Area: | Centre for Aboriginal Studies |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 30.0 |
Seminar: | 1 x 30 Hours Quarterly |
Prerequisite(s): | 303228 (v.3) CAS - Indigenous Community Practice 112 or any previous version
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303242 (v.3) CAS - Indigenous Community Practice 121 or any previous version
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Co Requisite(s): | 303273 (v.2) CAS - Community Resources and Change 213
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Syllabus: | Concept of holistic health and primary health care. Principles and practice of primary health care within a context of indigenous ways of duty of care, accountability, ethics and law. History taking and assessment skills to determine the health status offamily members - elderly, adult and teenager. Strategies to assist families to be responsible for their own health, identify health issues and explore options for well being. Develop realistic goals for healthy living. Be self-directed in obtaining optimal health. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Described the concept of holistic health and primary health care. Applied the principles of primary health care in various indigenous settings. Assessed the health status of family members. Assisted families to identify issues and explore options for well-being. Assisted families to develop realistic goals to improve healthy living. Promoted the capabilities of families to be self-directed in obtaining optimal health. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Berkley, K. and Hanson, S., (1991). Pocket Guide to Family Assessment and Intervention. St Louis: Mosby. Cooney, C., (1994). Primary health care. Sydney: Prentice Hall. Fuller, J., (1990). Health Assessment - A nursing approach. Grand Rapids: J.B. Lippincott Co. Ife, J., (1995). Community Development - Creating Community Alternatives - Vision, analysis and practice. Melbourne: Longman. Martins, A.C., (1998). Indigenous Health Education. Perth: Curtin University. Wass, A., (1994). Promoting health - The primary health care approach. Sydney: Harcourt Brace and Co. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Reporting (History and assessment of elderly, adult, teenager and child stages), Assignment (Develop and explain a paradigm of holistic health), Project (Select a family and using primary health care principles and indigenous ways of... and identifying health issues), Journal writing. Students must obtain a 50% grade in each assessment unit to achieve a Pass grade. This is by Pass/Fail Assessment. |
Field of Education: | 90300 Studies in Human Society (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Not Online | Result Type: | Pass/Fail |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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