OCC304 Enabling Strategies: Working with Communities (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Allied Health (ALHEA)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject focuses on participatory ways in which occupational therapists work collaboratively with members of diverse communities. It moves beyond individualistic approaches to health and examines the concepts within public health, primary health, health promotion and community development. Regional, state, national and international perspectives and policies relating to health and wellbeing are explored and students are asked to consider how these perspectives impact on the particular needs of 'at risk' populations.
To engage in this subject effectively, students should be able to demonstrate use of the occupational therapy reasoning process at a novice level; identify and discuss the use of a range of occupation-based models and other relevant frames of reference; describe and justify assessment choices appropriate to occupational therapy practice; plan and implement a range of assessments appropriate to occupational therapy practice; and write negotiated occupation focused and person-centred goals and intervention plans.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: OCC304
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Students must be enrolled in Bachelor of Occupational Therapy or Bachelor of Occupational Therapy(Honours)
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to:
- explain the principles of occupation-centred service delivery in diverse communities;
- apply occupation-centred approaches to the needs of diverse communities, considering attitudes to discrimination, experimentation, risk and human rights;
- outline regional, national and international political agendas, which inform current development in rural and urban health and wellness programs;
- demonstrate skills in assessing the health and wellbeing needs of identified communities;
- demonstrate skills in the evaluation of programs aimed at improving health and wellbeing.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Occupation-centred service delivery in diverse communities - Education sessions by groups under-served by mainstream services (e.g. transgender and bisexual people; people living with HIV & AIDS; refugees; people living with substance abuse) - Social model of health - The international primary health care movement - The politics of health care - Need assessment - Community profiles and consultation - Program development and delivery
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.