311882 (v.1) International Indigenous Health 600

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 7 Hours Weekly
Tutorial:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
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 health care delivery to Indigenous people: compare and contrast 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 services delivery and allocation of funding and resources; models of practice and critical evaluation of case studies from Indigenous peoples in Australia, Brazil, China, India, the USA, and other countries; develop intercultural knowledge and skills to work and communicate effectively across Indigenous social and health settings.
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:	061305 Indigenous Health
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Fully Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2			Y
2010	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