This document provides an overview of consumer health education. It defines consumer health education as referring to the decisions people make about purchasing health-related products and services. It discusses health information, products, and services that consumers use. Health products include foods, medicines, and appliances. Health services include medical treatment and transportation. The document also outlines consumer rights and responsibilities, including the rights to safety, being informed, and choosing options. It discusses different types of consumers and sources of health information. The objectives of consumer rights are also presented.

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4. CONSUMER
HEALTH
EDUCATION
refers to the decisions you make about the purchase of
product and use of health information and services
that will have direct effect on your health

5. Health Information
is the data and facts you got from
media and people including the
professionals and agencies.

6. Health Products
• are those substances, materials or equipment prepared or manufactured for you to buy
and use in the maintenance of health and the treatment of diseases.
• Example:
• foods, eyeglasses, medicines, cosmetics, cars, appliances

7. Health Services
• refer to health information, actions, procedures or work furnished, or
supplied to help satisfy your needs and wants as a consumer. This is
services and things people do to and for other people.
• Example:
• medical consultation and treatment, using the telephone, using the
electricity, and payment for transportation, payment for haircut,
payment for news papers and your favorite magazines and comics

8. Consumer Health
Education
• the process of assisting you to acquire the
correct information and understanding so that
you will be able to make wise decision about a
certain health item

9. Who are the consumer?
• We all are CONSUMER because we are all users. We
use goods and services every day. We need food,
clothing and shelter. We travel on busses and trains,
visit the doctors and dentist, go to the library, or
watch television. At home we use energy in the form
of gas, electricity AND COAL

10. CONSUMER
• means a natural person who is a purchaser,
lessee, recipient or prospective purchaser, lesser
or recipient of consumer products, services or
credit.

11. DIFFERENT KINDS OF
CONSUMER
• Spendthrift
• Close – Fisted
• Wasteful
• Bargain Addict
• Intelligent
• Panic Buyer
• Impulsive Buyer

12. Consumer Source of
Information in
buying Products and
Services
• 1. Labels and Directions
• 2. Practitioners
• 3. Health Publications
• 4. Consumer Advocacy Group
• 5. Government Agencies
• 6. Health Educators
• 7. Family and Friends
• 8. Advertisement and Commercials
• 9. Folklore
• 10.Mass Media

13. CONSUMER RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Being good consumer means knowing what to look out for
and what to avoid. It means know where and how to get
the best value for money, where to go if things go wrong.
Your role as a consumer has both right and
responsibilities.

14. OBJECTIVES
• 1. The right to safety- To be protected against products, production, processes and services that are
hazardous to health or life
• 2. The right to be informed- To be given facts needed to make an informed choice and protected
against dishonest or misleading advertising and labeling
• 3. The right to choose- to be able to select from a range of products and services and competitive
prices with an assurance satisfactory quality.

15. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7394 - CONSUMER ACT OF THE
PHILIPPINES
• It is the policy of the State to protect the interests of the consumer, promote his
general welfare and to establish standards of conduct for business and
industry. Towards this end, the State shall implement measures to achieve the
following objectives:

16. • Protection against hazards to health and safety;
• protection against deceptive, unfair and unconscionable
sales acts and practices Provision of information and
education to facilitate sound choice and the proper exercise
of rights by the consumer
• Provision of adequate rights and means of redress
• Involvement of consumer representatives in the
formulation of social and economic policies

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ponder
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