Facilitator for this session: Ms.

Suganthi D/O Narayanasamy

(ephsn@nus.edu.sg)

Individual 60%

- Public health research skills quiz

(Week 9 Saturday 16 October 1pm-3pm, open book quiz): 5%

o Comprises 10 questions based on “Research, Resources,

referencing” lecture and all related material provided by the
library staff (NUS libraries)
o To be completed in 10 minutes

- End-of semester review quiz

(6 November Saturday 1pm – 3 pm Week 12): 15%

o MCQ questions open‐book ‐ 15 questions, 15 minutes in

total – All content in the course from Week 1 will be included
in this quiz
o Only lecture content (slides) and required readings are
assessed (recommended readings are not
o assessed)
o Open book; administered through the “Quiz” function on the
module LumiNUS page
o Once an answer is submitted, you cannot attempt the
o question again make sure your answer is accurately
o chosen before you submit it
o Keep up with every lecture – and know your stuff!
 - Final assignment (take home exam) 2 platforms for submission

Week 10): 40%

o Comprises 4 questions, one on each theme, or a

combination of themes in the syllabus. You MUST answer
ONLY THREE of them.
o Max 700 words per part, excluding references and in‐text
citations. Note that this is the equivalent of a take‐home
exam so you will not be given any help or input with regards
to answering these questions.
o Enter submission title, name and student no (Name_Student
No.); submit as Word Doc via LumiNUS, do check for
plagiarism % via Turnitin
o Answers must be submitted on two platforms – by
uploading into the LumiNUS folder AND using the
LumiNUS quiz function. More details will be given via an
announcement nearer to the deadline. Any missing
submission = your answers will not be graded.
o Released on Friday 6PM, 29 October 2021 (with very specific
instructions)
o Due Friday 6PM, 12 November 2021
o Late submission/extensions will not be entertained unless
MC is provided (covering entire period from release date to
due date)
Plagiarism – serious offense

When you take information from sources/work that is not your own,
you must both paraphrase the information and cite the source
accurately in the APA style, using in‐text citations and a reference
list!

LATE PENALTIES ALSO APPLY

Group 40%

- Group project part 1: 15%

- Group project part 2: 20%
 - Peer review Week 4-6 (qualitative) and Week 10-12
(quantitative): 5% contributed by your peers

Referencing and proper citation is IMPORTANT

Open book, No plagiarism and copying and cheating is allowed, do

not rate all group members the maximum points for all questions.
If you do so, all group members will receive an average score of
your whole lecture group

4 key themes

1. Health systems and services

2. Nutrition and physical activity
3. Infectious diseases, genomics and big data
4. Humanitarian and global health

Teaching Modes
IMPORTANT INFORMATION

 This module will be run in an entirely online format.

 For e-lectures, students will watch online lectures conducted by faculty members of the Saw Swee
Hock School of Public Health. E-lectures can be found in the LumiNUS "Multimedia" or “Web
Lectures” tab. Lecturer contacts can be found on the LumiNUS page, and they can be contacted
via email with regards to lectures and topic-related questions.
 Week 1 will consist of two parts. Attendance is required for part 2 live Zoom session at 9AM.
  In Weeks 3 and 5, students will be able to log on to “check-in” session to address queries with
regards to Group Project Part 1. In Weeks 7 and 9, students will be able to log on to “check-in”
session to address queries with regards to Group Project Part 2. These sessions conducted by
your module facilitators are OPTIONAL and will run from 9.00am to 10.30am in the respective
weeks. The sessions will close at 10.30am sharp. Please log in to the virtual breakout rooms
indicated via links in the course syllabus.
 Students will collaborate flexibly online at a time arranged within their teams for Group Project
Parts 1 & 2.
 Students will attempt the Public Health Research Skills Quiz and the Review Quiz via the LumiNUS
Quiz function – please take note of the dates indicated in the weekly syllabus.

Syllabus
Schedule is subject to changes.

