{"ModuleCode":"USE2307","ModuleTitle":"HIV/AIDS: From Microbes to Nations","Department":"University Scholars Programme","ModuleDescription":"In the past 30 years HIV/AIDS has gone from being an unknown disease to being one of the key issues of the 20th and 21st centuries, killing millions and threatening entire nations and even continents. This module explores the various aspects of this disease from the perspective of multiple academic disciplines ranging from microbiology on through psychology, sociology, art, literature, economics, public health, geography and political science. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the various phenomena involved from multiple perspectives so as to grasp the overall significance of HIV/AIDS in a holistic fashion.","ModuleCredit":"4","Types":["Module"],"Lecturers":["Bishop, George D"],"IVLE":[{"Announcements":null,"Forums":[],"Workbins":[],"Webcasts":[],"Gradebooks":[],"Polls":[],"Multimedia":[],"LessonPlan":[],"ID":"ab82e930-fff2-461a-9322-eb48811f74f0","CourseLevel":"1","CourseCode":"USE2307","CourseName":"HIV/AIDS: FROM MICROBES TO NATIONS","CourseDepartment":"","CourseSemester":"Semester 2","CourseAcadYear":"2014/2015","CourseOpenDate":"/Date(1417276800000+0800)/","CourseOpenDate_js":"2014-11-30T00:00:00","CourseCloseDate":"/Date(1431187140000+0800)/","CourseCloseDate_js":"2015-05-09T23:59:00","CourseMC":"0","isActive":"N","Permission":"S","Creator":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Bishop, George D","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"cf24a8cf-541c-456f-be65-2b8bb23fa16a","AccountType":null},"hasGradebookItems":false,"hasTimetableItems":true,"hasGroupsItems":false,"hasClassGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasGuestRosterItems":false,"hasClassRosterItems":true,"hasWeblinkItems":false,"hasLecturerItems":true,"hasDescriptionItems":true,"hasReadingItems":true,"hasAnnouncementItems":false,"hasProjectGroupItems":false,"hasProjectGroupsForSignUp":false,"hasConsultationItems":false,"hasConsultationSlotsForSignUp":false,"hasLessonPlanItems":false,"Badge":0,"BadgeAnnouncement":0,"WebLinks":[],"Lecturers":[{"ID":"eb612288-8a5f-4f80-afca-0387f3e6c473","User":{"UserID":null,"Name":"Bishop, George D","Email":null,"Title":null,"UserGuid":"cf24a8cf-541c-456f-be65-2b8bb23fa16a","AccountType":null},"Role":"Lecturer ","Order":1,"ConsultHrs":null}],"Descriptions":[{"ID":"1e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Learning Outcomes","Description":"In the past 30 years HIV/AIDS has gone from being an unknown disease to being one of the key issues of the 20th and 21st centuries, killing millions and threatening entire nations and even continents. Although AIDS is a medical condition, it is far more than that. An understanding of the phenomena associated with HIV/AIDS requires multiple approaches and input from multiple academic disciplines. Among the questions to be addressed in this module are the following. What is it about HIV that makes this virus so dangerous and deadly? Why has HIV spread as quickly as it has? What steps can be taken to prevent further spread? How do people cope with a diagnosis of being HIV positive? How does the public understand AIDS? How is it portrayed in literature, film and art? What are the political and economic implications of HIV/AIDS? What human rights questions are raised by AIDS? This module explores the various aspects of this disease from the perspective of multiple academic disciplines ranging from microbiology on through psychology, sociology, art, literature, economics, public health, geography and political science. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the various phenomena involved from multiple perspectives so as to grasp the overall significance of HIV/AIDS in a holistic fashion.
