South Hill Family Health Center

Find out more about our multidisciplinary program!About UsThe South Community Birth Program (SCBP) was established in October 2003 to pilot a unique maternity care program situated in the South Community area of Vancouver, British Columbia.At BC Women's hospital, the Head of Family Practice, Sue Harris, and the Head of Midwifery, Lee Saxell, received funding through the Federal Government's Primary Health Care Transition Funds, the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and B.C. Women's Hospital to pilot an innovative, collaborative, multidisciplinary program. Family physicians, midwives, community health nurses, and doulas all provide care in a community-based, culturally-appropriate, and woman-centered manner during pregnancy, birth and the newborn period. The SCBP is designed to improve the health outcomes of pregnant women in the underserved community of South Vancouver. This is the first such multidisciplinary program of its kind in Canada.Since 2003 the SCBP has cared for more than 2000 women, many of whom are new immigrants to Canada