NS1220 - Primary Health Care
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | National Priority Band |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition |
Available to level 1 students enrolled in the BNSc.
This subject focuses on the principles of primary health care and health promotion within a global, international and national context.
Learning Outcomes
- appreciate the importance of social and economic factors in the provision of appropriate health care;
- critically appraise the potential of primary health care in health care developments of the future;
- describe the concepts of modern primary health care and apply them to a wide range of settings and groups;
- describe the principles of health promotion and outline strategies suitable for selected health issues in the communities;
- discuss the role of nurses, other health professionals and professionals from outside the health sector in health care planning and delivery within the primary health care framework.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | NS3111 and NS3222 and NS3420 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Irmgard Bauer |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%). |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Irmgard Bauer |
| Method of Delivery: | Printed materials |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); assignments (60%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Irmgard Bauer |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%). |
| Mount Isa, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Irmgard Bauer |
| Lecturer: | Mrs Elspeth Wood. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%). |
| Thursday Isl, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 31-Aug-2007 | |
| Coordinator: | Dr Irmgard Bauer |
| Lecturer: | jc157509. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); presentations (20%); assignments (40%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.