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\nBy the end of this module you will have been introduced to the various ways in which a single disease can be understood from multiple perspectives so as to have an understanding of the various phenomena in their multiplicity. As such this module illustrates the ways in which problems can be understood from a variety of perspectives and through the lenses of different disciplines","Order":1},{"ID":"3e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Teaching Modes","Description":"This module will be in a seminar format with students actively involved in the presentation of course materials.","Order":3},{"ID":"4e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Schedule","Description":"13 Jan: Introduction
\n15 Jan: Immunology of HIV/AIDS
\n20 Jan: Medical treatments for HIV/AIDS
\n22 Jan: Discussion of writing assignments
\n27 Jan: In the beginning: Early history of the epidemic
\n29 Jan: Epidemiology of HIV transmission
\n03 Feb: Individual, societal and political factors in prevention
\n05 Feb: HIV and migration
\n10 Feb: Field trip to CDC
\n12 Feb: Interventions for HIV prevention I
\n17 Feb: Interventions for HIV prevention II
\n19 Feb: Chinese New Year
\n24 & 26 Feb: Recess week
\n03 Mar: Managing HIV infection - Psychosocial issues
\n05 Mar: Legal perspectives - HIV/AIDS and human rights
\n10 Mar: HIV and the family
\n12 Mar: Addressing HIV stigma
\n17 Mar: HIV/AIDS and religion
\n19 Mar: HIV/AIDS in literature
\n24 Mar: HIV/AIDS in film and television
\n26 Mar: Using the arts to fight HIV/AIDS
\n31 Mar: Economics of HIV/AIDS and health policy I
\n02 Apr: Economics of HIV/AIDS and health policy II
\n07 Apr: Politics of HIV/AIDS and health policy
\n09 Apr: HIV/AIDS in global perspective
\n14 Apr: Summary and overview
\n16 Apr: Exam","Order":4},{"ID":"8e5f053b-8835-4692-be49-41f07234cfff","Title":"Assessment","Description":"Your grade in this module will depend on an exam over the material covered in the module as well three short papers and your leadership of one of the class discussions. The exam is scheduled for 16 April and will cover all of the material in the module. This exam counts for 30% of your overall grade. The three papers will each count 20% of your grade. The writing assignments and due dates are detailed separately. The final 10% of your grade will be based on your performance in leading class discussion for one of the topics. During the semester each of you will be assigned one of the topics on which to lead discussion. This assignment will be based to the extent possible on your preferences that will be collected on the first day of class.","Order":8}],"ReadingFormatted":[],"ReadingUnformatted":[{"ID":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","AdditionalInfo":"13 Jan: Introduction: Diverse understandings of a global epidemic
\nReading:
\nUNAIDS Report on the global AIDS epidemic | 2012. Geneva: UNAIDS, 2012. pp 8 – 15 (with the rest of the report recommended) – Available in IVLE workbin.
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\n15 Jan: Immunology of HIV/AIDS
\nReading:
\nWeeks, B.S. & Alcamo, I.E. (2010). AIDS: The biological basis. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Chapters 2 & 3 (Pp. 30-91).
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\n20 Jan: Medical aspects of HIV/AIDS
\nReading:
\nWeeks, B.S. & Alcamo, I.E. (2010). AIDS: The biological basis. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Chapter 4 (Pp. 92-121).
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\n22 Jan: Discussion of writing assignments
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\n27 Jan: In the beginning: Early history of the epidemic
\nReading:
\nPepin, J. (2011). The origins of AIDS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (e-book available through LINK). Chapters 1-4, 6, 14-15 (Pp. 1-58, 84-102, 221-237).
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\n29 Jan: Epidemiology of HIV transmission
\nReading:
\nWeeks, B.S. & Alcamo, I.E. (2010). AIDS: The biological basis. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. Chapter 5 (Pp. 122-163).
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\n03 Feb: Individual, societal and political factors in prevention
\nReading:
\nOng, S.N. & Yeoh, B.S.A. (2006). HIV/AIDS in Singapore: State policies, social norms and civil society action. In A.C. Sleigh et al. (eds), Population dynamics and infectious diseases in Asia. (pp. 187-203). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing.
\nQuah, S. R. (2007). Public image and governance of epidemics: comparing HIV/AIDS and SARS. Health Policy, 80, 253-272.
\nBloom, F.R., Leichliter, J.S., Whittier, D.K., & McGrath, J.W. (2010). Gay men, syphilis, and HIV: The biological impact of social stress. In D.A. Feldman (ed.), AIDS, culture and gay men. (pp. 21-40).Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press.
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\n05 Feb: HIV and migration
\nReading:
\nMarten, L. (2005). Commercial sex workers: Victims, vectors or fighters of the HIV epidemic in Cambodia? Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 46, 21–34.
\nLyttleton, C. & Amarapibal, A. (2002). Sister cities and easy passage: HIV, mobility and economies of desire in a Thai/Lao border zone. Social Science & Medicine, 54, 505–518.
\nBenner, M.T., Townsend, J., Kaloi, W., Htwe, K., Naranichakul, N., Hunnangkul, S.,
\nCarrara, V.I. & Sondorp, E. (2010). Reproductive health and quality of life of young
\nBurmese refugees in Thailand. Conflict and Health, 4, 1-9.
\nLindquist, J. (2005). Organising AIDS in the borderless world: A case study from the Indonesia–Malaysia–Singapore Growth Triangle. Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 46, 49–63.
