Health Systems and Behavioural Sciences

The Health Systems and Behavioural Sciences (HSBS) domain focuses on health services, health systems, health economics and health promotion. The domain examines the whole continuum of healthcare in Singapore — from primary care to Regional Health Systems — supporting the national aim to integrate healthcare across all levels and sites, and to provide patient-centred, cost-effective and affordable healthcare. HSBS also leads cross-disciplinary studies in collaboration with multiple agencies to support nationwide initiatives.

The domain’s health promotion arm looks at the interactions between lifestyle behaviours and the physical and socio-cultural environment to prevent non-communicable and communicable diseases. It also focuses on research and training in the design, implementation and evaluation of behavioural change and health promotion interventions, which contribute to the development and implementation of policies to promote health.

For health economics, the domain develops and leads health policy modelling and simulation for Singapore, establishing the School as a regional leader in the areas of health technology assessment and behavioural economics.