11938 (v.3) International Health 581


Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
 
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Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 
Syllabus: Examines some of the current important issues in international health. An overview of health problems and inequities between and within countries of the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean region. These are examined from an epidemiological perspective, including the environmental, demographic, political and economic determinants of disease - and from an ethnomedical perspective which examines the cultural meanings of health and illness, including definitions of illness, the sick role, status differences between patients and practitioners. The various responses of government, non-government and international organisations to health problems and challenges facing the world in the next decades.
 
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Field of Education: 61300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping)
Funding Cluster: 06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 1 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