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\n10 Feb: Visit to CDC
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\n12 Feb: Interventions for HIV prevention I
\nReading:
\nBishop, G.D. & Wong, M.L. (2001). Developing sustainable health promotion: STD and HIV prevention in Singapore. In M. MacLachlan (ed.), Cultivating health: Cultural perspectives on promoting health. (Pp. 199-226). Chichester, UK: Wiley.
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\n17 Feb: Interventions for HIV prevention II
\n Reading:
\nNeumann, M.S., Herbst, J.H. & Guenther-Grey, C.A. (2010). Developing HIV behavioural interventions for men who have sex with men. In D.A. Feldman (ed.), AIDS, culture and gay men. (pp. 184-212).Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press.
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\n03 Mar: Managing HIV infection - Psychosocial issues
\nReading:
\nLi, L., Lee, S.J., Thammawijaya, P., Jiraphongsa, C., & Rotheram-Borus, M.J. (2009). Stigma, social support, and depression among people living with HIV in Thailand. AIDS Care, 21, 1007-1013.
\nLogie, C. & Gadalla, T. M. (2009). Meta-analysis of health and demographic correlates of stigma towards people living with HIV. AIDS Care, 21, 742-753.
\nGordillo, V., Fekete, E, M., Platteau, T., Antoni, M.H., Schneiderman, N. & Nostlinger, C. (2009). Emotional support and gender in people living with HIV: Effects on psychological well-being. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 32, 523-531. )
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\n05 Mar: Legal perspectives - HIV/AIDS and human rights
\nReading:
\nGable, L., Gostin, L, & Hodge, J.G. (2009). A global assessment of the role of law in the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Public Health, 123, 260–264.
\nCsete, J. & Dube, S. (2010). An inappropriate tool: Criminal law and HIV in Asia. AIDS, 24, S80-S85.
\nGlobal Commission on HIV and the Law (2012). Risks, rights & health: Executive summary. New York: UNDP, HIV/AIDS Group, Bureau for Development Policy. (available in IVLE workbin)
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\n10 Mar: HIV and the family
\nReading:
\nWiener, L. & Taylor-Brown, S. (2010). The impact of HIV on children and adolescents. In C.C. Poindexter (ed.). Handbook of HIV and social work: Principles, practice, and populations. (pp. 231-252). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. (E-book available through LINC)
\nEmlet, C.A. (2010). HIV-infected and HIV-affected midlife and older persons. In C.C. Poindexter (ed.). Handbook of HIV and social work: Principles, practice, and populations. (pp. 253-269). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
\nWacharasin, C. (2010). Families suffering with HIV/AIDS: What family nursing interventions are useful to promote healing? Journal of Family Nursing, 16, 302-321.
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\n12 Mar: Addressing HIV stigma
\nReading:
\nSmit, P.J., Brady, M., Carter, M., Fernandes, R., Lamore, L., Meulbroek, M., Ohayon, M., Platteau, T., Rehberg, P., Rockstroh, J.K., & Thompson, M. (2012). HIV-related stigma within communities of gay men: A literature review. AIDS Care, 24, 405-412.
\nReece, M., Tanner, A.E., Karpiak, S.E., & Coffey, K. (2007). The Impact of HIV-related stigma on HIV care and prevention providers. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 6, 55-73.
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\n17 Mar: HIV/AIDS and religion
\nReading:
\nMalaysian AIDS Council (2011). AIDS & Islam: Responsible religious response to HIV & AIDS in Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian AIDS Council. (available in IVLE workbin).
\nFoster, G. (n.d.). Part of the solution: Faith-based responses to HIV and AIDS in Africa. (available in IVLE workbin).
\nThe Sangha Metta Project. http://www.buddhanet.net/sangha-metta/articles.html
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\n19 Mar: HIV/AIDS in literature
\n Reading:
\nBrodkey, H. (1996). This wild darkness: The story of my death. London: Fourth Estate. Pp. 1-12, 171-177. (RBR)
\nRushdie, S. (2008). The half-woman god. In N. Akhavi (ed.). AIDS sutra: Untold stories from India. London: Vintage Books. (pp. 109-117.) (RBR)
\nShanghvi, S.D. (2008). Hello, darling. In N. Akhavi (ed.). AIDS sutra: Untold stories from India. London: Vintage Books. (pp. 59-75.) (RBR)
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\n24 Mar: HIV/AIDS in film and television
\nReading:
\nHart, K.-P. R. (2000). The AIDS movie: Representing a pandemic in film and television. New York: Haworth Press. (pp. 1-65) (RBR)
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\n26 Mar: Using the arts to fight HIV/AIDS
\nReading:
\nAction for AIDS - Art Against AIDS http://www.afa.org.sg/arts.php
\nGould, J.E. (2013). In Honduras, fighting HIV/AIDS through music and theater. http://www.npr.org/2013/03/29/172602211/in-honduras-fighting-hiv-aids-through-music-and-theater
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\n31Mar: Economics of HIV/AIDS and health policy I
\nReading:
\nAlkenbrack Batteh, S.E., Forsythe, S., Martin, G., & Chettra, T. (2008) . Confirming the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemics on household vulnerability in Asia: the case of Cambodia. AIDS, 22 (suppl 1), S103–S111.
