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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

313094 (v.1) Sociocultural Perspectives on Health 161

Area: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: Anthropological and sociological perspectives on health, illness and delivery of health care. Identification and application of the social determinants of health approach. Medical dominance and the rise of alternative/complementary health care. Health beliefs and practices within different cultural contexts. Physical and mental health issues pertaining to migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and Indigenous Australians. Global comparisons with Indigenous populations. Humanitarian health care delivery in international settings. Social justice and ethical considerations in the context of health inequities. Cultural competence in health care delivery.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 061309 Community Health
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2013 Singapore Campus Trimester 1A Y        

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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

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