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. |
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: | 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. |
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 2 | 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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