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NUR2119/GEM2023 

Primary Health Care
   2011/2012, Semester 1
   Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (Nursing/Alice Lee Ctr for Nursing Stud)
Modular Credits: NUR2119 ( 4 ) / GEM2023 ( 4 )
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Learning Outcomes

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Upon completion of the module, students will be able to:
 

  1. Explain the principles and key concepts of primary health care;
  2. Identify current and future issues in community health (e.g. communicable diseases, immunisation patterns, environmental health, alternative health practices, disability, gender health, domestic violence, child abuse);
  3. Discuss and apply the various concepts related to population health, wellness, community health services, health promotion, risk reduction, early intervention and disease management;
  4. Discuss ways health promotion priorities are defined in a community;
  5. Apply knowledge of learning styles and learning theories to health education and health promotion;
  6. Use a health education framework to assess,  plan, implement and evaluate health promotion in the community;
  7. Discuss the role of healthcare providers in primary healthcare;
  8. Identify resources available for the promotion of health and wellness across the lifespan; and
  9. Recognise social, economic and political determinants of health.

Prerequisites

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Teaching Modes

TopTeaching and learning will be approached using a variety of modes including:
- lecture (1 hour per week)
- tutorial (2 hour class)   
- fieldwork (details will be provided in tutorials week 3)
Please see the class schedule for further detail. 

Schedule

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WEEK Week commencing LECTURES TUTORIALS
1 8 Aug No class No classes
2 15 Aug RE-VISIONING HEALTH: The Social Model of Health The social model of health
3 22 Aug Equity, Access, Empowerment Fieldwork project preparation
 
4 29 Aug Community and population health Fieldwork: Urbanization and health
5 5 Sept RECOGNISING HEALTH AND ILL-HEALTH: healthy communities Fieldwork projects: Presentations
6 12 Sept Identifying community and population health issues
 
Fieldwork: Community health assessment
Recess
 
17 -25 Sept
7 26 Sept Current and future community and global health issues
 
Fieldwork projects: Presentations
8 3 Oct ENABLING CHANGE: The concept of Health Promotion Promoting community participation and shared decision making
9 10 Oct Education and health
 
Fieldwork: Health promotion in Singapore
10 17 Oct Health promotion and illness prevention Fieldwork projects: Presentations
11 24 Oct Planning and Implementation of Health promotion/ health education Fieldwork: Developing health promotion/ health education interventions
 
 
12 31 Oct Fieldwork projects: Presentations
 
 
13 7 Nov Recap and Revision Fieldwork projects: Presentations
 
Reading week 12-18 Nov
Exams
 
19 Nov – 3 Dec

Synopsis

TopThis module will introduce students to primary health care from a philosophical basis and a model of service provision using the World Health Organisation’s global framework for health. Students will be able to apply health education and health promotion models as strategies for achieving sustainable health outcomes. This module provides students with understanding and knowledge of primary health care and community development concepts in multiple healthcare contexts.

Singapore has a well established primary health care system that incorporates Polyclinics and General Practitioners in primary care partnerships. The fundamental principles underpinning effective community health are the tenets of primary health care and community development. As the population ages it is essential to build a healthy community through adequate primary health care. Primary Health Care encompasses population health, health promotion, health education, primary care, community health and the social determinants of health, while emphasising the importance of working in partnership with individuals, communities and government bodies, to achieve the shared goal of health for all.

Syllabus

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  1. The World Health Organisation’s role in global healthcare
  2. Primary Health Care models including Alma Ata, the Ottawa Charter, Health for All by the Year 2000 and Millennium Development Goals
  3. Concepts related to primary health care: public health, population health, community health, community development, primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention, health promotion, early intervention, risk reduction, disease management and social determinants of health
  4. Health promotion and health education theories and models and their application in different contexts
  5. Learning styles, adult learning theory and social learning theory
  6. Epidemiology and community assessment
  7. The role of community assessment in primary healthcare
  8. Ethical evidence-based primary health care policy and programmes
  9. The influence of poverty and inequity on health and disease.

Assessment

TopASSESSMENT POLICIES FOR STUDENTS
Lecture Attendance
Students are strongly encouraged to attend all lectures.
Tutorial & Skills Laboratory Attendance
Tutorial and sklls laboratory attendance are compulsory. Student should provide
proper documentary evidence to the module coordinator within three (3) days from
the absence.
Written Assignment
Using APA Format
In text citation and reference lists should follow the American Psychological
Association (APA) format. Copies of the latest version of the Publication Manual of
the American Psychological Association is available at the NUS library.
The e-resource reference is http://libpweb1.nus.edu.sg/lion/s/citation.html (power
point presentation is available).
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a serious offence and in breech of the Copyright Act. For the
university position on plagiarism, please refer to
http://emodule.nus.edu.sg/plagiarism. You may also refer to the Centre for
Development of Teaching and Learning (CDTL) website at
http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/staff/special-topics.htm
All students submitting written assignments in any form are required to attach to their
assignment a copy of the TURNITIN report and a signed copy of the plagiarism
declaration form (refer to Appendix 1) indicating the student's pledge that all work in
the assignment is their own, and that they have acknowledged all sources of
information used to develop the assignment.
Students are required to keep a soft and hard copy of their assignment submitted for
grading. ALCNS faculty members are not responsible if the student is unable to
produce a duplicate of any submitted assignment, should the student’s assignment
be inadvertently lost or destroyed. Due care will be taken with all submitted
assignments.
Late Submission
Late written assignments and other assessment submission will automatically incur a
penalty of ten percent (10%) per day of the maximum mark of the assessment item.
Students are required to submit all components of module assessment, regardless of
whether a piece of assessment is late, to be eligible for a final grade for the module.

text and readings

TopPlease note that this subject has no required textbook for you to purchase.
However, we will be providing you with selected readings each week via IVLE that support the topic and we do hope that you will download and read these resources in preparation for class.

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