An Introduction to Public Health:turning discovery into healthier communities

Photocredits: CHP group 6 2013

GEK1900: Public Health in ActionGEK1900: Public Health in ActionLecture Group 1

Moduleco ordinators

A/Prof Jeannette LeeDr Alex Cookco‐ordinators Dr Alex Cook

Facilitators Ms Karen Siegel

Teaching assistants Ms Chen Ying

Lecture Group 1 vs Lecture Group 2Lecture Group 1 vs Lecture Group 2

• Please attend lectures/ sessions for the groupPlease attend lectures/ sessions for the group you have enrolled for

• They are different not interchangable• They are different – not interchangable– Lecture lineup varies

Y i d h d d– You are assigned groupmates who are dependent on you to turn up for the correct session and contributing to the group reportcontributing to the group report.

ObjectivesObjectives

Use the public health approach (problem, cause, Use e pub c ea t app oac (p ob e , cause,intervention, implementation and monitoring) and the socio‐ecological (SE) model as frameworks for 

Define the epidemiological, biological and socio‐

understanding and solving public health problems

economic features of a disease that provide opportunities for successful interventions or present barriers to s ccessbarriers to success

Describe the multi‐disciplinary character of public h lth d th t ib ti f th t d t ’health and the contributions of the students’ own discipline to improving health

OutlineOutline

• Session format during weeks 1 & 2 3–12 13Session format during weeks 1 & 2, 3 12, 13

• Overview of Assessments

di id l di Q i• Individual Pre‐reading Quiz

• Individual Assignment 1 & 2

• Selection of Groups

• Group WorkGroup Work

• Peer Evaluation

Session Format: Week 1 & 2Session Format: Week 1 & 2

Week 1: Introduction

What is Public Health? [Dean, Prof Chia]

About this module: assessment, assignments, groups [Jeannette Lee]

Week 2: Approach, framework and information

The public health approach [Jeannette Lee]:ProblemCauseInterventionImplementationMonitoring

Th i l i l (SE) d l l d i t i t 1The socio‐ecological (SE) model, lead into assignment 1Your health and the SE model [Jeannette Lee]

Identifying credible sources of information [Alex Cook]y g [ ]

Literature search: overview and hands on [Alex Cook]

Session Format: Weeks 3–12Session Format: Weeks 3 12

E t f lt b ki i bli h lth

~150 minutes per session

Expert faculty member working in public health

9.00 – 9.10 Pre‐reading quiz

9.10 – 9.55 Topic lecture by expert

10.00 – 10.45 Group work

10.45 – 10.55 Upload group report (IVLE)

10 45 11 00 B k ( d tl !)10.45 – 11.00 Break (end promptly!)

11.00 – 11.35 Group presentation/discussion/summary

(week 3 is for you to practice: we won’t count it)

Session Format: Week 13Session Format: Week 13

• Overview of the moduleOverview of the module

• Questions for the Assignment 2

Q i &• Question & Answer

Overview of AssessmentOverview of Assessment

• Individual:– Pre‐reading quizzes: 15% (best 7 out of 8)– Assignment 1: 15%A i t 2 40%– Assignment 2: 40%

– Peer Review: Week 5 and Week 12• Group:Group:

– Group reports: 25%• Peer review will influence individual scores for group reports

V l i i i d i i– Voluntary group participation during presentations: 5% [announce your group number]

• NB: WE DON’T LIKE PLAGIARISM 

Individual Pre‐reading quiz: 15%Individual Pre reading quiz: 15%

• Each quiz: 5 MCQs based on selected pre‐q preadings

• Wk 3 (practice quiz)( )• Wk 4–12 (the real thing)

• Open bookD it lf h t ill b i h d!• Do it yourself – cheaters will be punished!

