Course overview
This course will provide a historical and cultural background that will inform an understanding of the health issues facing this population and the contribution that nurses can provide in primary and acute health care.
Course learning outcomes
- Identify historical, socio-cultural and economic determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' health, cross cultural communication, primary health care and rural and remote issues
- Acquire an understanding the Community Controlled Health Service and strategies for delivering effective health care services
- Describe the role of government and non -government organisations, initiatives and laws on provision of health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Demonstrate an understanding of cultural safety issues related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Examine the prevalence of mental health ad grief and loss in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islandercommunities
- Map the patient's journey and suggest improvements to the role of health care systems in the provision of care in rural and remote communities
- Examine in detail chronic disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islandercommunities including the impact of ATOD and identify how you as a nurse could respond to the issues surrounding their care
- Critique previous Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanderhealth strategies
- Examine mechanisms of injury within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population