Seamless Perinatal Health Care Program
Family / Parenting, Pregnancy Care, and Public Health
Provided by Fraser Health
Provides support and care to vulnerable pregnant women.
The seamless health care team provides referred women with extra support during their pregnancy. This could be for medical and/or social reasons.
The team will review a women's health care needs, and offer support and information based on the concerns from the referring healthcare provider. Support and information may be in the following areas:
- Physical Health
- Mood
- Coping
- Community Resources
This program is recommended for:
- Single parents
- Parents with limited education, social support and/or financial resources
- Women who have or are experiencing mental health concerns or relationship safety concerns (e.g. intimate partner violence).
- A women receiving late prenatal care
- A women who is medically high risk
- A women who has a newborn with medical conditions or congenital anomalies
Seamless Perinatal is not an isolated program; it is a component of the Best Beginnings Perinatal Services offered by Fraser Health. Seamless Perinatal is a process for communication, collaboration and coordination of services from community to acute care and from hospital to community for vulnerable women/families. When a vulnerable pregnant women is identified through pre-natal registration process, she is referred to appropriate service provider by the Public Health Nurse in community and then liaised with hospital service providers upon admission for delivery. The client receives appropriate care at the hospital and is followed up in the community. The referral to Seamless can be made by a care provider i.e Physician, Public Health Nurse, Social Worker, PCC or any other care provider.
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
- Health professional referral
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Service area: Fraser Health Area
Service Types Provided
Family / Parenting
Pregnancy Care
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.