Women’s and Children’s Health (PHCM3004)

Course outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. demonstrate an understanding of historical developments in global initiatives to reduce maternal and child mortality
2. discuss the importance of women’s and children’s health in the international context drawing on key theoretical approaches
3. interpret relevant data and key indicators describing the health status of women and children in a population
4. outline the leading causes of death and morbidity among mothers, newborns and children under-five globally and nationally, including differences between Australia, the United States or England and low-middle income countries
5. identify the key stakeholders and organisations and agencies that impact on women’s and children’s health internationally
6. describe the determinants of health that influence women’s and children’s health status during the life course with reference to the continuum of care and the challenges to reducing women and child mortality and morbidity in resource-poor settings
7. examine assumptions inherent in cultural practices affecting women’s and children’s health
8. appraise current public health strategies addressing poor health outcomes for women and children internationally
9. reflect on the women’s and children’s health priorities in the Sustainable Development Goals, and think critically and creatively about how to reduce maternal and child mortality and morbidity and to advance women’s and children’s health by 2030.