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School: Arts and Humanities

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

    Community Health and Well-being

  • Unit Code

    SWK2114

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit examines community health and well-being from a socio-ecological perspective with a focus on Australia's rural and remote health. It will explore the major theoretical approaches to health and well-being, including individual responsibility, public health and critical perspectives. The unit will also examine the various responses that can be undertaken by social workers working in the community health area, encompassing primary health care and mental health.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the politics of health services in rural, regional and remote areas.
  2. Describe the construction of ill health as a physiological, social and psychological experience.
  3. Describe the major theoretical approaches to health and well-being for individuals and their communities.
  4. Discuss frameworks and methods of primary health care health intervention.
  5. Identify the impact of ill health on individual, familial, community and social functioning.
  6. Identify the social and economic determinants of health, illness and disability.

Unit Content

  1. Allied and community based health service.
  2. An historical, global and cultural perspective on community health.
  3. Community health care/services in Australia.
  4. Developmental and biological constructions and theories of primary health care.
  5. Rural peoples health.
  6. Service delivery issues for working in community health area.
  7. Socio-ecological approaches to health and well-being.
  8. Socio-political determinants of health, illness and disability.
  9. Socio-political origins of health inequalities.
  10. Study of specific illnesses physical and mental.
  11. The medial model of health and illness.
  12. Theories of health and illness.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Readings, online learning activities, lectures and tutorials, discussion groups and audiovisual 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
AssignmentTheory paper40%
PresentationIn class presentation30%
ExaminationExam30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentTheory paper40%
PosterPoster with Annotations30%
ExaminationExam30%

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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School: Arts and Humanities

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

    Community Health and Well-being

  • Unit Code

    SWK2114

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit examines community health and well-being from a socio-ecological perspective with a focus on Australia's rural and remote health. It will explore the major theoretical approaches to health and well-being, including social determinants of health, individual responsibility, and critical perspectives. The unit will also examine the various responses that can be undertaken by social workers working in the community health area.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse the politics of health services in rural, regional and remote areas.
  2. Describe the construction of ill health as a physiological, social and psychological experience.
  3. Describe the major theoretical approaches to health and well-being for individuals and their communities.
  4. Discuss frameworks and methods of primary health care health intervention.
  5. Identify the impact of ill health on individual, familial, community and social functioning.
  6. Identify the social and economic determinants of health, illness and disability.

Unit Content

  1. Social determinants of health, illness and well-being
  2. Social inequalities in rural and regional areas
  3. Community health care/services in Australia.
  4. Social work response to health, illness and wellbeing.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Readings, online learning activities, lectures and tutorials, discussion groups and audiovisual 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
AssignmentTheory paper40%
EssayTopic paper60%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentTheory paper40%
EssayTopic paper60%

Text References

  • Cohen, L., Chávez, V., & Chehimi, S. (2007). Prevention is primary: Strategies for community well-being. (1st ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
  • Dziegielewski, S. F. (2013). The changing face of health care social work: Opportunities and challenges for professional practice. (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company, LLC.
  • Keleher, H., & MacDougall, C. (Eds.). (2011). Understanding health. (3rd ed.). Australia and New Zealand: Oxford University Press.
  • Liamputtong, P., Fanany, R., & Verrinder, G. (Eds.). (2012). Health, illness and well-being: Perspectives and social determinants. South Melbourne, Australia: Oxford University Press.
  • Lin, V., Smith, J., & Fawkes, S. (2014). Public health practice in Australia: The organised effort. (2nd ed.). Crows Nest, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
  • McMurray, A., Clendon, J., & Ebook Library. (2015). Community health and wellness primary health care in practice. (5th ed.). Sydney, Australia: Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier.

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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