CRH1009

Rural women0s health

(MED)

Associate Professor E Duffy

Distance + First/second semester

Synopsis: Topics include rural women0s health - a background; feminist theorising and critique - a context for women0s health; women0s health policy; women0s health data base - epidemiology and information; ethical thinking and theorising; women0s bodies - culture, food hunger and transformation; disease prevention, early detection and screening issues in women0s health; life-span approaches to women0s health issues (adolescent health, adult women, older women); women and violence (aboriginal women and domestic violence); conclusion - women0s health in rural and remote areas - reaching out.

Assessment: Written assignments + Journals + Teleconference participation