Question

The White Paper on Healthier SG outlines a multi-year strategy aimed at transforming our healthcare delivery system. The focus is on shifting from reactive care for the sick to proactive prevention to keep people healthy.

Key features of Healthier SG:

i) Mobilize our network of family doctors to deliver preventive care for residents.
ii) Develop health plans that include lifestyle adjustments, regular health screening and appropriate vaccinations.
iii) Activate community partners to support residents in leading healthier lifestyles.
iv) Launch a national enrolment program for residents to commit to seeing one family doctor and adopt a health plan; and
v) Set up necessary enablers such as IT, manpower development plan and financing policy to make Healthier SG work.

(MOH, 21 Sept 2022)

Based on the Health Belief Model (HBM), developed in the early 1950s, critically reflect on how the Healthier SG strategy addresses public health concerns.

1) This individual assignment carries a weighting of 50%.
2) The due date of this individual assignment is Monday, 13 January 2025, 2359 hours via PoliteMall .
3) The word limit of this individual assignment is 1200. It is acceptable to be 10% above or below this word limit.

Information on assignment submission
1) Students are required to submit the individual assignment in a Microsoft Words document.
2) Assignments must be presented in accordance with Nanyang Polytechnic SHSS Guide to Presentation of Assignment, which is available in CET Student
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3) Students are required to complete the online student declaration as part of the requirement for assignment submission.
4) Students are reminded that use of artificial intelligence (AI) or any automated writing assistance tools is prohibited in the completion of this assignment. Plagiarism (i.e. copying another person’s work without proper referencing) and abetment to plagiarism (i.e. sharing of your work with others) are strictly prohibited and subject to disciplinary action, if/when committed.
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a. Submission of an assignment will be considered late if the submission is received after the stipulated due date and time.
b. If the submission is received within 5 calendar days of the due date, the
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 If the learner passes, the score will be capped at 50% of the base score.
 If the learner fails, the prevailing scores will be computed as the final score.
c. An assignment submitted after 5 calendar days of the due date will be reviewed for feedback but will be awarded a zero mark.

6) Students are required to submit their assignment to Turnitin in PoliteMall and to ensure that the similarity index (SI) is kept ≤20%.
a. Take note that the latest submission will override the previous submissions.
b. SI report will be generated after 24 hours for the fourth and subsequent
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c. No alternative attempt will be given if
 students do not resubmit assignment despite SI >20%, or
 no SI report is generated in Turnitin (If the SI report takes more than 1 hour
to generate, it is the student’s responsibility to inform respective module
tutor for assistance before the due date).
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