Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health

Course Information

Dates: 12 January – 13 April 2026, every Monday

Time: 2pm – 5pm (SGT)

Delivery Mode: Synchronous e-learning

SSG Course Code: TGS-2024048789

Overview

Investing in the health of women, children and adolescents is critical for every nation’s development.

This course equips students with skills in analysis, evaluation, and advocacy necessary for navigating and advancing maternal, child, and adolescent health policies and programs.

Using a life-course perspective, we explore the socio-economic, behavioural and political determinants shaping maternal, child and adolescent health, and critically assess the effectiveness of policies, programmes and services to tackle these challenges. Focus will be on identifying obstacles, strategies, and innovative solutions to enhance their health and wellbeing.

We will examine how these efforts align with and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs) impact on health and well-being, education, gender equity, and poverty reduction.

Course Objectives

At the end of the course, participants will be able to:

  1. Critically evaluate the effectiveness of current global, national, and local policies and programmes aimed at promoting maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health.
  2. Apply a life course framework to address the determinants influencing the health trajectories of woman’s, children, and adolescents.
  3. Examine the impact of biological determinants across various developmental stages—pre-conception, prenatal, foetal, childhood, and adolescent—on growth, development, and health outcomes.
  4. Define how social determinants intersect with adolescent development to shape adolescent sexual and reproductive health outcomes.
  5. Identify the effective elements of antenatal care, essential obstetric care, and post-natal / newborn care at facility and community levels.
  6. Propose strategies to promote maternal, child and adolescent health through policy advocacy, integrating current evidence with practical advocacy skills.
  7. Evaluate the evidence-based interventions aimed at improving the health outcomes of women, children, and adolescents.

Who Should Attend?

Professionals in the Healthcare Industry

Entry Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree with relevant public health related work experience
  • Preference for those interested in global health issues
  • Candidates with other qualifications and experience may be considered on a case by case basis, subject to approval

Assessment & Certification

This is a SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) approved course. As part of SSG funding requirements, participants have to achieve at least 75% attendance and pass all assessment(s)/examination(s).

An electronic certificate will be issued to all participants who complete the course:

  • Certificate of Competence – Attain a ‘C’ grade or above and meet a minimum of 75% attendance
  • Certificate of Participation – Attain a grade lower than ‘C’ and meet a minimum of 75% attendance

Course Instructor

Christina Wong
Associate Professor Christina Wong

Christina Wong is a socio-behavioral scientist with more than 25 years of experience in public health research and evaluation. She has worked with populations who are disenfranchised based on socio- economic status, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. She has been successful in engaging stakeholders and research partners to work together to inform the design and implementation of socio-behavioral research as well as research and consultations to prepare for scaling up of evidence-based interventions.

Her research interests are in the acceptability of new HIV prevention technologies (oral pre-exposure prophylaxis, vaginal rings, long acting injectables); HIV care and treatment particularly in the reasons why people living with HIV drop out of care; maternal, infant and young child nutrition; contraceptive and reproductive technologies; awareness of cancer screening programs as well as gender-based violence. She also provides training to build capacity to conduct qualitative research and implementation science with non- governmental organizations, hospitals, universities and ministries of health in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

View her full profile here.

Course Fee

Subsidy available Fee payable after subsidy*
International Participant – S$5886.00
Singapore Citizen aged 39 years & below / Permanent Resident SSG Funding S$1765.80
Singapore Citizen aged 40 years & above SSG Funding & Mid-Career Enhanced Subsidy S$685.80
Singapore Citizen / Permanent Resident Sponsored by SMEs SSG Funding & Enhanced Training Support for SMEs S$685.80

Remarks:

  • All enrolled candidates will also be required to pay a Student Services Fee of S$25.70*.
  • Self-Sponsored participants can use their SkillsFuture Credits to pay for or offset course fees. SkillsFuture Credit claim has to be submitted to SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG) within 60 days before course commencement. SSG will not allow claims to be made after the first day of the course.
  • The University reserves the right to review and adjust the course fees and make changes to the programme structure and requirements as necessary and accordingly without prior notice.

*Prices stated above are inclusive of 9% GST. 

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