• Best 7 out of 8 quizzes• Quiz form is proof of attendance• Quiz form is proof of attendance

– Quizzes will be collected at 9:10– Late submissions will not be gradedg

Individual Assignment 1: 15%Individual Assignment 1: 15% 

• “My health and the SE model”:more aboutMy health and the SE model : more about this in Wk2

• Max 1500 words, excluding referencesMax 1500 words, excluding references• Label Word doc with name, matric number• Submit Word Doc via IVLE Turnitin Alex Cook to• Submit Word Doc via IVLE, Turnitin• Due 6PM, 14 September 2014L t b i i ill t b t t i d

Alex Cook to talk about in week 2…

• Late submission will not be entertained unless MC is provided for every day between week 2 and 14 Septemberweek 2 and 14 September

Individual Assignment 2: 40%Individual Assignment 2: 40% 

• Two questions to be provided at Week 13 session. Do both.

d l d• Max 1000 words per question, excluding referencesL b l W d d ith t i b• Label Word doc with name, matric number

• Submit Word Doc via IVLE, TurnitinD 6PM 16 N b 2014• Due 6PM, 16 November 2014

• Late submission will not be entertained unless MC is provided (again covering entire period)MC is provided (again covering entire period)

Group Work: 25%Group Work: 25%

• After the lecture, you will be given the question on paper, y g q p p

• Sit together in assigned groups in the LT/rooms to work together on the question and write a report

i diff i b i i l– Discuss, different perspectives, be critical

– Readings and faculty presentation should suffice

– Synthesize and summarize, provide an argument, raise more questions?

• Report– In your own (max 1000, ideally less) words

– It is not necessary to write in essay format (you may use bullets, diagrams or any other method that seems appropriate)

– No Penalty for fewer words as long as you have clearly and thoughtfully answered the questions.

– Upload group report IVLE (10.45‐10.55)

– Reports will be screened via Turnitin so best to write in your own words

Group presentation/discussionGroup presentation/discussion

• Please return promptly to NAK‐AUD by 10.55am p p y yand seat according to the assigned seating in your group

• Group voluntary participation during discussion• Group voluntary participation during discussion (5%) – At least 2 occasions– More than just Agree/Disagree…..why, because…

• Groups could also be randomly selected to present th i di i d th titheir discussion and answer  the question. 

• Other groups may also be randomly picked to answer questions raised by presenting groups oranswer questions raised by presenting groups or questions asked by other groups. 

Forms required for every sessionForms required for every session

• (1) Individual quiz form– Each student to submit– Collected by faculty during session– Students who are absent without valid reasons/ supporting pp g

documents will be given zero marks for the quiz

• (2) Group report( ) p p– Submit a report via IVLE by 10.55am (ie before discussion)– Max 1000 words, not including refs.– Each week’s report is worth 3.125%. (CA component: 25%)p ( p )– The peer review score given by the group mates will determine 

the group report score given to the individuals.– Late submission of this report will not be entertained.

Selection of groupsSelection of groups

Selection of groupsSelection of groups

Approximately 5 students per group

Selected to be a mix of junior/senior and different majors

Stay in these groups for whole semesterStay in these groups for whole semester

Groups to be announced in Week 3

Problems: please see usp

Peer evaluationPeer evaluation

Online peer evaluation will also be done by group O e pee e a uat o a so be do e by g oupmembers. This will be incorporated in final group mark after review by module co‐ordinators. • Qualitative: mid‐term [formative]• Quantitative: end of term [summative]

If a student does not complete the peer evaluation, the peer evaluation marks by other students will be considered as null, and zero marks will be given for that studentwill be given for that student.

Examples of qualitative peer review

Makes very valuable contributions to the discussions and is helpful (good explanations) if a teammate does 

t d t d thinot understand something. 

Great teammate: creates pleasant atmosphere in the p pteam and pushes everybody forward. 

You could stay on task (and not move on too fast)You could stay on task (and not move on too fast) 

Be more vocal in sharing your ideas with the group as I think you really have a lot to contribute. 

Please attend lessons more often, we really need your , y yinput 

• Make sure you check your NUS email accountMake sure you check your NUS email account frequently as we’ll register you to TEAMMATES using thatTEAMMATES using that

Peer evaluationPARAMETER Excellent Good Fair Poor

8-10 points 5-7 points 3-5 points 0-2 pointsGroup member was a major asset to the group

Group member was relatively easy to work

Group member was difficult to work with at

Group member was consistently difficult to workCooperation major asset to the group. relatively easy to work

with most of the time.difficult to work with at times.

consistently difficult to work with.

