303286 (v.2) CAS - Mental Health Issues 223
| Area: | Centre for Aboriginal Studies |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 30.0 |
| Seminar: | 1 x 30 Hours Quarterly |
| Prerequisite(s): | 303268 (v.1) CAS - Mental Health of Indigenous People 212
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| Syllabus: | Stressors - past and present conditions of deprivation, discrimination, dispossession and injustice. Child rearing practices - parenting, child growth and development. Mental health issues - alcoholism, drug addiction, domestic violence, victims of abuseand suicide, clinical picture and causative factors, care and prevention. Statistical picture - Australian Bureau of Statistics on selected mental health issues. Agencies for mental health issues. Purpose, staff management and financial management. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Described past and present stressors of vulnerable indigenous groups. Identified and linked stressors to manifested mental health issues and behaviours. Developed a statistical picture of major health issues of indigenous people. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | A National Aboriginal Health Strategy. (1989). Report. Canberra - National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party. ATSIC. (1993). Community based planning principles. Canberra - ATSIC Australian Council of Health Care Standards. (1990). An Introduction to Human Resources Management in Health Care Services. Sydney - ACHS. Dodson, P., (1991). Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. Canberra - AGPS. Gillies, D., (1994). Nursing management - A Systems Approach. Sydney - W.B. Saunders. Health Dept of WA. (1999). Alcohol - Separating the Facts from the Myths. Perth - Public Health Division. Health Dept of WA. (1999).A Guide to Assist Community Action.. Perth - Public Health Division. Reid, J. and Trompf, P. (1991). The Health of AboriginalAustralia. Marrickville, NSW - Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Waddell, C. and Petersen, A. (1994). Just health - Inequality in illness care and prevention. Melbourne - Churchill Livingstone. |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Objective type test, Assignment (Select and investigate a particular mental health issue in a specific local community), Journal writing. Students must obtain a 50% grade in each assessment unit to achieve a Pass grade. This is by Pass/Fail Assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | |
Current as of: February 2, 2004
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