Consumer Health Education

1. Where did you last spend
your money?
What item did you buy?
Why? What kind of service
did you last avail?
Who recently shared with
you a new health
information?

2. CONSUMER
HEALTH
Health Grade 10, First Quarter

3. Learning Objectives:
▪ differentiate reliable from unreliable health information,
products, and services
▪ explain the guidelines and criteria in the selection and
evaluation of health information, products, and services
▪ discuss various forms of health service providers and
healthcare plans
▪ select health professionals, specialists, and healthcare
services wisely

4. Arrange the jumbled letters.
TEHALH RONSUMEC
NOSCUMER THEALTH
MONSUCER LHEALTH CUDECATION
- refers to those who use health information products or
services.
- refers to the state of well-being of a person who uses the
information, products and services that will have a direct
effect on his or her health.
-the acquisition of knowledge and correct health
information on the products and services.

5. HEALTH CONSUMER
CONSUMER HEALTH
CONSUMER HEALTH EDUCATION
- refers to those who use health information products or
services.
- refers to the state of well-being of a person who uses the
information, products and services that will have a direct
effect on his or her health.
-the acquisition of knowledge and correct health
information on the products and services.

6. What is a consumer?
▪anyone who buys or uses a product or
avails services

7. What is a consumer health?
▪Consumer Health - a science concerned
with helping you select health products
and services wisely
- refers to the state of
well-being of a person who uses the
information, products and services that will
have a direct effect on his or her health.

8. Three Components of Consumer Health
1.HEALTH INFORMATION
– any concept step or advice THAT VARIOUS SOURCES GIVE TO AID
THE HEALTH STATUS OF AN INDIVIDUAL!!!

9. Read the health information below.
Warts are contagious.
Chocolates cause acne and pimples.
Cracking your knuckles causes arthritics.
Healthy people who eat a balanced diet do not need supplements.
Sleeping with wet hair causes mental disorder.
Jumping from the third step of the stairs on the first day of menstruation
reduce the number of bleeding days.
Circumcision is done for hygienic purpose only.
Touching hands of people with HIV may infect you with such.
Putting toothpaste on burns causes irritation.
Sleep need varies depending on the individual.

10. Sources of Health Information
and Products
Reliable:
licensed professionals who
took up specialized and
intensive studies in the field
Unreliable:
people who are not experts
in this field.

11. Sources of Health Information
a. Reliable Sources
b. Unreliable Sources
2. Government health agencies, such as DOH and BFAD
1. Professionals, such as physician, scientists,
Health or Science teachers
3. Educational Institutions.
1. Customs and superstitions
2. Commercialized health information and paid health
advertisements in media.
3. Information based on ignorance and prejudice.

13. Three Components of Consumer Health
2.HEALTH PRODUCTS
– food, drugs, cosmetics, devices, biologicals, vaccines, in-vitro
diagnostic reagents, and household/urban hazardous substances
and/or a combination of and/or a derivative thereof (FDA Act, 2009)

14. a. Buy only medicines prescribed by physician.
b. Buy products that have passed the standards set by the
Department of Trade and Industry( DTI), the Bureau of Food
and Drugs ( BFAD)
c. Read the labels of processed, bottled and canned goods,
and look for the nutritional values and expiration dates.
d. Do not be swayed by propaganda advertisement.
e. Report deceitful health products and services to the
authorities.
GUIDELINES IN PURCHASING PRODUCTS OR
SERVICES

15. Three Components of Consumer Health
3.HEALTH SERVICES
– programs we avail from various providers

16. Health services are usually offered
by healthcare providers.
HEALTHCARE PROVIDER - a trained professional
who provides people with healthcare
There are different types of healthcare providers,
such as:
▪ Health Professionals
▪ Health facilities
▪ Health insurance

17. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS – licensed to practice
MEDICINE!!
Physician
- records the medical history of individuals, provides diagnoses,
performs medical examinations, and prescribes medications.
Healthcare practitioners
- an independent healthcare provider who is licensed to practice on a specific
area of the body
Allied health professionals
- a trained healthcare provider who practices under the supervision of a
physician or healthcare practitioner

