Course Description
This presentation examines how person-centered decision-making can guide counseling for routine induction of labor. Grounded in midwifery values and aligned with the ACNM position statement, the session emphasizes informed choice, respect for autonomy, and preference-concordant care. We will explore practical strategies and clinical tools that support meaningful, values-aligned conversations and demonstrate how to use a patient-centered decision aid in clinical practice to optimize shared decision-making with patients.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Explain the impact of person-centered decision-making that can allow the guidance of routine labor induction counseling.
2. Identify practical tools and strategies to support person-centered decision making in clinical care.
2. Identify practical tools and strategies to support person-centered decision making in clinical care.
Speakers
Kari Radoff CNM, FACNM
Ann Peralta, DrPH, MPH
Ann Peralta, DrPH, MPH
Speakers Bios
Kari Radoff MSN, CNM, FACNM, (she/her/hers) is a Certified Nurse-Midwife and Associate Director of Midwifery services at Boston Medical Center. She is an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston University's Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. Ms. Radoff joined Boston University in 2012 after completing a Fulbright grant in Nicaragua. During her grant, she developed a radio-based pregnancy education intervention. Throughout her career Ms. Radoff has advocated for patient-centered policies and interventions to promote physiologic birth.
Ms. Radoff has created patient education materials in multiple languages to support pregnant people at a safety net hospital. She is a clinical consultant for Partner to Decide, a non-profit organization that develops perinatal care patient decision aids, reducing bias in care for diverse patient populations. Her research interests include patient-centered systems improvements that advance perinatal care experiences and outcomes in safety net populations.
Ann Peralta, DrPH, MPH (she/her) is the founder and CEO of Partner to Decide, a non-profit dedicated to improving equitable access to person-centered decision-making in perinatal care. Ann has spent more than 15 years leading, innovating, and growing programs that support empowered decision-making for children, adolescents, and pregnant people at non-profit organizations and as a state maternal and child health leader. She has a DrPH in Management, Leadership, and Policy and an MPH in Maternal and Child Health from Boston University’s School of Public Health. Ann is the mom of two amazing kids and it was her own perinatal care journey that inspired Partner to Decide's first decision aid on routine induction of labor.
Ms. Radoff has created patient education materials in multiple languages to support pregnant people at a safety net hospital. She is a clinical consultant for Partner to Decide, a non-profit organization that develops perinatal care patient decision aids, reducing bias in care for diverse patient populations. Her research interests include patient-centered systems improvements that advance perinatal care experiences and outcomes in safety net populations.
Ann Peralta, DrPH, MPH (she/her) is the founder and CEO of Partner to Decide, a non-profit dedicated to improving equitable access to person-centered decision-making in perinatal care. Ann has spent more than 15 years leading, innovating, and growing programs that support empowered decision-making for children, adolescents, and pregnant people at non-profit organizations and as a state maternal and child health leader. She has a DrPH in Management, Leadership, and Policy and an MPH in Maternal and Child Health from Boston University’s School of Public Health. Ann is the mom of two amazing kids and it was her own perinatal care journey that inspired Partner to Decide's first decision aid on routine induction of labor.
Course expiration: January 27, 2028