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HLSC120 Society, Culture and Health

10 cp
Prerequisites Nil
Teaching Organisation 150 hours of focused learning.

In this interprofessional unit students will be introduced to changes in contemporary Australian society, culture and health that have been influenced by globalisation. The consequential increasing cultural diversity in society challenges the organisation and provision of health care in Australia. Students will explore how understandings of health and illness are constructed within diverse cultures in contrast with bio-medical constructions of health and illness. Factors that shape distribution and ownership of resources and how they influence the maintenance of health by individuals and groups within society will also be explored. The social-historical-political context and related health issues of vulnerable people in marginalised social groups are a special focus of this unit, with particular attention to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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