Lucy Stone
@lucy-stone.bsky.social
PhD (ESRC). Sexual & Reproductive health | Maternal & Neonatal health | Fertility | Inequities | Intersectionality | Mum to twin toddlers. Swansea/Oxfordshire.
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Covid-19 is a reproductive health issue (among other things). Please consider getting vaccinated, especially if pregnant, and use other layers of protection as well (masks, ventilation).
Please fight to keep the vaccine accessible to all, and to increase access to populations that do not have it
Please fight to keep the vaccine accessible to all, and to increase access to populations that do not have it
In anticipation of claims that may be made at the #ACIP vote on #CovidVaccines later today, a reminder of the extensive evidence on the safety of mRNA COVID vaccination in #pregnancy...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Covid-19 is a reproductive health issue (among other things). Please consider getting vaccinated, especially if pregnant, and use other layers of protection as well (masks, ventilation).
Please fight to keep the vaccine accessible to all, and to increase access to populations that do not have it
Please fight to keep the vaccine accessible to all, and to increase access to populations that do not have it
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Mind the Gap: Unequal Coverage in UK Reproductive Health Research Using Linked Data
Our understanding of healthcare use and whether current services meet the needs of everyone equally is limited.
Find out how data linkage can help answer vital questions equitably
ijpds.org/news/09-09-2...
Our understanding of healthcare use and whether current services meet the needs of everyone equally is limited.
Find out how data linkage can help answer vital questions equitably
ijpds.org/news/09-09-2...
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Mind the Gap: Unequal Coverage in UK Reproductive Health Research Using Linked Data
Our understanding of healthcare use and whether current services meet the needs of everyone equally is limited.
Find out how data linkage can help answer vital questions equitably
ijpds.org/news/09-09-2...
Our understanding of healthcare use and whether current services meet the needs of everyone equally is limited.
Find out how data linkage can help answer vital questions equitably
ijpds.org/news/09-09-2...
As someone using linked health data to examine inequalities in maternal and neonatal health outcomes - a linked reproductive health data resource would be the dream
"we found 272 studies linking reproductive health data, mainly using routinely available health data to study reproductive cancers or maternal & child health. Linkage methods were poorly reported. Through expert consultations & review, we identified 247 existing UK reproductive health datasets"
Current evidence and future priorities for reproductive health data linkage in the UK: scoping review and dataset mapping
| International Journal of Population Data Science
ijpds.org
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
As someone using linked health data to examine inequalities in maternal and neonatal health outcomes - a linked reproductive health data resource would be the dream
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Registration still open (to 12 August) for #BSPS2025, 2-4 September: varied & exciting programme & workshops! Latest info & sign up www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
July 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Registration still open (to 12 August) for #BSPS2025, 2-4 September: varied & exciting programme & workshops! Latest info & sign up www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
As a mother of twins, I hope the potential impact of research like this on the management of twin pregnancies, esp early delivery, is noted jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Fetal Body Composition in Twins and Singletons
This cohort study compares lean and fat tissue growth in twin vs singleton fetuses across pregnancy.
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July 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
As a mother of twins, I hope the potential impact of research like this on the management of twin pregnancies, esp early delivery, is noted jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Had a great couple of days @unisouthampton.bsky.social for #PopFest2025! Was nice to be back. Finally got to present my research on the changes to fertility patterns and composition during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As we wrap up #PopFest2025, we'd like to say thanks and farewell to the delegates who made it a fun and informative two days. We also thank the sponsors listed below.
The search is now on for next year's student organising committee - get in touch if you think that could be you @bspsuk.bsky.social
The search is now on for next year's student organising committee - get in touch if you think that could be you @bspsuk.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Had a great couple of days @unisouthampton.bsky.social for #PopFest2025! Was nice to be back. Finally got to present my research on the changes to fertility patterns and composition during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The @eapsphd.bsky.social Network is running their session at #PopFest2025, featuring a brilliant Bingo-inspired networking game
The EAPS #PhD Network encourages all #population studies PhD students to join up to meet other ECRs in their field
More info: www.eaps.nl/page/phd-net...
The EAPS #PhD Network encourages all #population studies PhD students to join up to meet other ECRs in their field
More info: www.eaps.nl/page/phd-net...
July 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The @eapsphd.bsky.social Network is running their session at #PopFest2025, featuring a brilliant Bingo-inspired networking game
The EAPS #PhD Network encourages all #population studies PhD students to join up to meet other ECRs in their field
More info: www.eaps.nl/page/phd-net...
The EAPS #PhD Network encourages all #population studies PhD students to join up to meet other ECRs in their field
More info: www.eaps.nl/page/phd-net...
