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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Nursing and Midwifery

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.

  • Unit Title

    Culture and Health

  • Unit Code

    NCS2202

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit provides students with foundational understandings in culture and its implications for health care. Topics such as culture, self and diversity, understanding and valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, cross cultural health and wellness; and migrant health issues will be explored throughout the unit. Additionally, the concept of values and ethical principles within healthcare communities will be introduced.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from NCS1201

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NNT1103, NNT1105, NNT1106, NNT1107

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise social and ethical wellbeing within the context of equity and cultural safety.
  2. Discuss the concept of Indigeneity and critically compare the demography, context and lifestyles of different cultural and indigenous groups'.
  3. Discuss the influence of community, culture and religion in influencing health care practice.
  4. Evaluate the distribution of healthcare resources in relation to healthcare needs and concepts of health and wellbeing.
  5. Explore and describe contemporary Australian Indigenous health services, organisations and issues, and include the socio-cultural factors that impede health care provision.
  6. Justify a position on the influence that globalisation will have on nursing workforce culture.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary Australian Indigenous health services, organisations, issues and provisions.
  2. Frameworks for analysis of context and lifestyles of different cultural groups.
  3. Health, wellness, care, illness and spirituality.
  4. Migrant health issues.
  5. Self & Diversity.
  6. Understanding and valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
  7. What is Culture?

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, E-learning resources.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseCultural Awareness Package10%
EssayQuestion 1 or 240%
ExaminationMulti-choice and short answers50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseCultural Awareness Package10%
EssayQuestion 1 or 240%
ExaminationMulti-choice and short answers50%

Text References

  • ^ Eckermann, A., Dowd,T., Chong, E., Nixon, L., Gray, R., & Johnson, S. (2010). Binan Goonj: Bridging cultures in Aboriginal health (3rd ed.). Sydney: Churchill Livingstone.
  • Willis, E., Reynolds, L., & Keleher, H. (2012). Understanding the Australian healthcare system (2nd ed.). Sydney: Elsevier.
  • Willis, K. & Elmer, S. (2011). Society, culture and health: An introduction to sociology for nurses (2nd ed.). Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press.
  • Wilkinson, R., & Marmot, M. (2003). Social determinants of health: the solid facts (2nd ed.). WHO: Copenhagen
  • Taylor, K., & Guerin, P. (2010). Health care and Indigenous Australians: Cultural safety in practice. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Crisp, J., Taylor, C., Douglas., & Rebeiro, G. (2013). Potter and Perry's fundamentals of nursing. (4th Australian ed.). NSW: Elsevier.
  • Germov, J. (2013). Second opinion: An introduction to health sociology (5th ed.). Victoria: Oxford University Press.
  • Hollins, S. (2009). Religions, culture & healthcare: a practical handbook for use in healthcare environments (2nd ed.). USA: Radcliffe.
  • Sharma, M., & Atri, A. (2010). Essentials of international health. USA: Jones and Bartlett.
  • Stanhope. M., & Lancaster, J. (2012). Public health nursing: Population-centured health care in the community (8th ed.). USA: Mosby: Elsevier.
  • Carson, B., Dunbar, T., Chenhall, R.D., & Baile, R. (Eds.). (2007). Social determinants of Indigenous health. Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin.
  • Andrews, M.M., & Boyle, J.S. (2012). Transcultural concepts in nursing care (6th ed.). Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Journal References

  • Health Promotion Journal of Australia
  • Oceania
  • Contemporary Nurse
  • Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker
  • Aboriginal Health Bulletin
  • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Australian Journal of Rural Health

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

NCS2202|2|1

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Nursing and Midwifery

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.

  • Unit Title

    Culture and Health

  • Unit Code

    NCS2202

  • Year

    2015

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    2

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit provides students with foundational understandings in culture and its implications for health care. Topics such as culture, self and diversity, understanding and valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, cross cultural health and wellness; and migrant health issues will be explored throughout the unit. Additionally, the concept of values and ethical principles within healthcare communities will be introduced.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 1 unit from NCS1201

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded NNT1103, NNT1105, NNT1106, NNT1107

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise social and ethical wellbeing within the context of equity and cultural safety.
  2. Discuss the concept of Indigeneity and critically compare the demography, context and lifestyles of different cultural and indigenous groups'.
  3. Discuss the influence of community, culture and religion in influencing health care practice.
  4. Evaluate the distribution of healthcare resources in relation to healthcare needs and concepts of health and wellbeing.
  5. Explore and describe contemporary Australian Indigenous health services, organisations and issues, and include the socio-cultural factors that impede health care provision.
  6. Justify a position on the influence that globalisation will have on nursing workforce culture.

Unit Content

  1. Contemporary Australian Indigenous health services, organisations, issues and provisions.
  2. Frameworks for analysis of context and lifestyles of different cultural groups.
  3. Health, wellness, care, illness and spirituality.
  4. Migrant health issues.
  5. Self & Diversity.
  6. Understanding and valuing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures.
  7. What is Culture?

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials, E-learning resources.

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.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseCultural Awareness Package10%
EssayEssay Question40%
ExaminationMulti-choice and short answers50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ExerciseCultural Awareness Package10%
EssayEssay Question40%
ExaminationMulti-choice and short answers50%

Text References

  • Andrews, M.M., & Boyle, J.S. (2012). Transcultural concepts in nursing care (6th ed.). Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Taylor, K., & Guerin, P. (2010). Health care and Indigenous Australians: Cultural safety in practice. Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Wilkinson, R., & Marmot, M. (2003). Social determinants of health: the solid facts (2nd ed.). WHO: Copenhagen.
  • Willis, K. & Elmer, S. (2011). Society, culture and health: An introduction to sociology for nurses (2nd ed.). Victoria, Australia: Oxford University Press.
  • Willis, E., Reynolds, L., & Keleher, H. (2012). Understanding the Australian healthcare system (2nd ed.). Sydney: Elsevier.
  • Carson, B., Dunbar, T., Chenhall, R.D., & Baile, R. (Eds.). (2007). Social determinants of Indigenous health. Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin.
  • Crisp, J., Taylor, C., Douglas., & Rebeiro, G. (2013). Potter and Perry's fundamentals of nursing. (4th Australian ed.). NSW: Elsevier.
  • Eckermann, A., Dowd,T., Chong, E., Nixon, L., Gray, R., & Johnson, S. (2010). Binan Goonj: Bridging cultures in Aboriginal health (3rd ed.). Sydney: Churchill Livingstone.
  • Germov, J. (2013). Second opinion: An introduction to health sociology (5th ed.). Victoria: Oxford University Press.
  • Hollins, S. (2009). Religions, culture & healthcare: a practical handbook for use in healthcare environments (2nd ed.). USA: Radcliffe.
  • Holland, K., & Hogg, C. (2010). Cultural awareness in nursing and health care: an introductory text. London: Hodder Arnold.
  • Sharma, M., & Atri, A. (2010). Essentials of international health. USA: Jones and Bartlett.
  • Stanhope. M., & Lancaster, J. (2012). Public health nursing: Population-centured health care in the community (8th ed.). USA: Mosby: Elsevier.

Journal References

  • Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
  • American Journal of Public Health
  • Aboriginal Health Bulletin
  • Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker
  • Australian Journal of Rural Health
  • Oceania
  • Health Promotion Journal of Australia
  • Contemporary Nurse

Website References

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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