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Population Health and Indigenous Health
UAC Code 757648
Students must complete at least 72 credit points in the Population Health major and at least 72 credit points in the Indigenous Health major for a total of at least 144 credit points.
This double major in Population Health and Indigenous Health provides an opportunity for students undertaking the Population Health major to complete a second major in Indigenous Health. An in-depth understanding of Indigenous Health issues and the development of public health programs that are appropriate for indigenous Australians is important for those working in public health generally. The health of Aboriginal people is a major challenge for public health in Australia. The Population Health program offers Indigenous Health program students with an interest in working in the Aboriginal community additional skills in epidemiology, evidence-based approaches, project managements, and health promotion.
Entry Requirements / Assumed Knowledge
Domestic school leavers are assumed to have completed at least 2 units of English at HSC level.
International students are required to have achieved and IELTS score of 6.5 with at least 6.0 in reading, writing, listening and speaking
Alternative pathways exist for mature age domestic students.
Course Program
100 level | |||
Population Health - Current Health Issues & and Their Determinants |
Autumn |
6 | |
Human Growth Nutrition and Exercise |
Autumn |
6 | |
Introduction to Aboriginal Australia (or Spring for students undertaking EDUF111) |
Autumn |
6 | |
Effective Communication in Health Care Relationships |
Autumn |
6 | |
Introduction to the Concepts & Practice of Statistics |
Spring |
6 | |
Introduction to Health Behaviour Change |
Spring |
6 | |
Plus 12 credit points of elective subjects chosen with advice of Indigenous Health coordinator. | |||
Students considering Graduate Diploma in Education should complete-:- | |||
Education I |
Autumn |
6 | |
Education II |
Spring |
6 | |
200 level | |||
Contemporary Population Health Issues |
Autumn |
6 | |
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles |
Autumn |
6 | |
Aboriginal History Since Invasion |
Autumn |
8 | |
Health Policy and Service Structure |
Spring |
6 | |
Epidemiology |
Spring |
6 | |
And either | |||
Functional Community Structures |
Autumn |
6 | |
or | |||
Current Services in Aboriginal Health |
Autumn |
6 | |
plus |
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Social Science Perspectives on Health and Illness |
Spring |
6 | |
Comparative Indigenous Health Issues |
Spring |
6 | |
300 level | |||
Project and program design, management and evaluation |
Autumn |
8 | |
Analysis and interpretation of evidence |
Autumn |
8 | |
Research in Indigenous Health |
Autumn |
6 | |
Population health project B |
Spring |
8 | |
Indigenous Health Issues |
Spring |
8 | |
Indigenous Theories of De-colonisation |
Spring |
8 | |
Plus one of the following subjects:- | |||
Health and Human Ecology |
Spring |
6 | |
Community Health Development: Theory, Research and Practice |
Spring |
6 | |
