, A., Deviany, P., Nandiaty, F., Stanton, C, Ronsmans, C. “Obstetric near miss in four hospitals in West Java, Indonesia”, in press at BioMed Central.

*Stanton, C., Holtz, S., Ahmed, S. 2007. “Challenges in measuring obstetric fistula”, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics,, Vol 99S1 pp S4-S9.

Ahmed, S., Genadry, R., Stanton, C. 2007. “Dead women walking: neglected millions with obstetric fistula”, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nov;99 Suppl 1:S1-3.

*Creanga, A., Ahmed, S., Genadry, R., Stanton C. 2007. “Prevention and treatment of obstetric fistula: Identifying research needs and public health priorities”, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Nov;99 Suppl 1:S151-4.

*Hatt, L., Stanton, C., Makowiecka, K., Adisasmita, A., Achadi, E, Ronsmans, C. 2007. “Did the skilled attendance strategy reach the poor in Indonesia?, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, Oct;85(10):774-82.

*Holtz, S., Stanton, C. 2007. “Assessment of the Quality of DHS Data on Cesarean Birth”, Studies in Family Planning, Mar. 38(1): 47:54.

Hill, K., and the Expert Panel of Capturing Maternal Mortality in the 2010 Census Round, 2006.

“Measuring Maternal Mortality”, The Lancet, Sept. Vol 368(9553): 2121.

Ronsmans, C., Holtz, S., Stanton, C. 2006. “Socio-economic differentials in caesarean rates in developing countries” in press, The Lancet.

Stanton, C., Lawn, J., Rahman, H., Wilczynska-Ketende, K., Hill, K. 2006. “Stillbirth Rates: Delivering estimates for 190 countries”, The Lancet, 367:1487-1494.

Stanton, C., Holtz, S. 2006. “Levels and Trends in Cesarean Birth in Developing Countries”, Studies in in Family Planning, 37(1): 41-48.

Stanton, C., Blanc, A., Croft, T., Choi, Y. 2006. “Skilled Care at Birth in the Developing World: Progress to Date and Strategies for Expanding Coverage”, Journal of Biosocial Science, March, pp. 1-12.

Stanton, C. 2006 “Review of Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Beyond the Numbers, Reviewing maternal deaths and complications to make pregnancy safer”, Studies in Family Planning 36(3):257-258.

Stanton, C., Dubourg, D., De Brouwere, V., Pujades, M., Ronsmans, C. 2005. “Reliability of data on caesarean sections in developing countries”, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83(6):449-455.

Shiffman, J., Stanton, C., Salazar, P. 2004. “The Emergence of Political Priority for Safe Motherhood in Honduras” Health Policy and Planning, 19(6):380-390.

Stanton, C. 2004. “Methodological issues in the measurement of birth preparedness in support of Safe Motherhood” Evaluation Review 28(3):179-200.

Stanton, C., Hobcraft, J., Hill, K., Naghavi, M., Munene, F., Mapeta, W.T., Kodjogbé, N., Rabeza, V., Sisouphantong, B., O. Campbell. 2001. “Every Death Counts: Measuring Maternal Mortality via a Census” , Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 79(7): 657-664.

Stanton, C., Abderrahim, N., Hill, K. 2000. “An Assessment of DHS Maternal Mortality Indicators”. Studies in Family Planning. 31(2):111-123.

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