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Primary Health Care, Jamkhed, India (POPH90137)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2021
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The Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP) in Jamkhed, India has won global acclaim and provided inspiration for the seminal Declaration of Alma Ata (1978). It remains one of the world’s most influential and innovative comprehensive community health and development programs. In this 3 week residential subject, students will learn about the Jamkhed Model while living in the resource-poor context of central Maharashtra, India. Students will engage with and critically analyse the Jamkhed approach to community health and development via: field visits to villages and project sites; seminars and discussions with project staff, lay volunteers, local health and development professionals and researchers; and interactive observations and teaching with university staff.
Students of this subject will gain a thorough understanding of the context and history of comprehensive primary health care as a movement, and its applications within the Indian context. Students will acquire detailed knowledge of how the CRHP has applied a community-based, integrated multi-sectoral action, utilising a deep understanding of local culture and needs to address a wide range of issues. These include mortality and morbidity, poverty, gender inequity, and water and sanitation. Students will learn how to apply these principles in the design of programs seeking to address a variety of global health problems and contexts. Enrolment in this subject requires direct application to The Nossal Institute for Global Health, please proceed to the Nossal Institute website for further information and access to online application at http://go.unimelb.edu.au/mom6
Intended learning outcomes
- Evaluate health organisations and systems utilising the principles of community-based primary health care as a framework;
- Analyse the role of participatory approaches in identifying and addressing health needs;
- Analyse the socio-cultural, economic and political determinants of health in rural India;
- Evaluate the Comprehensive Rural Health Project's culturally embedded, multi-sectoral approach to health programming;
- Apply the Jamkhed model of community-based health programming to other global health settings.
Generic skills
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Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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POPH90131 | Primary Health Care and Global Health | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Active participation in class discussions and group work over the three weeks, with a particular focus on the group work that contributes to development of the group project proposal (which is subsequently presented) | From Week 1 to Week 3 | 10% |
Presentation of group project proposal: 20 minutes, 5-6 group members, marked as a group
| End of the teaching period | 10% |
Written reflection due 3 weeks after final day of Teaching
| During the assessment period | 20% |
Essay due six weeks after the final day of teaching.
| End of the assessment period | 60% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Quotas apply to this subject
Dates & times
Not available in 2021
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
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Recommended texts and other resources
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- Subject notes
Special Note: This is a quota subject with limited places available. Students must contact the Nossal Institute directly for approval to enrol. Students are responsible for the cost of airfares, visas and insurance and to pay the Nossal Institute, prior to travel, the additional costs of field trips, accommodation and food at Jamkhed (contact Ms Shakiba Akbari for details: shakiba.akbari@unimelb.edu.au or tel 8433 3404).
- Off-campus study
This subject has an overseas component
This subject is delivered in partnership with the Comprehensive Rural Health Project (CRHP), Jamkhed India. It is a 3-week residential course in India that includes lectures, small group activities and field trips (approximately 80+ contact hours).
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Public Health Informal specialisation Global Health Informal specialisation 150 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Major Development Major Public Health Informal specialisation 200 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Informal specialisation 100 Point Master of Development Studies (Gender & Development) Major Development Major Environment and Public Health Major Tailored Specialisation Major Tailored Specialisation Major Tailored Specialisation - Links to additional information
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
You must provide your acceptance letter from the Nossal Institute in your online application
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022