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HASS Colloquium Series: The Feasibility of Implementing the WHO Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) Framework in Singapore
In order to promote healthy ageing, the World Health Organization’s Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) approach helps communities evaluate older adults’ intrinsic capacities and devise strategies to prevent or reverse declines. This study, the first of its kind in Singapore, aligns with the Healthier Singapore initiative to improve quality of life by exploring the feasibility of implementing ICOPE’s Step 1 screening in a local context.
HASS Talk: Network Visibility Interventions for Behavioural Change by Dr. Akihiro Nishi
Some behaviours and attributes of humans are visible to others over social networks, while other behaviours and attributes are not. Such a level of visibility of behaviour and attributes may alter the degree of social learning and social comparison and affect the level of health and well-being.
HASS Colloquium Series: New Space Home: A Transdisciplinary Path to Design Futurescaping
This lecture will introduce a design futures method that integrates interdisciplinary knowledge to design the future of space habitation. This method combines knowledge from various fields such as architecture, bioengineering, psychology, and sociology, creating a systematic framework from conceptual exploration to implementation pathways.