301948 (v.3) International Health and Primary Health Care 600

Area:	Centre for International Health
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	8.0
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.
Individual Study:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Overview of international health, patterns of disease and health in developed and developing countries, resurgent and emergent diseases, and the health impact of globalisation, climate change and militarism. Background and context of primary health care, health program policy, health and development, the sociocultural context of health and illness, the economics of health care, and health, community development and community participation. Common major health problems (diarrhoea, acute respiratory infections, malnutrition, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS epidemic), family planning and reproductive 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:	069900 Other Health (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Central External
2009	Bentley Campus	Quarter 1	Y
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 1		Y
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2		Y
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External