HS2401:03
Rural and Remote Primary and Public Health Care
Townsville
Prerequisites: TM1401
26 lectures, 7.5 hours tutorials. Second semester.
Available to all students enrolled in the Occupational Therapy, Pharmacy programs. Also available to students in other programs through negotiation with the Head of School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.
The epidemiological and demographic transition. Introduction to the historical, political and population health conditions which have shaped the evolving perception of “public health”. The conditions which have given rise to the primary health care philosophy. The elements of rural and remote primary health care. The “old” and “new” public health. The practice of rural and remote primary and public health. Critiques of primary health. Rural and remote primary and public health roles of health professions and clinical settings. Case studies of primary health care. Evaluating access and appropriateness in the Australian setting. Issues in traditional and contemporary Indigenous Australian society. Strategies that promote effective cross-cultural communication.
Learning Objectives:
- describe the principles of rural and remote primary health care;
- describe the elements of rural and remote primary health care;
- identify ways in which primary health care and public health are relevant to the students’ professional discipline;
- identify “old” and “new” public health models;
- describe the epidemiological and demographic transition;
- discuss ways in which the epidemiological and demographic transition have influenced and necessitated the re-evaluation of public health;
- analyse issues relevant to primary health care, including the Indigenous Australian context;
- analyse how clinical practice can add public health value and reform towards a primary health care focus;
- develop skills for effective cross-cultural communication.
Assessment by mid-semester examination (20%); final examination (50%); project (30%).
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