Babyline and Planline
Improving maternal and child health Babyline / Planline...
- is a collaborative community effort to help women and families find affordable prenatal care and family planning services that will improve outcomes for potentially high risk pregnancies and reduce incidences of infant mortality
- is a centralized telephone appointment service for prenatal and family planning services targeting low-income and uninsured individuals in the Tulsa metropolitan service area Services and phone numbers
Callers to Babyline / Planline...
- speak with trained service specialists who are fluent in English and Spanish and knowledgeable about community services
- are linked with the first available appointment for affordable family planning or prenatal health services at participating clinics
Babyline / Planline impacts many women and babies...
- responding to over 4,000 in-coming calls annually
- making over 1,000 prenatal and family planning appointments each year
- scheduling prenatal appointments for about 20% of all resident births in Tulsa County
Babyline also collects and analyzes data to document trends and make system improvement recommendations to the Family Health Coalition and other planning groups.
Approximately 80% of the women calling Babyline for prenatal appointments reported that they were not using any method of family planning, yet they had not wished to be pregnant at that time. This awareness led to the formation of Planline in 1994, to make sliding scale family planning services available to low-income women.
918 / 838-0694- For pregnant women - help finding affordable prenatal care
- A telephone information and referral service
- Personalized assistance ... free and confidential
- Services specialists fluent in English and Spanish (Hablamos Espanol)
- Hours: 9 - 3 on Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fri; 9 - 5 on Tuesday
918 / 838-0697
- For help finding affordable birth control and other family planning services
- A telephone information and referral service
- Personalized assistance ... free & confidential
- Services specialists fluent in English and Spanish (Hablamos Espanol)
- Hours: 9 - 3 on Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fri; 9 - 5 on Tuesday
Related pages:
The need for Babyline and Planline
The referral process and participating clinics
Role in providing data for community planning and system development
2-1-1 Helpline
Family Health Coalition
Babyline and Planline in the news: September 2012
Contact:
Melinda Belcher, Child Care Resource Center Resource and Referral Coordinator
Other CSC initiatives, programs and sponsored groups
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