Year
2020
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 60-minute tutorial fortnightly
1 x 60-minute on-line tutorial fortnightly
Prerequisites
1 NURS8822 - Primary Health Care for Child and Family Health Nursing
1a NURS8720 - Primary Health Care Constructs and Contexts
Must Satisfy: ((1 or 1a))
Assessment
Assignments
Topic description
In this topic students will develop comprehensive knowledge and skills on how to affect social and behavioural change to improve the health of infants' children and families within communities.
Educational aims
To develop comprehensive knowledge and skills on how to affect social and behavioural change to improve the health of infants children and families within communities.
Expected learning outcomes
On successful completion of this topic students will be able to:

  • Articulate the factors that shape infants and children's capacity to develop social, human, economic and cultural 'capital' within communities

  • Conduct a needs assessment within a community

  • Apply epidemiological principles to determine risks for infants and children within communities

  • Design programs for children and families