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Courses Handbook 2011

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2011.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2010.

313094 (v.1) Sociocultural Perspectives on Health 161

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Tutition Patterns

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Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Other: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Anthropological and sociological perspectives on health, illness and delivery of health care. Identification and application of the social determinants of health approach. Medical dominance and the rise of alternative/complementary health care. Health beliefs and practices within different cultural contexts. Physical and mental health issues pertaining to migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and Indigenous Australians. Global comparisons with Indigenous populations. Humanitarian health care delivery in international settings. Social justice and ethical considerations in the context of health inequities. Cultural competence in health care delivery.
Field of Education: 061309 Community Health
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
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        
2011 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y        
2011 Singapore Campus Semester 1 Y        
2011 Singapore 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