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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.

314432 (v.1) Global Public Health 382

Area: School of Public Health
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
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 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 8700 (v.7) Health Promotion Planning 281
Syllabus: This unit will focus on the impact of globalisation on health from a public health perspective. Students will be introduced to key concepts and frameworks for the analysis of global public health. They will examine global health inequalities and the structural factors which produce and maintain them together with the major institutions and players in global health. Students will examine a number of global health issues including climate change and health and gender and health. Key concepts include globalisation, inequality, social justice, human rights, institutions and structures.
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: 061300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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