Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

Faculty of Education and Arts

School: Kurongkurl Katitjin

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• Unit Title

  Indigenous Australians, Cultural Competence and Health

• Unit Code

  IAS1112

• Year

  2015

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  1

• Credit Points

  15

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

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Description

This unit provides students with the opportunity to acquire the skills and knowledge required to engage professionally with Indigenous Australians. Students explore a range of historical, cultural and socio-economic factors that contribute to current interactions between Indigenous people and the Australian health system. A key outcome of the unit will be an enhanced ability to empathise, communicate and work with Indigenous Australians.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded IAS4113

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Demonstrate cultural competence in engaging professionally with Indigenous Australians.
2. Describe Indigenous health in an historical, cultural and socio-economic context.
3. Describe the diversity and continuity of Indigenous cultures within Australia.
4. Identify and describe key aspects of the invasion and colonisation of Australia from 1788 to the present.
5. Identify aspects of cultural competence that apply to non-Indigenous cultural groups.

Unit Content

1. Cultural competence in a professional setting.
2. Indigenous people and health.
3. The diversity and continuity of Indigenous Australian cultures.
4. The invasion, dispossession and colonisation of Indigenous Australia.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, workshops, guest lecturers, community engagement.

Assessment

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 Board of Examiners.

Text References

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• Eckerman, A. K., Dowd, L.T., et al. (2000). Binan Goonj: Bridging cultures in Aboriginal health. Armidale, NSW: University of New England Press.
• Carson, B., Dunbar, T., Chenhall, R., & Bailie, R. (2007). Social determinants of Indigenous health. Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
• Flood, J. (2006). The original Australians: Story of the Aboriginal people. Sydney, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
• Germov, J. (Ed.). (2009). Second opinion: An introduction to health sociology. (4th ed.). South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press.
• Broome, R. (2002). Aboriginal Australians: Black responses to white dominance, 1788-2001. (3rd ed.). Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. Note: Nil
• Moses, A. (Ed.). (2004). Genocide and settler society: Frontier violence and stolen Indigenous children in Australian history. New York, NY: Berghahn Books.
• Willis, E., Smye, V., & Rameka, M. (Eds.). (c2006). Advances in Indigenous health care: Building capacity through cultural safety in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Sydney, NSW: eContent Management.
• Pearson, N. (2009). Up from the mission: Selected writings. Melbourne, VIC: Black Inc.
• Thomson, N., Burns, J., Hardy, A., Krom, I., Stumpers, S., & Urquhart, B. (2008). Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, October 2008. Perth, WA: Australian Indigenous HealthInfonet (accessible at: http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/ouroverview
• Walsh, M. (1997). Cross cultural communication problems in Aboriginal Australia. Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press.

Journal References

• The Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal
• Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin

^ Mandatory reference

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