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👋We are pleased to welcome so many people from the international community to #PopFest2025 over the next 2 days @unisouthampton.bsky.social with @bspsuk.bsky.social
CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social welcomed delegates with a keynote on 'Lessons from the life course of a #demographer'
CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social welcomed delegates with a keynote on 'Lessons from the life course of a #demographer'
July 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
👋We are pleased to welcome so many people from the international community to #PopFest2025 over the next 2 days @unisouthampton.bsky.social with @bspsuk.bsky.social
CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social welcomed delegates with a keynote on 'Lessons from the life course of a #demographer'
CPC-CG Director @janefalkingham.bsky.social welcomed delegates with a keynote on 'Lessons from the life course of a #demographer'
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A new study by researchers at @oxpop.bsky.social National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit has found that children born to mothers with a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or above may have an increased risk of being admitted to hospital for an infection.
Read more: bit.ly/4kFsqN6
Read more: bit.ly/4kFsqN6
Maternal obesity is associated with increased risk of hospital admission for infection in children | NPEU
The National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) is a multidisciplinary research unit based at the University of Oxford. Our work involves running randomised con
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June 9, 2025 at 7:51 AM
A new study by researchers at @oxpop.bsky.social National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit has found that children born to mothers with a body mass index (BMI) of 35 or above may have an increased risk of being admitted to hospital for an infection.
Read more: bit.ly/4kFsqN6
Read more: bit.ly/4kFsqN6
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👶 #Farage wants a UK baby boom — will it work? 🍼
Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social says: “Throwing money at it doesn’t work.”
Tax breaks ≠ baby boom.
Work hours, #housing, #childcare — it takes an ecosystem.
📎 Telegraph article:
tinyurl.com/m6b9kbxm
#fertility #demography
Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social says: “Throwing money at it doesn’t work.”
Tax breaks ≠ baby boom.
Work hours, #housing, #childcare — it takes an ecosystem.
📎 Telegraph article:
tinyurl.com/m6b9kbxm
#fertility #demography
Farage wants a British baby boom – but he’s missing a trick
Reform UK has moved into pro-natal policies territory – but experts warn there’s no magic silver bullet
tinyurl.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
👶 #Farage wants a UK baby boom — will it work? 🍼
Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social says: “Throwing money at it doesn’t work.”
Tax breaks ≠ baby boom.
Work hours, #housing, #childcare — it takes an ecosystem.
📎 Telegraph article:
tinyurl.com/m6b9kbxm
#fertility #demography
Our Director @melindacmills.bsky.social says: “Throwing money at it doesn’t work.”
Tax breaks ≠ baby boom.
Work hours, #housing, #childcare — it takes an ecosystem.
📎 Telegraph article:
tinyurl.com/m6b9kbxm
#fertility #demography
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📚NEW PAPER #Childcare tasks that interfere with the workday (staying home with ill children, dressing children, dropping children at school/childcare) are more often done by mothers BUT flexible work for fathers can help address the imbalance @bernicerunsonboba.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objective
This study examines how mothers and fathers divide childcare tasks that interfere with paid work and whether there is an association with patterns of work and access to work flexibility.
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doi.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:53 AM
📚NEW PAPER #Childcare tasks that interfere with the workday (staying home with ill children, dressing children, dropping children at school/childcare) are more often done by mothers BUT flexible work for fathers can help address the imbalance @bernicerunsonboba.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
doi.org/10.1111/jomf...
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The MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality ‘State of the Nation’ report for deaths that occurred in 2023 has now been published. @npeu-ctu.bsky.social
Read more 👉 buff.ly/7ilBOoM
Read more 👉 buff.ly/7ilBOoM
May 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The MBRRACE-UK perinatal mortality ‘State of the Nation’ report for deaths that occurred in 2023 has now been published. @npeu-ctu.bsky.social
Read more 👉 buff.ly/7ilBOoM
Read more 👉 buff.ly/7ilBOoM
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🆕New research published in @nature.com finds compelling causal evidence for the impact of the shingles vaccine on reducing the occurrence of dementia, using data from the world-renowned @saildatabank.bsky.social, funded by Health and Care Research Wales.
🔗 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/sail-data-re...
🔗 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/sail-data-re...
SAIL Data Reveals Link Between Shingles Vaccine and Reduced Dementia Risk - Population Data Science
SAIL Databank News. Published 28/04/2025 Researchers have discovered compelling causal evidence for the impact of the shingles vaccine on reducing the occurrence of dementia, using data from the world...
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April 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🆕New research published in @nature.com finds compelling causal evidence for the impact of the shingles vaccine on reducing the occurrence of dementia, using data from the world-renowned @saildatabank.bsky.social, funded by Health and Care Research Wales.
