may be taken as an elective; also to Nursing and Health Science students as an elective
OFFERINGS
Unit
Sem 1
Sem 2
Full Yr
Spring
Summer
Winter
HAB213
H
Distance(H,L,W,I,N)
Key Semester Dates
Semester
Note
Start Date
Census Date
Final WW Date*
End Date
Sem 1
22-FEB-2010
23-MAR-2010
12-APR-2010
28-MAY-2010
*The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (see
Withdrawal dates explained for more information).
DESCRIPTION Statistics gathered over the past few decades have consistently shown the mortality rates of Indigenous Australians far exceed those of the non-Indigenous population; indeed, some 50% of Indigenous Australians die before they reach the age of 50. This unit investigates why this is the case. Throughout the unit, Indigenous health within Australia is framed within the overarching policies of self-determination and practical and symbolic reconciliation. The unit takes a 'social determinant' approach to health and interrogates how the many inter-related socio-economic aspects of people's personal and community lives converge and impact on health status. Pre-contact health profiles and the impact of colonisation and dispossession both within Australia and in comparable countries will be investigated. The unit also enquires into the emerging explanatory models that go beyond the fundamental factors of colonisation and dispossession in explaining the continuing poor health status of Indigenous people. The unit also considers the differing constructs of health and well-being to be found in Indigenous and western cultures, the consequences of these differences for Indigenous health in the post-colonial context, and the effectiveness of contemporary strategies to reconcile both western and Indigenous value-systems in the provision of health care and the training of health professionals.
25% at level 100 in Aboriginal Studies major or cognate if completing the major. 25% at level 100 in any discipline in any faculty if taking as an elective.
TEXTS Information about any textbook requirements for Semester (Sem 1) will be available from mid November 2009
Units are offered in attending mode unless otherwise indicated (that is attendance is required at the campus identified). A unit identified as offered by distance, that is there is no requirement for attendance, is identified with a nominal enrolment campus. A unit offered to both attending students and by distance from the same campus is identified as having both modes of study.
Campus - H Hobart, L Launceston, W Burnie. Study Centre - V Sydney, R Rozelle. Distance units may also have a campus identifier of I Isolated, N Interstate, O Overseas. Units delivered in Transnational Education (TNE) Programs have a campus identifier of A Hangzhou, F Fuzhou, G Shanghai, J Indonesia, K KDU Malaysia, Q Kuwait or Z New Zealand.
Special approval is required for enrolment into TNE Program units - campuses A, F, G, J, K, Q and Z click here for more information.
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