MsMarei Witjes

This interdisciplinary unit examines the complex range of interactions that influence the health of individuals and populations through a determinants approach to health and wellbeing, highlighting Indigenous perspectives and other priority populations. This includes a range of determinants of health related to selected health issues in urban and rural Australia, as well as in global contexts. Topics include: determinants of health including social, cultural, environmental, and biological risk and protective factors; approaches to health including inclusive practice, health promotion and settings for health promotion; and local and global health care systems and policy framework

The unit introduces students to the sociological study of everyday life, and the concepts and theories used by sociologists to analyse contemporary social issues and social change. Students will learn to apply the sociological imagination to areas such as health, family, youth, social movements, racism, crime, religion and sport. As part of this inquiry, this unit explores the role that race, gender, education, geographic location, age, culture, identity, and other structural factors play in shaping individual and communal life.