🔗 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/sail-data-re...
🔗 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/sail-data-re...
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💡[SPOTLIGHT]💡
Study examines how pregnancy outcomes affect women’s health over time. @aledinal.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social compares the physical health of women who experienced pregnancy losses to those with live births.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
Study examines how pregnancy outcomes affect women’s health over time. @aledinal.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social compares the physical health of women who experienced pregnancy losses to those with live births.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
April 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
💡[SPOTLIGHT]💡
Study examines how pregnancy outcomes affect women’s health over time. @aledinal.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social compares the physical health of women who experienced pregnancy losses to those with live births.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
Study examines how pregnancy outcomes affect women’s health over time. @aledinal.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social compares the physical health of women who experienced pregnancy losses to those with live births.
www.demogr.mpg.de/en/news_even...
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Worries over low birth rates are nothing new. Everything @lesja.bsky.social, @alisongemmill.bsky.social, & I wrote in this op-ed *SIX* years ago is still true.
These worries have coalesced into a well-funded & influential pronatalist movement w/in an admin that is deeply anti-family.
These worries have coalesced into a well-funded & influential pronatalist movement w/in an admin that is deeply anti-family.
Opinion | Don’t panic over declining fertility rates — and don’t let anyone guilt you
Lower fertility rates aren’t necessarily a bad thing.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Worries over low birth rates are nothing new. Everything @lesja.bsky.social, @alisongemmill.bsky.social, & I wrote in this op-ed *SIX* years ago is still true.
These worries have coalesced into a well-funded & influential pronatalist movement w/in an admin that is deeply anti-family.
These worries have coalesced into a well-funded & influential pronatalist movement w/in an admin that is deeply anti-family.
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How can we reduce health inequities and improve maternal health? buff.ly/pacAIJZ 📽️ Dr Ursula Gazeley discusses findings from @who.int's first global update on the causes of maternal deaths in over a decade. #WorldHealthDay @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @lancetgh.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
How can we reduce health inequities and improve maternal health? buff.ly/pacAIJZ 📽️ Dr Ursula Gazeley discusses findings from @who.int's first global update on the causes of maternal deaths in over a decade. #WorldHealthDay @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social @lancetgh.bsky.social
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New special issue out, with impressive team of editors
Global Reproductive Justice: A New Agenda for Feminist Economics?
“Reproductive justice framework challenges framings of reproductive rights centered on non-interference and the right to choose”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Global Reproductive Justice: A New Agenda for Feminist Economics?
“Reproductive justice framework challenges framings of reproductive rights centered on non-interference and the right to choose”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Global Reproductive Justice: A New Agenda for Feminist Economics?
This special issue focuses on reproductive justice (RJ) as a framework for feminist research and activism. The introduction provides an overview of when and why the RJ framework was developed, outl...
www.tandfonline.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New special issue out, with impressive team of editors
Global Reproductive Justice: A New Agenda for Feminist Economics?
“Reproductive justice framework challenges framings of reproductive rights centered on non-interference and the right to choose”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Global Reproductive Justice: A New Agenda for Feminist Economics?
“Reproductive justice framework challenges framings of reproductive rights centered on non-interference and the right to choose”
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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How can we #AccelerateAction to improve women's health outcomes? buff.ly/pacAIJZ A new study co-authored by Dr Ursula Gazeley identifies the leading causes of maternal deaths globally and highlights the need to reduce health inequities in LMICs. @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social #IWD2025
March 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How can we #AccelerateAction to improve women's health outcomes? buff.ly/pacAIJZ A new study co-authored by Dr Ursula Gazeley identifies the leading causes of maternal deaths globally and highlights the need to reduce health inequities in LMICs. @leverhulme.bsky.social @oxpop.bsky.social #IWD2025
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🗞️To hear the experts describe it, the stakes are exceedingly high. Yet a growing number of young people don't want children.
Approximately 15% of Gen Z aged 18-25 say they definitely will not have them, according to the Centre for Population Change.
Approximately 15% of Gen Z aged 18-25 say they definitely will not have them, according to the Centre for Population Change.
Britain's shrinking families: An economic 'timebomb'
British women are having fewer children that at any other time on record. And there are potentially dire consequences, experts warn.
news.sky.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
🗞️To hear the experts describe it, the stakes are exceedingly high. Yet a growing number of young people don't want children.
Approximately 15% of Gen Z aged 18-25 say they definitely will not have them, according to the Centre for Population Change.
Approximately 15% of Gen Z aged 18-25 say they definitely will not have them, according to the Centre for Population Change.
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Are you a pregnant woman between 18-45? The INFORMED study wants you!
