HNN773 - Healthcare Management of Vulnerable Populations
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Kinga Pemo |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Must be enrolled in one of the following courses: A590, H522, H568, H569, H575, H645, H665, H666, H667, H668, H669, H672, H675, H771, H777. |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 3 x 1 hour online seminars (recordings provided) |
Content
This unit focuses on specific clinical assessment strategies and tools to address health issues for vulnerable populations in areas of armed conflict, post war contexts, natural disaster areas and other low resource and complex environments. The unit will prepare students to assess and develop management strategies to care for vulnerable populations including women (who are pregnant or of childbearing age), children, people vulnerable to violence (including sexual or gender-based violence (SGBV), older people and people living with disabilities, mental illness and chronic diseases, such as HIV, heart failure and diabetes.
The unit builds on evidence-based research in health to address key issues related to restoration of emergency and essential health services for trauma, infectious diseases, reproductive health (antenatal, postnatal and acute newborn care), chronic disease and emergency mental health. The storage and distribution of life-saving and essential medicines and supplies; management of early warning surveillance and response systems for disease outbreak; protection of health assets, infection control in health care facilities including medical waste management and public risk communication will also be critically discussed.
This unit covers comprehensive perspectives of physical, psychological, cultural, social and environmental factors affecting people experiencing disaster and those in low resource complex environments.
The unit is guided by the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Framework of Disaster Nursing Competencies, the Sphere Health Standards, and evidence from organisations in the humanitarian sector, including WHO, Australasian Red Cross and Save the Children.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Demonstrate understanding of the role of health professionals assessing health and safety risks in relation to vulnerable populations in low resource and complex environments in local, cultural, political, social and environmental contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Develop and manage an appropriate response plan focusing on community support and mobilisation and health service management for people with mental and psychosocial support needs, chronic or infectious disease and people exposed to violence and/or exclusion in humanitarian contexts. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Apply creative, practical, and safe assessment strategies to address population health needs, including maternal health, chronic disease, mental and psychosocial health and disability in low resource and complex environments where political, cultural, social and environmental factors impact health in low resource and complex environments. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Develop strategies to evaluate health program outcomes to ensure sustainable plans for long-term care needs and recovery in population health including maternal health, chronic disease, mental and psychosocial health; and people vulnerable to violence and/or exclusion based on cultural, sexual, social, environmental context or political preferences. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Build professional and personal capacity in terms of clinical, psychological, cultural and social knowledge and assessment skills required to work as a health professional caring for vulnerable populations in low resource and complex health environments. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Written assignment | 2000 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 2: Written assignment | 3000 words | 60% |
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The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HNN773 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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