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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.
This unit focuses on the impact that culture, ethnicity, socio-economic status and language can have on health and wellbeing. Students will develop an understanding of the roles of history, power, privilege, and structural inequality in producing health inequities. Strategies will also be identified that promote effective cross-cultural public health services and practice that meet the needs and preferences of diverse population groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Unit was previously coded HST5602
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Lectures, investigative case studies, small group discussions and problem solving, reflective exercises, brainstorming to generate ideas, and guest presentations. Audiovisual material is used to stimulate small group and class discussions, and to consolidate students’ ability to apply concepts and theories in understanding patterns of health and illness across culturally diverse population groups. E-learning activities are provided to engage online and on-campus students and connect unit content to broader contemporary issues.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Social determinants of wellbeing in a marginalised population group | 20% |
| Presentation | Culture and health individual presentation | 40% |
| Examination | End-of-semester exam | 40% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Social determinants of wellbeing in a marginalised population group | 20% |
| Presentation | Culture and health individual presentation | 40% |
| Examination | End-of-semester examination | 40% |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.
Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.
This unit focuses on the impact that culture, ethnicity, socio-economic status and language can have on health and wellbeing. Students will develop an understanding of the roles of history, power, privilege, and structural inequality in producing health inequities. Strategies will also be identified that promote effective cross-cultural public health services and practice that meet the needs and preferences of diverse population groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Unit was previously coded HST5602
On completion of this unit students should be able to:
Lectures, investigative case studies, small group discussions and problem solving, reflective exercises, brainstorming to generate ideas, and guest presentations. Audiovisual material is used to stimulate small group and class discussions, and to consolidate students’ ability to apply concepts and theories in understanding patterns of health and illness across culturally diverse population groups. E-learning activities are provided to engage online and on-campus students and connect unit content to broader contemporary issues.
GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units
Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Social determinants of wellbeing in a marginalised population group | 20% |
| Presentation | Culture and health individual presentation | 40% |
| Examination | End-of-semester exam | 40% |
| Type | Description | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Social determinants of wellbeing in a marginalised population group | 20% |
| Presentation | Culture and health individual presentation | 40% |
| Examination | End-of-semester examination | 40% |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.
Breaches of academic integrity can include:
Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).
Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).
Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.
Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.
Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.
ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.
All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.
In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.
Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.
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