13566 (v.2) Introduction to Women and Health 681


Area:

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Women's health from a global perspective. Social condition of women - their place in society, feminist theory, women as consumers and providers of health, health care industry, history of women as healers, women and medicalisation, women's health and the women's movement, women and body image, eating disorders, health promotion, menopause, nutrition, rural women, sexual sterotyping, sexuality, ageing, strategies for women to gain control over their bodies and health.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

90700 Behavioural Science (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

1

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Informational

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1     Y
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