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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

301952 (v.4) Maternal and Child Health in Developing Countries 600

Note

Tuition Patterns

The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: Centre for International Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 8.0
Individual Study: 1 x 7 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 309108 (v.1) INH120 Maternal and Child Health in Developing Countries or any previous version
Syllabus: Introduction to maternal and child health in developing countries; maternal morbidity and mortality; antenatal care; safe motherhood: essential obstetric care. Cultural and social considerations in maternal and child health programmes. Parenting and family planning. Child health: common conditions and their causes, interventions in child health. Nutritional issues in maternal and child health. Programme considerations in maternal and child health.
Field of Education: 060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2012 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