Community-Based Initiatives

Communities in Indiana have developed a variety of replicable, outcome-based, and creative initiatives designed to improve access to prenatal care, reduce infant mortality, and address postpartum health issues.

• Baby First Advocates—using grassroots advocacy strategies to educate community members about maternal and infant health issues and resources. Bringing the Baby First Advocates Program into Your Community: A Replication Guide
  
  
• Centering Pregnancy—changing routine prenatal care by bringing women out of exam rooms and into groups for their care.
  
  
• Engaging Faith-Based Organizations—Improving Outcomes: Engaging Faith-Based Organizations to Reach At-Risk Moms and Families
  
  

• Indiana Doula Project—providing informed and caring support to mothers before, during and after childbirth. Community-based Doulas and Healthy Families Indiana: A Perfect Match
  
  One Healthy Families site in Marion County offers community-based doula services to their enrolled clients:
  
  (serves the following zip codes: 46077, 46202, 46208, 46214, 46222, 46224, 46228, 46234, 46260, 46268, 46278)
  Ann Johnson
  The Villages/MOM Project
  3500 Lafayette Rd, Suite 403
  Indianapolis, IN 46222
  Phone: 317.216.0782
  
  If you have a patient that does not live in one of these areas, and is interested in a fee-for-service doula (costs vary from $150 to $600), please visit www.dona.org to find a doula in your area.
  
  Visit Health Connect One's website for more information about Community-Based Doula programs.