Week / Topic / Lecturer Readings Completed

Date
Week 1 Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture in Multimedia ✅
11 Aug What is public health? ✅
2021 Prof Chia Kee Seng

Part 2 – e-Lecture
@9.00am, attendance required
Course administration and assessment
Ms Suganthi N
Zoom Link for Part 2 e-lecture:
https://nus-sg.zoom.us/j/81268625102?
pwd=K25ocVZRVExOQklWOEg3NFJseUJod
z09
Meeting ID: 81268625102
Meeting Passcode: 739490
Week 2 Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture Required: ✅
18 Aug Public health frameworks McLeroy KR, Bibeau ✅
2021 Dr Cecilia Teng D, Steckler A, Glanz K.
Part 2 – Watch e-Lecture An ecological
Research, Resources, Referencing perspective on health
Library Staff promotion programs.
Health Educ Q. 1988
Winter;15(4):351-
77.https://www.cceb.
med.upenn.edu/sites
/default/files/
uploads/chbr/1988-
McLeroy-
An_Ecological_Perspe
ctive_on_Health_Pro
motion_Programs.pdf
 Theme: Health Systems and Services
Week 3 Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture Required:
25 Aug Introduction to health systems Yoong, J., Lim, W. Y.,
2021 Dr Ian Ang & Lin, L. (2018).
Group Part 2 – Group Project Part 1 check-in @ Chapter 8. Singapore.
Project 9.00am [OPTIONAL] In Legido-Quigley, H.,
Part 1 Zoom Link: & Asgari-Jirhandeh,
instructi https://nus-sg.zoom.us/j/89268033624? N. (Eds.), Resilient
ons
pwd=c1hlVnNxd3c1WmdBeldzWFJxWXIx and people-centred
released
Monday UT09 health systems:
23 Aug Meeting ID: 89268033624 Progress, challenges
2021, Meeting Passcode: 997996 and future directions
9am in Asia (pp. 292-317).
New Delhi, India:
World Health
Organization,
Regional Office for
South-East Asia.
Recommended:
Haseltine, W. A.
(2013). Chapter 1 The
Singapore Healthcare
System: An Overview.
In Affordable
excellence: The
Singapore healthcare
story (pp.1-15).
Washington, DC:
Brookings Institution
Press.
Haseltine, W. A.
(2013). Chapter 6
Design and
Infrastructure. In
Affordable
excellence: The
Singapore healthcare
story (pp.93-105).
Washington, DC:
Brookings Institution
Press.
Week 4 Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture Required:
1 Sep Health interventions Frieden, T. R. (2015).
2021 Dr Ian Ang The future of public
Peer Part 2 – Group collaboration at your own health. New England
Review 1 time and place Journal of Medicine,
opens 373(18), 1748-1754.
Friday 3 Recommended:
Sep Haseltine, W. A.
2021, (2013). Chapter 8
6pm Facing the Future. In
Affordable
excellence: The
Singapore healthcare
story (pp.128-142).
Washington, DC:
Brookings Institution
Press.
Theme: Physical Activity and Nutrition
Week 5 Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture Required:
8 Sep Nutrition, diet and health Story M., et al.
2021 Dr Mary Chong Creating Healthy
Part 2 – Group Project Part 1 check-in Food and Eating
@9.00am [OPTIONAL] Environments: Policy
Zoom Link: and Environmental
https://nus-sg.zoom.us/j/88061616501? Approaches. Annu.
pwd=K3JDcUV5am16UTdZdWNBYVBqZH Rev. Public Health
NFQT09 (2008), 29:253-272
Meeting ID: 88061616501 Recommended:
Meeting Passcode: 749995 Mozzafarian D, et al.
Population
approaches to
improve diet, physical
activity, and smoking
habits: A scientific
statement from the
American Heart
Association.
Circulation 2012 (see
library e-reserves)
Week 6 Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture Required:
15 Sep Physical Activity Singapore National
2021 A/Prof Falk Mueller-Riemenschneider Physical Activity
Group Part 2 – Group collaboration at your own Guidelines: Summary
Project time and place Guide for
Part 1 Professionals.
due Available at
Friday 17
https://www.healthh
Sep ub.sg/sites/assets/As
2021, sets/PDFs/HPB/Physi
6pm calActivityPDFs/
Peer NPAG_Summary_Gui
Review 1
de.pdf
closes
Friday 17 Recommended:
Sep Bauman AE, Reis RS,
2021, Sallis JF, Wells JC,
6pm Loos RJ, Martin BW;
Lancet Physical
Activity Series
Working Group.
Correlates of physical
activity: why are
some people
physically active and
others not? Lancet
2012 Jul 21;
380(9838):258-71.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-
6736(12)60735-1