Take part in our study to help us understand the impact of climate change on pregnancy across communities in Swansea🌏
🔗For more info and to sign up forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
@popdatascisu.bsky.social
Take part in our study to help us understand the impact of climate change on pregnancy across communities in Swansea🌏
🔗For more info and to sign up forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
@popdatascisu.bsky.social
February 14, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Are you a pregnant woman between 18-45? The INFORMED study wants you!
Take part in our study to help us understand the impact of climate change on pregnancy across communities in Swansea🌏
🔗For more info and to sign up forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
@popdatascisu.bsky.social
Take part in our study to help us understand the impact of climate change on pregnancy across communities in Swansea🌏
🔗For more info and to sign up forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
@popdatascisu.bsky.social
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👓Recommended Reading📚
New Approach Predicts Individual Fertility Behavior from Aggregated Data
In their paper, Daniel Ciganda and Nicolas Todd present a new approach to identifying individual #fertility behavior from aggregate #data. ... 🧵1/8
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New Approach Predicts Individual Fertility Behavior from Aggregated Data
In their paper, Daniel Ciganda and Nicolas Todd present a new approach to identifying individual #fertility behavior from aggregate #data. ... 🧵1/8
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
February 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
👓Recommended Reading📚
New Approach Predicts Individual Fertility Behavior from Aggregated Data
In their paper, Daniel Ciganda and Nicolas Todd present a new approach to identifying individual #fertility behavior from aggregate #data. ... 🧵1/8
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
New Approach Predicts Individual Fertility Behavior from Aggregated Data
In their paper, Daniel Ciganda and Nicolas Todd present a new approach to identifying individual #fertility behavior from aggregate #data. ... 🧵1/8
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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🆕📰 @dsusielee.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social & @kieronbarclay.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social have investigated how changes in the age distribution of #mothers are associated with changes in #twinbirth rates in low-income countries. #demograohy #data #fertility
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/twinbirth
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/twinbirth
February 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🆕📰 @dsusielee.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social & @kieronbarclay.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social have investigated how changes in the age distribution of #mothers are associated with changes in #twinbirth rates in low-income countries. #demograohy #data #fertility
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/twinbirth
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/twinbirth
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🆕New INFORMED study, as part of the MAGENTA Project,
@swanseauni.bsky.social, is looking for expectant mums aged 18-45 in Swansea to take part in vital maternal health research!🤰
Find out more about this study here📝 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/informed-stu...
@swanseauni.bsky.social, is looking for expectant mums aged 18-45 in Swansea to take part in vital maternal health research!🤰
Find out more about this study here📝 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/informed-stu...
INFORMED Study looking for expectant mums in Swansea to take part in research
The INFORMED study, which forms part of the MAGENTA Project, invites expectant mums aged 18-45 living in Swansea to take part in a new study. While MAGENTA focuses on the effects of heat exposure on p...
popdatasci.swan.ac.uk
February 13, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🆕New INFORMED study, as part of the MAGENTA Project,
@swanseauni.bsky.social, is looking for expectant mums aged 18-45 in Swansea to take part in vital maternal health research!🤰
Find out more about this study here📝 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/informed-stu...
@swanseauni.bsky.social, is looking for expectant mums aged 18-45 in Swansea to take part in vital maternal health research!🤰
Find out more about this study here📝 popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/informed-stu...
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“The system requires parents to be everything to their children and still somehow maintain a semblance of a sane life and career” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Being a mother in the west would be a dream, I was told. But compared to Uganda, it was a nightmare | Patience Akumu
Nothing prepared me for the reality of mothering without my extended family to help. How have western women managed like this for so long?
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“The system requires parents to be everything to their children and still somehow maintain a semblance of a sane life and career” www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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A paper I've been working on for quite literally 10 years just came out
It's a shitty time, for sure, but this paper is still cool and good, and I still want to you tell you all about it
So gather 'round, folks, and hear the story of the 10 year paper!
1/n
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's a shitty time, for sure, but this paper is still cool and good, and I still want to you tell you all about it
So gather 'round, folks, and hear the story of the 10 year paper!
1/n
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Thirty years of ‘strange bedmates’: The ICPD and the nexus of population control, feminism, and family planning
Widely credited with ending population control and ushering in a new era of reproductive rights, the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action also incl...
www.tandfonline.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A paper I've been working on for quite literally 10 years just came out
It's a shitty time, for sure, but this paper is still cool and good, and I still want to you tell you all about it
So gather 'round, folks, and hear the story of the 10 year paper!
1/n
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's a shitty time, for sure, but this paper is still cool and good, and I still want to you tell you all about it
So gather 'round, folks, and hear the story of the 10 year paper!
1/n
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....