Cultural and Social Diversity in Health Care

Assessment 1: Case studies x2. Weighting: 50% and word count: 1000 words each case study.

This assessment task requires the completion of two (2) case studies. Students need to choose a different cultural group for each case study and in the construction of each case study.

(Culture is a term not restricted to ethnicity but is inclusive of broader distinctions of difference and diversity related to gender, social class, age, disability, sexual orientation and other groupings of people).

They are to consider and address the following:


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Assessment 2: Essay weighting: 50%, words count: 2000 words


And two of which needs to be Chinese-australian, remember both are Australians.

1. Current and historical events and how they have impacted on known risk factors in each cultural group
2. How health care policies and service provision have influenced health outcomes for each cultural group

Please use APA 6 edition referencing style.

Reading materials:
Saggers, S., Walter, M., & Gray, D. (2011). Culture, history and health. In R. Thackrah, K. Scott & J. Winch (Eds.), Indigenous Australian health and cultures: An introduction for health professionals (pp. 1-21). Frenchs Forest, Australia: Pearson Australia.

Cotter, P. R., Condon, J. R., Barnes, T., Anderson, I. P. S., Smith, L. R., & Cunningham, T. (2012). Do Indigenous Australians age prematurely? The implications of life expectancy and health conditions of older Indigenous people for health and aged care policy. Australian Health Review, 36(1), 68-74.

Anderson, Z. (2013). Reading 'multiculturalism': A historiography of policy and ideal in Australia. History Compass, 11(11), 905-917.

Grant, J., & Luxford, Y. (2011). Culture it’s a big term isn’t it? An analysis of child and family health nurses’ understandings of culture and intercultural communication. Health Sociology Review, 20(1), 16-27.