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Module description

TopInvesting in the health of women, children and adolescents is critical for every nation’s development. The course applies a life-course perspective to critically explore the issues affecting the health of mothers, young chidren and adolescents. We will examine the socioeconomic, behavioural and political determinants of maternal, child and adolescent health,as well as policies, programs and services to reach them. The challenges, strategies and potential innovations to more effectively improve their health and wellbeing will be a major focus. These will be linked to global efforts towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to health and well-being, education, gender equity, and poverty reduction.

Schedule

TopThis module will start on Monday, 14 January 2019 from 2-5pm at venue: Tahir Foundation Building, NUS-Block MD1, #09-01A/B Level 9, Tutorial Room 1/ 2

Module coordinator/Lecturer :
Marianne Ravn Knop, Research Associate
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Room 11-01A
(+65) 66015527, marianne_knop@nus.edu.sg

Module learning objectives

TopUpon completion of the module, students would be able to:

1) Assess the current state and trends of women's children's and adolescent's health and well-being globally

2) Link key factors (gender, behavioral, socio-economic, geographic, and policy etc.) influencing women's, children's and adolescent's vulnerability to disease and/or death

3) Critically evaluate progress on commitments, action and accountability to reduce or eliminate as a public health problem preventable deaths and illnesses among women, children and adolescents

4) Identify the critical enablers to improve women's, children's and adolescent's health and well-being.

Prerequisites

TopNIL

Teaching Modes

TopThe Module will be taught on Monday afternoons from 2-5pm over 13 weeks.
The first two-weeks of the module will provide students with an update on Women's, Children's and Adolescents' helath and explore social determinants of health.
Session 3 and 4 will focus on Nutrition as a cross-cutting theme, while the remaining sessions are divided into sections covering women's, children's and adolescents' health issues separately.
Most sessions will be used for didatic instruction. Case studies or other practicals will be included for some sessions to incorporate small group work and class debate in the latter half of the session. One session is reserved for student presentations.

Assessment

TopThere are four assessments for this module - one group presentation and three individual assignments.
Details for each assessment will be uploaded to IVLE.

Assessment	Weightage
Class Participation	10%
Advocacy Statement	10%
Addressing Fake News	10%
WHO Committee Member	40%
Poster presentation (6 marks (20%) will be given based on peer grading	30%
Total	100%



Late work: All assignments are due on the dates provided. If students are unable to complete assignments, they must communicate with the instructors before the deadline to avoid penalties Attendance/Participation: Active participation is expected and will be taken into account when calculating the class participation grade. Students are expected to contribute to the discussion through their group work, questions, comments and personal insights.

Required and recommended readings

TopYou are not required to buy a textbook for this module. Instead, both required and recommended readings will be uploaded to IvLE or posted as a link within the IVLE lesson plan. Readings for a particular session must be completed before coming to class. Failure to do this will be reflected in the student's class participation.

Academic Integrity

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Please review the University’s policy on academic integrity, located at http://www.nus.edu.sg/registrar/adminpolicy/acceptance.html#NUSHonourCode. All graded work must be completed in accordance with The National University of Singapore’s Honour Code. Academic dishonesty is defined as any misrepresentation with the intent to deceive, or failure to acknowledge the source, or falsification of information, or inaccuracy of statements, or cheating at examinations/tests, or inappropriate use of resources. There are many forms of academic dishonesty and plagiarism is one of them. Students should adopt this rule ‐You have the obligation to make clear to the assessor which is your own work, and which is the work of others. Otherwise, your assessor is entitled to assume that everything being presented for assessment is being presented as entirely your own work.

Paper Formatting and References

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References should be cited (no exceptions) in the Harvard (author/date) or Vancouver Style (numbering). Information on the citation styles can be found in the following websites. http://guides.library.uwa.edu.au/harvard & http://guides.library.uwa.edu.au/vancouver

All references must be scholarly publications or online references (journals ‐printed or electronic, periodicals – magazine or newspaper article, article in edited volume, book, personal communication, report); Wikipedia references or similar online sources are not acceptable.

Note: using endnote does not mean that your references are 100% correct.