Time on Task

Group member lead group through most tasks.

Group member was on-task throughout the sessions.

Group member was off-task regularly.

Group member was regularly off-task and distracted others throughout the sessionsg

Task Completion

Group member completed tasks in an above average manner.

Group member completed tasks in a satisfactory manner.

Group member participated in a less than fully satisfactory manner.

Group member did not participate in tasks.

G b t ib t d G b G b b l G b f il d tGroup member contributed a significant amount to the overall work. He/she did more than his/her fair share of the work and/or went out of his/her way to

Group member exerted adequate effort and likely did his/her fair share of the work. He/she did not go above and

Group member barely contributed to the overall work. He/she did not collaborate with fellow group members and/or failed to do

Group member failed to contribute in any meaningful way to the overall work. Other members had to do a lot more work in order to pick up the slack Without thisOverall

Contribution

went out of his/her way to collaborate with others. Without his/her input, the quality of our work would have been considerably diminished.

not go above and beyond to complete this assignment, but without his/her input, the quality of our assignment would

and/or failed to do his/her fair share of the work. Without his/her input, the quality of our assignment would have been pretty much the

the slack. Without this member, the quality of our work may have been improved.

have been somewhat diminished.

same.

This sounds unorthodox. How are you i t bi th k ?going to combine these marks?

Tips

Group 1Group 2

Take the group work seriously!

The more you help the team, the more the team average should 

Group 3Group 4G 5

go up

The more you help the team, the more your peer review score h ldGroup 5

Group 6should go up

Warnings

Group work scoreIf you slack off, your team mates will not appreciate it…

We normalise the peer review We will remind you about this later but for now:scores by giver so there is no point in giving everyone 10/10

We will remind you about this later, but for now: contribute to your group as best you can because it counts!

Minor in Public HealthElective ModulesEssential Modules Elective Modules

Determinants Approaches and Methods1. GEK1900 Public Health in Action

2 Any of the following modules

SPH2102 Lifestyle, Behaviour and Public Health

SPH2103 Systems and Policies to improve Health

2. Any of the following modulesa) BN2102 Bioengineering Data 

Analysisb) DSC2008 Business Analytics –

Data and Decisions) EC2303 F d i f

SPH2104 Public Health Nutrition

SPH3104 Infectious disease id i l d bli

SPH2105 Introduction to Global Health

SPH2106 Health in the Later Y (ne !)c) EC2303 Foundations for 

Econometricsd) PR2103 Pharmacostatisticse) SC3209 Data Analysis in Social 

Research

epidemiology and public health (new!)

ENV2103 Environment and Public Health

Years (new!)

SPH3101 Biostatistics for Public Health

f) ST1131 Introduction to Statisticsg) ST1232 Statistics for Life Sciencesh) ST2334 Probability and Statistics

3 SPH2101 Public Health and

SC2211 Medical SociologySPH3102 Public Health Communication

SPH3109 Designing Public Health Programmes3. SPH2101 Public Health and

EpidemiologyHealth Programmes

SPH3103 Public Health Economics

http://www.sph.nus.edu.sg/index.php/education/ug/phminor

For students who are still trying to read &&GEK1900, SPH2101, SPH2102 & SPH2105GEK1900, SPH2101, SPH2102 & SPH2105

• Please send your appeal via CORS through your home faculty y pp g y yAppeal type: 

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Student Home Faculty

This appeal is for students in their final semester who have been unsuccessful in bidding for those module(s) that are essential for their graduation in this current semester

• The outcome of the appeals will be known AFTER your home

semester.

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Student Home Faculty

This appeal is for students who were unable to secure module(s) during bidding rounds.

The outcome of the appeals will be known AFTER your home faculty have assessed and forward your appeal to us for consideration.

• For further queries, please send to: UGHELP_SPH@nus.edu.sg

Questions?Questions?