Unit of Study INDG6002 Health and Indigenous Peoples (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

PG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Gnibi College of Indigenous Australian Peoples
Placement

No

Unit description

Raises understanding of Indigenous health issues including: Indigenous concepts and frameworks for health; the negative impact of colonisation on health and wellbeing; cultural safety; and reflection on how to decolonise professional practice. Awareness of best-practice Indigenous health care strategies will be elevated through discussion, critical analysis, and service planning exercises.

Unit content

Module 1 – Contrasting Aboriginal and western Health Perspectives

Module 2 – Colonisation and Health

Module 3 – Social and cultural determinants of health

Module 4 – Cultural Safety

Module 5 – Decolonising your Practice

Module 6 – Working in Indigenous communities

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term1,5	Term1,5
Online	Term1,5	Term1,5

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

discuss key concepts of health and wellbeing as determined by Aboriginal people

identify key stages of the colonisation process and its relationship to the contemporary health status of Australian Indigenous people

analyse the relationship between socio-economic factors and the contemporary health status of Australian Indigenous people

explain how primary health care and/or health promotion enhances the wellbeing of Indigenous people and role of the health professional as an agent of social change

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Short written response	40%
Critical review	60%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Short written response	40%
Critical review	60%

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