Indigenous Community Health Courses

Introduction

The Indigenous Community Health Program offers an innovative combination of contemporary health practices and traditional Indigenous Australian healing techniques. Graduates are making significant contributions towards strengthening and empowering their own and other communities.

Available Courses

Associate Degree in Indigenous Community Health

This course provides Indigenous students with the skills and knowledge necessary to work in policy and planning, health promotion and project management in the Indigenous health industry.

Read the Curtin Courses Handbook entry for the Associate Degree in Indigenous Community Health

Bachelor of Applied Science in Indigenous Community Health

This course provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary to empower and strengthen the well being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities through an holistic, multi-disciplinary approach that encompasses Indigenous healing traditions.

Read the Curtin Courses Handbook entry for the Bachelor of Applied Science in Indigenous Health

Bachelor of Applied Science in Indigenous Community Health (Honours)

This course provides an opportunity for suitably qualified graduate students to undertake a dissertation based program in the field of Indigenous Community Health. The course focuses on Indigenous knowledge and research methodologies and emphasises multidisciplinary approaches to analyse topics of relevance to Indigenous people.

Read the Curtin Courses Handbook entry for the Bachelor of Applied Science in Indigenous Health (Honours)

Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Health Promotion

This course is designed to enhance the skills of Indigenous graduates with a responsibility for health promotion as part of their employment in Indigenous health. Students enrolling in the course may currently be working in Indigenous health, education or related areas.

Read the Curtin Courses Handbook entry for the Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Health Program

Program focus and objectives

The program addresses five areas of study:

Indigenous Terms of Reference;
Community Development;
Personal and Professional Development;
Resourcing Families; and
Primary Health Care Practices.

The program aims to enable students to:

contribute to Indigenous self-determination and empowerment;
develop the knowledge and competence required by Indigenous people to assume self health care roles;
assist and encourage Indigenous people in community development;
promote and apply Indigenous knowledge and ways of working to health care;
provide holistic health care frameworks to Indigenous people.

Block Release

All courses are offered on a full-time, block release basis. Students must attend four two-week compulsory study blocks per year (that is, they must obtain employer support to attend two weeks of classes four times a year).

Program staff visit students in their workplace or community up to twice a semester to:

revise concepts and skills covered in blocks;
plan individual learning paths;
discuss project activities;
discuss the students' issues and concerns;
assess the students' competence in workplace and/or community; and
meet with employers (or other relevant people) to answer any questions they have about the course.

Tutors

Students are encouraged to work regularly with tutors from their area on study tasks and exercises.

Enquiries

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