Sibbald publishes study in AJOG MFM

UW Department of Ob-Gyn resident Carrie Sibbald, MD, PGY-4, is the lead author of a new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Maternal-Fetal Medicine (AJOG MFM). Other co-authors include Amy Godecker, PhD, MS, Erin Bailey, MD, Janine Rhoades, MD, and Jacquelyn Adams, MD, MSCI.

In “Association between interpreter use and small for gestational age infants,” Sibbald and co-authors wanted to figure out if needing an interpreter to overcome a language barrier while receiving obstetrics and gynecology care was associated with small for gestational age infants. They saw a connection between low English proficiency rates and worse health outcomes, and how having an interpreter normally can lead to improved health care, but pregnancy care has not been well studied.

“Our results indicate that recognizing demographic risk factors and providing patients with social resources such as access to interpreter services may positively impact obstetric and neonatal outcomes.”

You can read the full study here.

**by Ob-Gyn Communications Intern Paige Stevenson