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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.

301948 (v.4) International Health and Primary Health Care 600

Area: Centre for International Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 8.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Individual Study: 1 x 7 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Equivalent(s): 309107 (v.1) INH110 International Health and Primary Health Care or any previous version
Syllabus: Overview of international health; patterns of disease and health in developed and developing countries; resurgent and emergent diseases; health impact of globalisation and climate change; the background and context of primary health care; models of health and illness; health program policy, planning and evaluation; health and development; the socio-cultural context of health and illness; the economics of health care; health and community development; community participation; health workers; common, major health problems- diarrhoea, malnutrition, the HIV/AIDS epidemic; immunization, family planning and reproductive health.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 069900 Other Health (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1       Y  
2012 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