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| Old Course Code | Subject Area | Catalogue Number | Long Title | Units | Description |
| IH101, IH102 | PUBH | 1101 | Introduction to Management: The Health Worker & the Health System | 2 | The course provides students with a broad overview of the Australian health system at Commonwealth, State and District level, allowing them to examine their own potential role in the provision of health services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people |
| IH105 | PUBH | 1105 | Introduction to Research Methods | 2 | Qualitative & quantitative research methods developed through medical anthropology & statistics & epidemiology. Key social science concepts. Basic mathematical skills. Basic computing. |
| IH106 | PUBH | 1106 | Health & Illness in the Community | 4 | Basic clinical skills & applied anatomy, physiology & pathophysiology necessary to understand common disease patterns in the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Island community. Health & well-being, including health indicators & major causative factors of illness |
| IH111 | PUBH | 1111 | Nutrition, Health & Disease | 2 | Food & nutrition systems. Role of nutrition in prevention of disease & promotion of health & normal growth & development. Relationship between diet & infection. Transmission of communicable disease. |
| IH114 | PUBH | 1114 | The Growing Child & Assessment of Child Growth & Development | 4 | Social, physical & nutritional factors contributing to healthy growth & development of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander children. Monitoring & promoting normal growth & development patterns in the community; response to associated problems. Preventive |
| IH115 | PUBH | 2115 | Clinical Practice in Isolated Areas: Assessment & Drug Therapy | 2 | Drug Therapy Protocols, comprehensive patient assessment to enable appropriate protocol selection, Home Management Practices for individuals & groups & how to work as part of a health team in culturally appropriate manner with respect to drug action & int |
| IH201 | PUBH | 2201 | Health Promotion in the Community | 2 | Principles & practice of health promotion & community development. Range of approaches for determining health priorities, planning, piloting & evaluating health promotion strategies, emphasising role of community participation. |
| IH202 | PUBH | 2202 | Reproductive Health | 2 | Social & cultural values, attitudes & practices related to pregnancy & childbirth in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander context. Individual & community implications. Antenatal care. Normal delivery process. Basic skills for emergency delivery. |
| IH203 | PUBH | 2204 | Communication, Counselling & Mental Health I | 2 | Human development, communication & counselling for behaviour change. Mental health issues in the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander community. Limitations of current mainstream models of mental health in cross-cultural context. |
| IH205 | PUBH | 2205 | Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health | 2 | Overview of current health status of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, focusing on cultural, social & environmental issues & recent policy initiatives. |
| IH211 | PUBH | 2211 | Understanding Human Sexuality | 2 | Basic concepts regarding sexuality, diversity of sexual identity, common patterns of sexual development. Male & female sexual physiology & function. Behavioural & clinical aspects of sexually-transmitted diseases. Preventive strategies. |
| IH212 | PUBH | 2212 | Managing Change II: Individuals & Groups at Work | 2 | Individual & group behaviour at work. Work values & attitudes. Motivating factors in learning & the workplace. Leadership styles & communication, power & conflict issues at work & in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander culture. |
| IH213 | PUBH | 2210 | Communication, Counselling & Mental Health II | 2 | Continuation of IH203. Specific practical skills in variety of counselling contexts. Practical component. |
| IH214 | PUBH | 2214 | Alcohol & Substance Abuse | 2 | This course assists the student to identify, discuss and critically analyse issues related to alcohol and other drug use by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at an individual, family and community level. Students will be able to apply their kn |
| IH215 | PUBH | 2215 | Health & the Social Sciences - Theory & Practice | 2 | Social Science in indigenous health inequality. Qualitative research methods. Development of analytical & practical skills. |
| IH301 | PUBH | 3301 | Communicable Disease Control | 2 | Transmission & control of communicable disease. Decision-making processes related to prevention & control of infectious disease. |
| IH302 | PUBH | 3302 | Managing Change III: Health Planning & Evaluation | 2 | Community-inclusive development of intervention strategies & methods of evaluation in community health planning. Use of targeted research or surveillance systems. |
| IH303 | PUBH | 3303 | Health & the Environment | 2 | Impact of environmental factors on health. Physical & health program solutions. Interactions between Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander lifestyles & the underlying assumptions implicit in design of housing & urban environments. Exploration of appropriate |
| IH305 | PUBH | 3305 | Applied Research Methods | 2 | This course prepares the students to be able to conduct research in Indigenous communities. Lectures introduce issues relating to research design and implementation, including statistical and epidemiological methods. Weekly tutorials offer practical exe |
| IH311 | PUBH | 3311 | Community Development Project | 8 | Integrated study in the community, collecting and evaluating data on an issue of health significance and developing appropriate intervention in collaboration with community agencies. |
| IH401 | PUBH | 6401 | Research Methods Workshop | 4 | Prepares students for research to be undertaken for dissertation. Qualitative & quantitative research methods at advanced level considered & developed in relation to problems in epidemiology, medical anthropology, parasitology & nutrition. Weekly two-hour |
| IH402 | PUBH | 6402 | Honours Seminar Series | 2 | Weekly two-hour seminar in both the theoretical issues & problems in indigenous primary health care, public health administration, intervention & promotion, & in social & preventive medicine. Students required to present research proposals prior to fieldw |
| IH402 | PUBH | 6403 | Honours Seminar Series | 2 | Weekly two-hour seminar in both the theoretical issues & problems in indigenous primary health care, public health administration, intervention & promotion, & in social & preventive medicine. Students required to present research proposals prior to fieldw |
| IH409 | PUBH | 6409 | Dissertation | 10 | Dissertation provides student with a solid grounding & experience in planning, executing, reporting & presenting an individual field study project as preparation for undertaking subsequent research. Full-time students enrol in PUBH6409; part-time student |
| IH801 | PUBH | 7200 | Issues in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health | 2 | Introduction to major issues currently being addressed in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander health with specific attention given to issues of concern to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities. |