Global Health and Tobacco Control –

Theory & Practice

Spring 2022
Introduction to World Health Organization

Li-Ling Huang, MPH, PhD

Center for General Education
National Cheng Kung University
3/9/2022

Outline 01 Course Syllabus

02 Individual Assignment –
a Reflection Paper
03 《Trust WHO》documentary

Midterm Papers Guidelines and

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Template

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 Course Syllabus

 Course Introduction and Logistics

 Course syllabus may be updated

Course Policies

 Attendance & Participation - 15% of Course Grade

 Starts in the third week
 The full credit of attendance includes automatic entry of attendance
made by the Webex (0.5 point) in the beginning of the class and manual
entry of attendance made by students themselves (0.5 point) in the
latter half of the class, to be announced by the instructor in class

 Each time when you are absent from class without submitting a leave
application for approval, you lose 1 point from 15 points

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 Course Policies

 Attendance & Participation - 15% of Course Grade

 Students who submit the leave application and get approved by the instructor
will receive the half credit of attendance (0.5 point)
• In order to receive the other half credit of attendance, students need to submit
one or two paragraphs of take-home messages based on the recording and
slides of the missed class
• The submission site of the take-home messages will be provided right beneath
the attendance activity, named as “Take-home messages for attendance
credit”. It’s due within two weeks after the missed class.
• DO NOT copy the exact wording of the slide contents and suggested reading.
You must use your own words. Simply copying and pasting others’ work is
considered act of plagiarism, subject to disciplinary measures
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Attendance & Participation

 Attendance record
 Automatic sign-in recorded by Webex in the first half of the class (0.5 points)
 Manual sign in made by students in the latter half the class (0.5 points)

 Absent students can earn the full credit

 File a Leave application
 Submit “Take home messages” for one or two paragraphs, due within 2
weeks after the missed class

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 Course Requirements and Evaluation

 Attendance and Participation ……………………………. 15%

 Individual Assignment………………………………………… 5%
 Midterm Paper……………………………………………………. 30%
 Final Paper…………………………………………………………… 50%

Individual Assignment

 A Reflection Paper (5% of Course Grade)

 Students will reflect on their disciplines/majors and critically think about
their potential contributions to one or more SDGs relevant to this course:
 Good Health and Well Being
 Reduced Inequality
 Sustainable Cities and Communities
 Responsible Consumption and Production
 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions
 Partnerships for Goals

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 Individual Assignment

 An Exemplary Reflection Paper

 “In this reflection paper, I will reflect on my major (e.g., Computer Science) and
my potential contribution to [list one or two SDGs ] (e.g., Good Health and Well
Being) which are relevant to solutions for the Health Inequality issues covered in
the course.
One of the most important aspect of the humans’ lives is health. In order to improve
people’s health, health facilities need to provide people with a better healthcare. As
we all know, healthcare relies on a lot of information and health records.
This aspect is where computer science can help. Nowadays, with the help of
internet and computer database, a lot of medical records are recorded as virtual
files, which are easier for health workers to access and to sort out. This allows
healthcare facilities to work together to create not only a more accessible
healthcare, but a more personalized healthcare for each person’s needs.” 9

Individual Assignment

 A Reflection Paper (5% of Course Grade)

 Students will reflect on their potential contributions in relation to SDGs that are
relevant to global health and tobacco control issues focused on by this course
 Approximately 1 page in length. No references are required
 Use subheadings to identify each major section
 Follow formatting guidelines: a double-spaced document, 12-point font size, Times
New Roman, 1 inch from the page edge
 A template and detailed instruction will be provided to students later in the course
 This assignment can be submitted any time by its deadline, 5 pm on May 20th in the
Moodle. You will be expected to receive full credit of this assignment, 5 points.
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 Final Paper Choice:
Individual or Group Papers

 Fill out the sign-up sheet by 5pm, April 8th

 Individual work: 5-page long papers and 5-minute oral presentation
 Group work with 2 students: 5-page long papers and 5-minute oral presentation
 Group work with 3 students: 7-page long papers and 7-minute oral presentation

Sign-up sheet link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-

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KShoACrXHj6as_BYQxyDW5Ou1ve_AtjLaAX93Ql51g/edit?usp=sharing

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Documentary: Trust WHO

 Directed by Lilian Frank

 Released in March 2018
 A powerful investigation into the WHO’s
hidden practices
 Revealing huge influences by tobacco,
pharmaceutical and nuclear industries on
the WHO

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 Midterm Paper Guidelines

 A Documentary Review (30% of Course Grade)

 Students are required to write their review and thoughts about the 《Trust
WHO》documentary reflect what they learned from the lectures and events
described in the documentary related to the WHO and what you think how
well the WHO dealt with global health issues including:
 Tobacco control, swine flu vaccination policy and nuclear disasters in
Fukushima and Chernobyl, revealed in the documentary
 The current COVID-19 epidemic
 Submit your midterm paper via Moodle by 5 pm on April 15th
 It is an individual paper
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Trust Who | Trailer

Video link for the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB-VQ-dNxxs

Video link for the documentary: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Te5krzHD_K05ZTMyZJt7-cGyfY7pjj6O/view?usp=sharing

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 Paper Formatting Guidelines

 You must follow formatting guidelines:

 A double-spaced text, 12-point font size, Times New Roman, 1 inch from
the page edge, approximately 3 pages in length including references
Use subheadings to identify each major section (Use the standard
template on Page 2; Figure 1)
 The paper title and reference sections are in a single-spaced format
 Reference Format Style Resources
 Cite your paper properly with a consistent reference format
 You do not need to do the citation/reference perfectly
 List the papers/sources information which you cite in your paper in the
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text as well as in the Reference section as seen in the Figure 2
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Standard Paper Template

Figure 1.

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 Reference Format
Figure 2.

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Reference Format Style Resources

 Research and Citation Resources // Purdue Writing Lab

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Reference Format Style Resources

 How do you reference a website?

 Author (the person or organization responsible for the site)
 Year (date created or last updated)
 Page title (in italics)
 Name of sponsor of site (if available)
 Accessed day month year (the day you viewed the site)
 URL or Internet address (pointed brackets)
 Author Last Name, First initial. (Year, Month Date Published). Title of
web page. Name of Website. URL

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 Reference Format Style Resources

 How do you reference a website?

 Author Last Name, First initial. (Year, Month Date Published). Title of
web page. Name of Website. URL
 Purdue Writing Lab. (n.d.). Reference list: Electronic sources // Purdue
Writing Lab. Purdue Writing Lab. Retrieved December 22, 2021, from
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_a
nd_style_guide/reference_list_electronic_sources.html
 In an APA reference or citation, n.d. stands for "no date”.
X DO NOT JUST LIST WEBSITE ADDRESSES!!!

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Reference Format Style Resources

 Research and Citation Resources by Purdue Writing Lab

 APA Formatting: Reference List Basics (3:18)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpAOi8-WUY4

 APA Style, 7th Edition: In-Text Citations (7:38)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yi6GXPhybs&list=PL8F43A67F38DE3D5D&index=8

 MLA Style, 8th Edition: In-text Citations (3:26)

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eygi6ScdNNc

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 Questions?

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