RECESS WEEK
Theme: Infectious Diseases and Data Analytics in Public Health
Week 7 Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture Required:
29 Sep Introduction to infectious diseases Morens, Dean M., &
2021 Dr Rick Ong Fauci, Anthony S.
Group Part 2 – Group Project Part 2 check-in (2020). Emerging
Project @9.00am [OPTIONAL] pandemic diseases:
Part 2 Zoom Link: How we got to
instructi https://nus-sg.zoom.us/j/88016879289? COVID-19. Cell,
ons
pwd=VXJNYzZyR1QyS2hVM0pRSmxQb3F 183(3), 837-837.
released
Monday MZz09 https://
27 Sep Meeting ID: 88016879289 www.cell.com/cell/
2021, Meeting Passcode: 076865 pdf/S0092-
9am 8674(20)31012-6.pdf
(Available online)
Recommended:
Nil
Week 8 Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture Required:
6 Oct Genomics and public health Molster, Caron M.,
2021 Dr Rick Ong Bowman, Faye L.,
Part 2 – Group collaboration at your own Bilkey, Gemma A.,
time and place Cho, Angela S., Burns,
Belinda L., Nowak,
Kristen J. and
Dawkins, Hugh J.S.
(2018). The evolution
 of public health
genomics: Exploring
its past, present and
future. Frontiers in
Public Health 6, 247.
https://
www.frontiersin.org/
articles/10.3389/
fpubh.2018.00247/
full
(Available online)
Recommended:
Nil
Week 9 Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture Required:
13 Oct Data analytics in public health Jia, Qiong, Guo, Yue,
2021 Dr Rick Ong Wang, Guanlin, &
Part 2 – Group Project Part 2 check-in Barnes, Stuart J.
@9.00am [OPTIONAL] (2020). Big data
Zoom Link: analytics in the fight
https://nus-sg.zoom.us/j/87909347296? against major public
pwd=cDZvOEFRcWk4bnRTUFBTZEcyVE1iZ health incidents
z09 (including COVID-19):
Meeting ID: 87909347296 A conceptual
Meeting Passcode: 863459 framework.
International Journal
of Environmental
Research and Public
Health, 17(17), 6161.
Recommended:
Nil
Students to attempt
Public Health
Research Skills Quiz
on 16 Oct 2021 (Sat)
anytime between
1pm to 3pm
Theme: Humanitarian and global health
Week Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture Required:
10 Introduction to global health Jeffrey P Koplan, T
20 Oct interventions Christopher Bond,
2021 Dr Liow Chee Hsiang Michael H Merson, K
Peer Part 2 – Group collaboration at your own Srinath Reddy, Mario
Review 2 time and place Henry Rodriguez,
opens Nelson K
Friday 22 Sewankambo, Judith
Oct
N Wasserheit.
2021,
6pm Towards a Common
Group Definition of Global
Project Health. Lancet (2009)
Part 2 Vol 373: 1993-95
due Recommended:
Friday 22
Nil
Oct
2021,
6pm
Week Part 1 – Watch e-Lecture Required:
11 Humanitarian emergencies Lloyd-Jones, T.; Davis,
27 Oct Dr Liow Chee Hsiang I.; Steele, A. Topic
2021 Part 2 – Self-revision for Review Quiz Guide: Effective post-
Final disaster
Assignm reconstruction
ent programmes.
Opens Evidence on Demand,
Friday 29
UK (2016) (Section 1:
Oct
2021, Page 1 to 10 only)
6pm Available online:
https://www.gov.uk/
dfid-research-
outputs/topic-guide-
effective-post-
disaster-
reconstruction-
programmes
Recommended:
Nil
Week No Lecture Review course
12 (students to work on Final Assignment material, work on
3 Nov and revise for Review Quiz) Final Assignment
2021 Students to attempt
Peer Review Quiz on 6
Review 2 Nov 2021 (Sat)
closes anytime between
Friday 5 1pm to 3pm
Nov
2021,
6pm
Week No lecture Nil
13 (students to complete module survey)
10 Nov
2021
Final
Assignm
ent due
Friday 12
Nov
2021,
6pm

Key lecturers on this course • Contact the following lecturers for

questions related to lecture topics:

Topic(s) Lecturer Email

‐ Public health frameworks Dr Cecilia Teng ephtwcc@nus.edu.sg

‐ Introduction to health systems ‐ Health interventions Dr Ian Ang

ianang@nus.edu.sg

‐ Nutrition, diet and health Dr Mary Chong

mary_chong@nus.edu.sg

‐ Physical Activity A/Prof Falk Mueller‐ Riemenschneider

ephmf@nus.edu.sg

‐ Introduction to infectious diseases ‐ Genomics and public health

*L2 and L3 only ‐ Data analytics in public health

Dr Rick Ong rick.tweehee.ong@nus.edu.sg

‐ Introduction to global health interventions ‐ Humanitarian

emergencies Dr Liow Chee Hsiang liowcheehsiang@nus.edu.sg