18. DOCTOR WHO? What are the different types of
physicians? Match the type of the physician with
the area of specialization below.
Cardiologist Ophthalmologist
Dermatologist Pediatrician
Gastroenterologist Pulmonologist
Geriatrician Urologist
Gynecologist Neurologist
Orthopedist

20. There are different types of healthcare
facilities (Meeks, et al., 2011)
a. Hospital
- an institution where people undergo medical diagnosis, care and
treatment.
Different kinds of hospitals: private, voluntary, government, and teaching
Classifications of hospitals: general and specialty.
b. Walk-In Surgery Center
- a facility that offers surgery without the patient being admitted in
the hospital.
c. Health Center
- cater to a specific population with various health needs.
d. Extended Healthcare Facility
- facility that provides treatment, nursing care, and residential
services to patients, often the elderly.

22. Health insurance is a financial agreement between
an insurance company and an individual or group for
the payment of healthcare costs
Types of coverage:
▪ Medical insurance – pays for the fees of the health professionals
▪ Major medical insurance – payment for long-term diseases
▪ Hospitalization insurance – pays for the stay of the patient in
hospital
▪ Surgical insurance – pays for surgery
▪ Disability insurance – provides financing for members who suffer
from illnesses/ accidents

23. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION(HMO)
-is a healthcare provider that offers medical services
that are availed through a prepaid amount of money.
-It is a business that requires a relatively reduced
monthly fee for subscribers.
-it hires or trains its own health professionals and
healthcare practitioners.

24. Other forms of Healthcare
Complementary medicine
- availed and integrated together with traditional
medicine
Alternative medicine
- offered in place of traditional medicine.

25. 4 major domains of complementary and
alternative medicine
biology-based practices
– taking herbal meds
energy medicine
– using magnetic fields
manipulative &body-based practices
– bodily-kinesthetic in nature
mind-body medicine
– mental exercises

26. Republic Act No. 8423
also known as the Traditional and Alternative
Medicine Act of 1997
provisioned the creation of the Philippine
Institute of Traditional and Alternative
Healthcare (PITAHC)
law-making body with regards to the effective
use of traditional and alternative medicine.

27. PITAHC-approved alternative modalities
Naturopathy
“Naturopathic medicine views diseases as a manifestation of an alteration in the
processes by which the body naturally heals itself” (Donatelle, 2006).
Naturopathy offers a wide range of natural practices including
herbal medicine
acupuncture,
acupressure,
nutritional therapy, and
ventosa cupping massage therapy.

28. GARDEN OF HERBS What are the herbs approved by the Department of
Health? Unscramble the letters to form each herb in.
P L A U K A O C For ringworm and other skin (fungal) infections
G U D N A L I For cough and asthma
P A M A L AY A For non-insulin dependent diabetic patients
W A G N A B For blood pressure control
S AY A B A B For use as antiseptic to disinfect wounds; for
mouthwash or tooth decay and gum infection
Y I N O G – A I NY O G N For intestinal worms, particularly ascaris
and trichina
B A S M N G O For urinary stones
A S AT N G B AT U G For mouthwash
N I P A ST – N A S I P A NT For arthritis and gout
B E RY A – N U B E A For relief from body aches and pains

29. 1-10 Choose your answer from the following:
health information hospital
nurse physician
clinic health services
physician health center
consumer health product
reliable consumer health

30. 11-20 DOCTOR WHO? What are the different types of
physicians? Match the type of the physician with
the area of specialization below.
Cardiologist Ophthalmologist
Dermatologist Pediatrician
Gastroenterologist Pulmonologist
Geriatrician Urologist
Gynecologist Neurologist
Orthopedist

31. 21- 30. GARDEN OF HERBS
niyog niyogan sambong
acapulko bayabas
pansit pansitan yerba buena
ampalaya tsaang gubat
bawang
lagundi