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SRH5005

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 25 November 2024

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Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

School of Rural Health

Coordinator(s)

TBA

Offered

Moe

  • Second semester 2016 (Online)

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