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 mental health - holistic health revisited, linkages of all health aspects to mental health. Self-mental health - rationale to monitor and strategies to maintain or promote mental health. Contributors to mental health - childhood theories, role modeling and peer pressure and environment. Maintenance of mental health - social interaction, work and leisure activities. Mental health assessment - skills to determine the health status of family members. Role of mental health worker - duty of care, accountability, ethics and law in a primary health care context. Strategies to assist families to take responsibility for their own health. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit, students will have- Explained the concept of mental health within an holistic health framework. Identified the state of self-mental health in terms of professional practice. Explained the contributions to mental well-being. Described the maintenance of mental health through human ages and stages. Described the role of the mental health worker in mental health promotion. Assessed the mental health status of indigenous people. |
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: | Adler, R., Rosenfeld, L., Towne, N. and Proctor, R., (1998). Interplay. Orlando: Harcourt Brace and Company. Baum, F. (1995). Health for All. Kent Town: Wakefield Press. Cooney, C., (1994). Primary health care. Sydney: Prentice Hall. Health Dept. of W.A.(1998). Protecting Public Health - Services offered by the Environmental Health Services. Perth: Public Health Division, W.A.. Ife, J., (1998). Community Development - Creating community alternatives - vision, analysis and practice. Melbourne: Longman. Martins, A.C., (1998). Indigenous Health Education. Perth: Curtin Uni. Wass, A., (1998). Promoting Health - The primary health care approach. Marrickville: W.B. Saunders. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Longitudinal case study, Report, Assignment and Journal writing 100%. 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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