Aboriginal Health & Wellbeing - PHCMSS9043
Stream Summary
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine
School: School of Public Health and Community Medicine
Contact: postgrad-sphcm@unsw.edu.au
Program: 9043 - Int Pub Health/Pub Health
Award(s):
Master of Public Health (Specialisation)
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Stream Outline
Who should do this stream?
This stream is targeted for public health students with an interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health generally and for those seeking to enhance the capacity of the primary health care, public health, allied health, community development and the broader sector workforce to cohesively address the physical, psychosocial, cultural and environmental determinants of health and wellbeing of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
The Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing stream is available to students enrolled in the dual 9043 Master of International Public Health/Master of Public Health Program.
This stream is targeted for public health students with an interest in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health generally and for those seeking to enhance the capacity of the primary health care, public health, allied health, community development and the broader sector workforce to cohesively address the physical, psychosocial, cultural and environmental determinants of health and wellbeing of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
The Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing stream is available to students enrolled in the dual 9043 Master of International Public Health/Master of Public Health Program.
Stream Structure
Students must complete 72 units of credit as follows:
- Four core courses (24 UOC)
- Three International health electives (18 UOC)
- Any SPHCM elective (6 UOC)
PLUS
Specialisation Requirement courses (24 UOC):
Two stream defining courses (12 UOC)
Specialisation Requirement courses (24 UOC):
Two stream defining courses (12 UOC)
and
Two courses from recommended Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing-related electives (12 UOC)
Two courses from recommended Aboriginal Health and Wellbeing-related electives (12 UOC)
- PHCM9010 Community Development (6 UOC)
- PHCM9050 Immunisation Policy & Practice (6 UOC)
- PHCM9108 Program Design & Evaluation (6 UOC)
- PHCM9120 Qualitative Research Methods (6 UOC)
- PHCM9129 Prevent & Manag Chronic Dis (6 UOC)
- PHCM9132 Applied Research Methods: PH (6 UOC)
- PHCM9331 Ethics and Law in PH (6 UOC)
- PHCM9381 Policy Studies (6 UOC)
- PHCM9440 Economic Evaluation in HC (6 UOC)
- PHCM9471 Comparative H'lth Care Systems (6 UOC)
- PHCM9604 Tobacco, Alcohol and Illicit (6 UOC)
- PHCM9606 Reprod, Matern & Child Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9612 Environmental Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9615 Principles & Practice of PHC (6 UOC)
- PHCM9622 The Global HIV Epidemic (6 UOC)
- PHCM9626 Inequalities and Health (6 UOC)
- PHCM9628 Health Impact Assessment (6 UOC)
- PHCM9662 Health Aspects of Crises (6 UOC)
- PHCM9701 Health Leadership (6 UOC)
- PHCM9782 Infectious Diseases (6 UOC)
Stream Convenor
Dr Rob Menzies
Tel: +61 (2) 9385 3480
Email: r.menzies@unsw.edu.au
Telphia-Leanne Joseph
Tel: +61 (2) 9385 3197
Email:t.joseph@unsw.edu.au
Tel: +61 (2) 9385 3480
Email: r.menzies@unsw.edu.au
Telphia-Leanne Joseph
Tel: +61 (2) 9385 3197
Email:t.joseph@unsw.edu.au
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