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The Context of the Health and Community Services

Undergraduate | UNE-HLTH104 | 2022

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Come to understand how health and community services can help disadvantaged individuals, groups, communities and regions.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
16 weeks

FEE-HELP available

The Context of the Health and Community Services

About this subject

  • Upon completion of this subject, students will be able to:

    1. describe and explain the structure and function of the health and community service systems and explain how these influence organisational roles, responsibilities and practices;
    2. explore how the social determinants of health impact on the health and well-being outcomes of diverse groups, and discuss how the health and community services systems seek to address these;
    3. compare and contrast the perspectives of stakeholders in health and social care; and
    4. explain how core concepts in health and social care and stakeholder perspectives shape and change the context of health and community services.

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Additional requirements

  • Equipment requirements - Headphones or speakers (required to listen to lectures and other media) Headset, including microphone (highly recommended) Webcam (may be required for participation in virtual classrooms and/or media presentations).
  • Software requirements - Please refer students to link for requirements: http://www.une.edu.au/current-students/support/it-services/hardware It is essential for students to have reliable internet access in order to participate in and complete your units, regardless of whether they contain an on campus attendance or intensive school component.
  • Other requirements -

    Textbook requirements:

    Textbook information is not available until approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the Teaching period.

    Students are expected to purchase prescribed material.

    Textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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