MHP205 Primary Health Care: Mental Health 2 (8)
Corequisite: MHP104
Enrolment Restriction: for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students only
This subject examines the principles and practices of community development. It focuses on how to engage and work effectively with communities to build social capital and effective community programs that will assist in improving social and emotional well-being in families and communities. Students are introduced to the important concepts of equity, access, empowerment, community self determination and inter-agency collaboration as well as the social, economic, cultural and political determinants of health. Students undertaking this subject are expected to develop a proposal for a community development mental health program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in a primary health care context.