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Community Development - PHCM9010
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Course Outline: See Course Outline
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 0
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

This course explores the meaning and conceptual frameworks of community development as an approach to improving the health of individuals and the broader community. It also facilitates exploration of the fundamental components of community development, such as needs assessment, empowerment, and evaluation. Case examples are extensively used to explore theories and models in practice and to highlight and reflect on the issues and dilemmas faced in community development work. This Course is useful for community workers, researchers, policy officers/managers, health service administrators/managers, educators or clinicians. For those with field experience, this course will provide a strong theoretical basis and will hopefully introduce some new practice tools. For those with little or no field experience, it provides a good mix of theories, models, practical examples and tools to introduce this exciting approach to improving health.

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