Date | Topic | Focus Areas |
Title |
Speaker |
Registration/
Presentation handouts |
28 January 2022 |
What are the major challenges facing women’s and children’s health today and beyond? |
- Introduce HELMS framework/ foundation and what the webinar series hopes to achieve in 2022.
- It starts with the vicious cycle and what are the entry points to address the challenges (diabetes, diet, sedentary lifestyle)
- What a virtuous healthy life cycle looks like?
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Women’s and Children’s Health in Singapore - Issues, Threats and Potential Solutions |
Assoc Prof Fabian Yap Kok Peng
Head and Senior Consultant
Endocrinology Service, KKH
Assoc Prof Chua Mei Chien
Head and Senior Consultant
Department of Neonatology, KKH
Director, KK Human Milk Bank |
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(Password is required to access the document) |
25 February 2022 |
What can a pre-conception service do to improve women’s and children’s health?
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- Why is pre-conception health important for fertility?
- What are the factors affecting fertility?
- Why is pre-conception health the first step to a healthy child and the mother’s health?
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The Science of Preconception – A Golden Opportunity to Optimise Women’s and Children’s Health in Singapore |
Dr Ku Chee Wai
Associate Consultant
Department of Reproductive Medicine, KKH
|
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(Password is required to access the document) |
25 March 2022 |
What is missing in the current pregnancy care model, and what can we do to address it?
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- What are the physiological changes in pregnant women during the different trimesters?
- How do we address gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes?
- How to have a healthy delivery?
|
Pregnancy as a stress test and a window to future health |
Dr Serene Thain
Consultant
Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine;
Lead, one-STop Obstetric high Risk (STORK) Centre
KKH |
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(Password is required to access the document) |
22 April 2022 |
How do BMI changes influence the RMNCH of women and children during early life? |
- What is a healthy BMI for women from pre-conception, pregnancy to post-partum?
- What are good feeding habits for babies?
|
Nutrition through the Life Course |
Dr Han Wee Meng
Head & Senior Principal Dietitian
Nutrition and Dietetics Department, KKH |
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27 May 2022 |
DYAD |
- What are the areas that both women and their child can be seen together?
- What are the benefits of coordinated care?
- What are the assessments and measurements that need to be recorded and monitored for both mother and child?
|
Optimal Maternal Health & Wellness and Importance of Child Health |
Prof Tan Kok Hian
Head, Perinatal Audit & Epidemiology Unit;
Senior Consultant, Department of Maternal Fetal Medicine;
KKH
|
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(Password is required to access the document) |
Prof Chan Yoke Hwee
Chairman, Division of Medicine;
Senior Consultant, Children's Intensive Care Unit;
KKH
|
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24 June 2022 |
How can we optimise the mental health of pre-pregnancy and pregnant women? |
- What are the stresses and signs of mental health issues to watch out for in pre-conception, pregnant and post-partum women?
- How to address and optimise the mental health of pre-conception, pregnant and post-partum women?
|
Optimising maternal mental health in the perinatal period |
Dr Chua Tze Ern
Head & Senior Consultant
Women's Mental Wellness Service, KKH |
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29 July 2022
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The infant has a Mind: How maternal mental health can influence infant mental health? |
- How can the mental state of a mother influence an infant mental health?
- What are the approaches to optimise the mental health of the child and beyond?
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Building strong maternal infant dyadic relationships
|
Assoc Prof Helen Chen Yu
Head and Senior Consultant
Department of Psychological Medicine;
Director, Postnatal Depression Intervention Programme
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26 August 2022 |
How can we best assess the growth of babies, infants and children? |
- How do you know the child is growing well?
- What are the measurements for growth assessment?
- What are the factors affecting the growth?
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How can we best assess the growth of babies, infants and children?
|
Prof Fabian Yap
Head & Senior Consultant
Endocrinology Service, KKH
|
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|
23 September 2022 |
Lactation and nutrition in the first 1000 days of life |
- What to do when the baby does not latch properly?
- What is the nutrition needs of the child during the first 1000 days?
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Are supplements required for baby and mother in the first year of life? |
Assoc Prof Chua Mei Chien
Head & Senior Consultant
Dept of Neonatology, KKH
Dr Loy See Ling
Senior Research Fellow
Dept of Reproductive Medicine, KKH
|
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28 October 2022 |
How to design action plans to wean and create good habits during infancy? |
- What is a Structured Wean Action Plan (SWAP)?
- What is Shaping Habits and Practices (SHAPE)?
|
Starting healthy eating habits as a child: SWAP and SHAPE |
Dr Daniel Chan
Associate Consultant
Endocrinology Service, Dept of Paediatrics, KKH |
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