MIDGD6002 Midwifery: Public & Primary Healthcare
In this course students analyse selected social, cultural and political factors shaping women¿s health, particularly those relating to reproduction, childbirth and family development in multicultural Australia. The course focuses upon the experience of motherhood in diverse cultural groups, maternal and perinatal health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and contemporary reproductive health issues. This course will also introduce students to the interrelationship of midwifery practice as primary health, maternity care and public health. The impact of maternity care on maternal and infant health will be discussed within the context of its individual and social determinants of health. Against these factors the role of midwifery as primary health care will be explored in relation to health promotion and education in pregnancy, birth, parenting and lactation, and fertility regulation. This course works toward putting into context for the student, the nature and scope of midwifery practice and places it as central to securing improved maternal and infant health outcomes.
Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) unit fee
A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is one that is subsidised by the Australian Government, which means students only pay the student contribution amount of the tuition fee. CSPs are only available to eligible domestic students.
The student contribution amount depends on the unit and how much funding the Government provides. Each unit is classified into a band based on its discipline (which may be different to your overall course discipline).
2025 student contribution amount: $578
2025 grandfathered student contribution amount (for students who commenced before 1 Jan 2021*): $578
* If you are a continuing student (who commenced your course before 1 January 2021) you will continue paying the same amount as you would have, had legislative reforms not been implemented for any units that would otherwise have an increased student contribution amount.