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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

311882 (v.2) International Indigenous Health 600

Area: Centre for International Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 8.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Individual Study: 1 x 7 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 312822 (v.2) INH180 International Indigenous Health or any previous version
Syllabus: Overview, scope, history and definitions of Indigenous health from both international and Australian perspectives; Indigenous and modern world views and their impact on health, society and environment; epidemiological aspects of Indigenous health; patterns of morbidity and mortality, and geographic, social, economic and political determinants; the history and evolution of delivery of health care to Indigenous people; Indigenous and modern health care systems; basic principles underpinning health care delivery to Indigenous peoples; different levels of health care delivery at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels, the politics of health care delivery and how systems of government impact on health care delivery and allocation of funding and resources; models of practice and case studies from Indigenous peoples in developing and developed countries; intercultural knowledge and skills to work effectively across Indigenous social and health settings.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 061305 Indigenous Health
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 2       Y  
2013 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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