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Unit Summary
Unit type
UG Coursework Unit
Credit points
12
AQF level
Level of learning
Intermediate
Former School/College
Unit aim
Examines the conflicts between Indigenous healing practices and the mainstream health industry. The concepts of Indigenous wellbeing, spiritual integrity and community cohesion are explored, and the impact of colonisation on the health status of Indigenous peoples is analysed from historic and contemporary points of view. Aims to provide students with understanding and awareness of the socio-economic issues and cultural sensitivities required for delivery of effective and appropriate care by health workers and allied personnel.
Unit content
Theme 1 – A briefing in Indigenous issues
Topic 1 – Cultural Safety
Topic 2 – Policies- past and present
Topic 3 – Creating change
Theme 2 – Contemporary Health Issues
Topic 4 – Definitions of Health
Topic 5 – The relationship between socio-economic factors and the contemporary health status of Indigenous people
Topic 6 – Culture, values and beliefs
Topic 7 – The concept of well-being as practised by Indigenous Australian people
Topic 8 – Making contact with Indigenous people
Topic 9 – Reflecting upon your role
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: | GA1 | GA2 | GA3 | GA4 | GA5 | GA6 | GA7 | |
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| 1 | discuss key concepts of health and wellbeing as determined by Aboriginal people (ANMC 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 5.2) | |||||||
| 2 | identify key stages of the colonisation process and its relationship to the contemporary health status of Australian Indigenous people (ANMC 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 5.2) | |||||||
| 3 | analyse the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the contemporary health status of Australian Indigenous people (ANMC 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 5.2) | |||||||
| 4 | explain how primary health care and/or health promotion enhances the wellbeing of Indigenous people (ANMC 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 5.2) | |||||||
| 5 | discuss the health professional's role as an agent of social change. (ANMC 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 5.2) The Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council Inc (ANMC) has national competency criteria that nursing and midwifery students must meet in order to graduate. These competencies can be found at: http://www.anmc.org.au/ | |||||||
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
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discuss key concepts of health and wellbeing as determined by Aboriginal people (ANMC 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 5.2)
- GA1:
- GA2:
- GA7:
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identify key stages of the colonisation process and its relationship to the contemporary health status of Australian Indigenous people (ANMC 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 5.2)
- GA1:
- GA2:
- GA7:
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analyse the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the contemporary health status of Australian Indigenous people (ANMC 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 5.2)
- GA1:
- GA2:
- GA7:
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explain how primary health care and/or health promotion enhances the wellbeing of Indigenous people (ANMC 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 5.2)
- GA1:
- GA2:
- GA7:
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discuss the health professional's role as an agent of social change. (ANMC 2.3, 2.4, 3.2, 5.2)
The Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council Inc (ANMC) has national competency criteria that nursing and midwifery students must meet in order to graduate. These competencies can be found at: http://www.anmc.org.au/
- GA1:
- GA2:
- GA7:
Prescribed texts
- Taylor, K & Guerin, P, 2014, Health Care and Indigenous Australians Cultural safety in practice, 2nd edn, Palgrave Macmillan, South Yarra, Vic.
- Taylor, K & Guerin, P, 2014, Health Care and Indigenous Australians: Cultural safety in practice, 2nd edn, Palgrave Macmillan, South Yarra, Vic.