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306931 (v.1) Advanced Nursing Practice - Primary Health Care 561


 

Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

6.0

Individual Study:

2 x 3 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

Advanced practice role and responsibilities in delivery of primary health care at community level, philosophy and principles of primary health care and public health, epidemiology, action research, reflexive analysis, planning, implementation and evaluation of effective primary health care programs, environmental health, community assessment, program planning and theory of community development.
 

Unit Outcomes:

On successful completion of this unit students will have - Analysed the philosophy and principles of primary health care and its application to nursing practice. Critically analysed factors that influence the effectiveness of primary health care programs. Applied the principles of action research and epidemiological methods to community health care provision. Conducted, documented and analysed a comprehensive community assessment. Developed a primary health care program based on identified community needs.

Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases.

Unit References:

Barnes, D., Eribes, C., Juarbe, T., Nelson, M., Proctor, S., Sawyer, L., Shaul, M., and Meleis, A. (1995), Primary Health Care and Primary Care - A Confusion of Philosophies, Nursing Outlook, 43(1), pp 7-16. Baum, F. (1992), Researching Community Health - Evaluation and Needs Assessment that Makes an Impact. Baum, F., Fry, D. and Lennie, I., Community Health Policy and Practice in Australia, pp. 77-94, NSW, Pluto Press. Clark, M., (1992), Dever's Epidemiologic Model, Nursing in the Community, pp 114-120,Norwalk, Appleton and Lange. Gracey, M., Williams, P. and Houston, S., (1997), Environmental Health Conditions in Remote and Rural Aboriginal Communities in Western Australia, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 21(5), pp 511-518. Hawe, P., (1996), Needs Assessment Must Become More Change Focused, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 20(5), pp 473-478. Howe, S., (1994), The Role of Epidemiology in Primary Health Care. Cooney, C., (Ed.), Primary Health Care the Way to theFuture (p. 92), Sydney, Prentice Hall. Johnson, S., (1996), Management of Primary Health Care, Australian Journal of Primary Health, Interchange, 2(1), 92-97.

Unit Texts:

Beaglehole, R., Bonita, R. and Kjellstrom, T., (1993), Basic Epidemiology, Geneva, World Health Organisation. Couzoa, S. and Murray, R., (1999), Aboriginal Primary Health Care - An Evidence-Based Approach, Melbourne, Oxford University Press. Wass, A., (2000), Promoting Health - The Primary Health Care Approach, 2nd ed., Sydney, W.B. Saunders.
 

Unit Assessment Breakdown:

Community Assessment 50%, Primary Health Care Program Proposal 50%. This is by grade/mark assessment.

Field of Education:

 60399 Nursing not elsewhere classified

HECS Band (if applicable):

1  

Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information:

 Not Categorised  

Result Type:

 Grade/Mark


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 1YY 
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2  Y

Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

 
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