\nGaffeo, E. (2003). The economics of HIV/AIDS: A survey. Development Policy Review, 21, 27-49.
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\n02 Apr: Economics of HIV/AIDS and health policy II
\nReading:
\nBärnighausen, T., Bloom, D.E., & Humair, S. (2012). Economics of antiretroviral treatment vs. circumcision for HIV prevention. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109, 21271-21276.
\nCohen, D.A., Wu, S.-Y., Farley, T.A. (2004). Comparing the cost-effectiveness of HIV
\nprevention interventions. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 37, 1404–1414.
\nCreese, A., Floyd, K., Alban, A., & Guinness, L. (2002). Cost-effectiveness of HIV/AIDS interventions in Africa: a systematic review of the evidence. Lancet, 359, 1635–1642.
\n7 Apr: Politics of HIV/AIDS and health policy
\nReading:
\nSeckinelgin, H. (2007). International politics of HIV/AIDS global disease--local pain. London: Routledge. (pp. 1-70). (E-book available through LINC).
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\n09 Apr: HIV/AIDS in global perspective
\nReading:
\nCondon, B.J. & Sinha, T. (2008). Global lessons from the AIDS pandemic: Economic, financial, legal and political implications. Berlin: Springer. Chapter 9 (pp. 301-352) (E-book available through LINC)"}]}],"Timetable":[{"ClassNo":"1","LessonType":"Seminar-Style Module Class","WeekText":"Every Week","DayText":"Tuesday","StartTime":"1200","EndTime":"1400","Venue":"USP-SR1"},{"ClassNo":"1","LessonType":"Seminar-Style Module Class","WeekText":"Every Week","DayText":"Thursday","StartTime":"1200","EndTime":"1400","Venue":"USP-SR1"}],"CorsBiddingStats":[{"AcadYear":"2014/2015","Semester":"2","Round":"2A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"25","Bidders":"22","LowestBid":"1","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1","HighestBid":"833","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2014/2015","Semester":"2","Round":"2B","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"3","Bidders":"2","LowestBid":"500","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1","HighestBid":"953","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2014/2015","Semester":"2","Round":"3A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"1","Bidders":"5","LowestBid":"257","LowestSuccessfulBid":"607","HighestBid":"607","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2013/2014","Semester":"2","Round":"2A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"29","Bidders":"16","LowestBid":"1","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1","HighestBid":"2140","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2013/2014","Semester":"2","Round":"2B","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"13","Bidders":"0","LowestBid":"0","LowestSuccessfulBid":"0","HighestBid":"0","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2013/2014","Semester":"2","Round":"3A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"13","Bidders":"3","LowestBid":"1","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1","HighestBid":"2182","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2013/2014","Semester":"2","Round":"3B","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"10","Bidders":"1","LowestBid":"1","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1","HighestBid":"1","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2012/2013","Semester":"2","Round":"2A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"19","Bidders":"15","LowestBid":"1","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1","HighestBid":"1071","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2012/2013","Semester":"2","Round":"2B","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"4","Bidders":"0","LowestBid":"0","LowestSuccessfulBid":"0","HighestBid":"0","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2012/2013","Semester":"2","Round":"3A","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"5","Bidders":"4","LowestBid":"1","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1","HighestBid":"116","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2012/2013","Semester":"2","Round":"3B","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"1","Bidders":"1","LowestBid":"10","LowestSuccessfulBid":"1","HighestBid":"10","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"},{"AcadYear":"2011/2012","Semester":"1","Round":"1C","Group":"Seminar-Style Module Class 1","Quota":"29","Bidders":"32","LowestBid":"1","LowestSuccessfulBid":"5","HighestBid":"1000","Faculty":"University Scholars Programme","StudentAcctType":"NUS Students [G]"}],"LecturePeriods":["Tuesday Afternoon","Thursday Afternoon"]}