Reproductive Health and Rights

Subject WOHT90008 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

Semester 1, Hawthorn - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Semester 2, Hawthorn - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable

Intensive. See www.mccp.unimelb.edu.au for delivery details

Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here.
Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 36 hours of lectures/seminars/tutorials in the intensive period, supported by additional preliminary tutorials to a maximum of ten hours.
Total Time Commitment: Estimated total time commitment of 120 hours.
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
Recommended Background Knowledge: None
Non Allowed Subjects: None
Core Participation Requirements: For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry.
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Contact

Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs

Level 3, 442 Auburn Rd Hawthorn

Phone: 9810 3300

Email: mccp.enquiries@mccp.unimelb.edu.au

Subject Overview:

This unit explores the current debates on reproductive health and reproductive rights. Topics include:

Whose rights? Individual versus state: An overview; Family planning and issues of spacing: Global and local agendas; Social and psychological issues in infertility; New reproductive technologies: Access and ethical issues; Body and self; Reproductive health and minority groups (indigenous and migrant groups); Reproductive rights and the intellectually disabled: Policies and program issues; Cross cultural issues in reproductive rights: Case studies; Negotiation and advocacy of reproductive rights.
Objectives:

Students who successfully complete this unit should appraise critically the issues in the provision of reproductive health within the context of culture, age, stage in the life cycle, marital status, economic conditions, religious and ethnic identity and social circumstances.
Assessment: Class paper and written assignments totalling 4,000 words
Prescribed Texts: NA
Recommended Texts: Course materials are provided to all participants
Breadth Options:

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.
Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

Students who successfully complete this subject should :

  • have a critical understanding of the various theoretical explanations of women’s higher rates of certain physical and mental health problems
  • comprehend a gendered, social determinants model of health
  • appraise critically the research evidence on the role of culture, poverty, violence and unpaid caring work in women’s health status
  • communicate in written and oral form an advanced capacity for independent critical thought and self-directed learning
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    Links to further information: www.mccp.unimelb.edu.au
    Related Course(s): Master of Women's Health
    Postgraduate Diploma in Women's Health

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