Courses Handbook 2008

303717 (v.3) Maternal and Child Health in Developing Countries 700


Area: Centre for International Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 8.0
** 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. **
Individual Study: 1 x 8 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Introduction to maternal and child health (MCH) in developing countries, maternal morbidity and mortality, antenatal care. Safe motherhood: essential obstetric care, cultural and social considerations in MCH programmes, parenting and family planning. Child health: common conditions and their causes, interventions in child health, nutritional issues in MCH and program considerations in MCH.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 060100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*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
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 1       Y  
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2008 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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