units

SRH5005

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 22 December 2024
Monash University

Postgraduate - Unit

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

print version

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Refer to the specific census and withdrawal dates for the semester(s) in which this unit is offered.

LevelPostgraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational UnitSchool of Rural Health
OfferedMoe Second semester 2015 (Online)
Coordinator(s)TBA

Synopsis

This unit explores the context in which drug use and drug management occur in rural areas of Australia. The unit introduces students to current, and at times contentious, debates in the alcohol and other drug field and examines responses to these issues in the community and in services in rural areas. Students are encouraged to critically appraise drug issues and apply these understandings to particular rural communities. Core topics explore: historical context of drug issues; theories of addiction; current drug policies in Australia; the cultural context of drugs and alcohol; drug use in rural Australia; drug services in rural areas; co-morbidity and dual diagnosis.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. understand current issues facing AoD users AoD service providers in rural areas;
  2. gain a basic knowledge of national, community-based, and specialist interventions to reduce AoD related harm in rural Australia
  3. reflect on the ways that social factors (e.g. historical, cultural, policy factors) influence AoD use and service provision in rural areas;
  4. be aware of theories and understandings of drug use and addiction in rural areas; and
  5. apply these understandings on AoD issues to drug use and drug services in particular local areas.

Assessment

Discussion group forum (30%)
Short critique (30%)
Essay (40%)

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Angelo D'Amore

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Rural health