Healthy Early Life Moments in Singapore (HELMS) Webinars

About HELMS Webinars

Healthy Early Life Moments in Singapore (HELMS) Webinars is a series of practice-oriented webinars that aims to improve and optimise maternal and child health of our nation.

The series of one hour webinars conducted during lunch time is catered for healthcare professionals at the primary healthcare setting and will cover topics on growth and nutrition, development, mental health and vaccinations.

Calendar of webinars 2022

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?	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	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (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?	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?	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	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (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?	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	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (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	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
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	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
27 May 2022	DYAD			Prof Chan Yoke Hwee Chairman, Division of Medicine; Senior Consultant, Children's Intensive Care Unit; KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
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	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
29 July 2022	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?	Building strong maternal infant dyadic relationships	Assoc Prof Helen Chen Yu Head and Senior Consultant Department of Psychological Medicine; Director, Postnatal Depression Intervention Programme	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
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?	How can we best assess the growth of babies, infants and children?	Prof Fabian Yap Head & Senior Consultant Endocrinology Service, KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
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?	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	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
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	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)

Calendar of webinars 2021

Date	Topic Title	Speaker	Registration/ Presentation handouts
22 January 2021	Weaning and good feeding habits	Dr Han Wee Meng Head and Senior Principal Dietitian, Nutrition and Dietetics Department, KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
26 February 2021	Resilience in young children	Ms Yip Kwai Heng Senior Early Childhood Programme Lead SEED Institute	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
23 April 2021	Mental health in infants, toddlers and preschoolers	Dr Shilpee Raturi Senior Staff Registrar, Department of Child Development, KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
23 April 2021	Mental health in infants, toddlers and preschoolers	Dr Koh Hwan Cui Principal Psychologist, Department of Child Development, KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
4 June 2021	The role of General Practitioner in caring for children with autism	Dr Wong Chui Mae Senior Consultant Department of Child Development, KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
2 July 2021	Maternal Mental Health	Asst Prof Chua Tze-Ern Head and Senior Consultant Women’s Mental Wellness Service, KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
13 August 2021	Mental Health in the Infant: Baby has a mind!	Assoc Prof Helen Chen Yu Head and Senior Consultant Department of Psychological Medicine, KKH Director Postnatal Depression Intervention Programme, KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
24 September 2021	Common Acute Childhood Infections	Dr Li Jiahui Consultant Infectious Disease Service , KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)
22 October 2021	Childhood Vaccination	Dr Karen Donceras Nadua Associate Consultant Infectious Disease Service, KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. Click to download and view the Q&As. (Password is required to access the documents)
3 December 2021	Child Developmental Screening	Dr Christelle Tan Xian-Ting Consultant Department of Child Development, KKH	Click to download and view the presentation handout. (Password is required to access the document)