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MIDW219 Women's Health: Sociopolitical Context

10 cp
Prerequisites MIDW127 Beginning the Journey
Teaching Organisation 150 hours of focused learning.

This unit will provide students with an opportunity to debate sociopolitical aspects of women’s health through the lifespan in the context of the Australian health care system. The concepts of identity, culture, racism and cultural safety are addressed from a holistic perspective with a specific focus on Indigenous Australians. Women’s sexual and reproductive health will be considered in terms of the nature of women’s lives, socioeconomic and cultural differences, and the provision of health services. The focus of this exploration will be the paradoxical relationship between gender and health and the use of health services, as well as an examination of women’s experiences as the recipients of health care, particularly in the context of socioeconomic and cultural difference. The politics of women’s health in relation to poverty, social class, ethnicity, body image, sexual orientation, rape, incest, pornography, violence, genital mutilation and fertility treatments will be considered. Conceptual frameworks for practice that address the complexity of women’s health and reflect contemporary views of midwifery practice will be debated.

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