CONSUMER HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES (HEALTH CARE)

CONTENT It aims to appraise the health conditions of

individuals through screening and examinations, cure
▪ 3 COMPONENTS OF CONSUMER HEALTH and treatment of diseases, control and prevention of
▪ COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE diseases.
MEDICINE It also provides follow-up programs for
▪ QUACKERY individuals who has been treated already.

▪ RA7394 : CONSUMER RIGHTS OF THE

PHILIPPINES
HEALTH SERVICES (The Professionals)
3 COMPONENTS
These are individuals licensed to practice in the
▪ INFORMATION medical field such as:

▪ PRODUCTS HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS

▪ SERVICES - doctors, dentists, etc

HEALTH INFORMATION ALLIED HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS

▪ Any concept, step, and/or advise that different - nurses, pharmacists, dieticians, etc
sources give to aid the health status of an
individual.
HEALTH SERVICES (Healthcare Facilities)
▪ It is continuously and rapidly changing.
These are places or institutions that provide
EXAMPLE:
health services such as:
“Huwag matulog ng basa ang buhok.”

“Kulugo (warts) galing sa ihi ng palaka.”

HOSPITALS
“Para tumangakad… Tumalon sa bisperas ng bagong
- KINDS OF HOSPITALS - Government Hospitals,
taon.”
Voluntary Hospitals, Teaching Hospitals
“Pingutin ang ilong ng sanggol para tumangos.”
-CLASSIFICATION OF HOSPITAL-General
Hospitals and Specialty Hospitals

HEALTH PRODUCTS WALK-IN SURGERY CENTERS

These are food, drugs, cosmetics, devices, - OUT-PATIENT Clinics

biological, etc and a combination thereof that
contributes to the well being of an individual.

EXAMPLE: HEALTH CENTERS

“MULTIVITAMINS” - community-specific clinics that provide various
health services
CENTRUM vs CONZACE
EXTENDED HEALTHCARE FACILITY
“MILK FORMULA”
- this provides treatment, nursing care, and
PROMIL vs BONAKID
residential services to patients most often the
HEALTH INFORMATION elderly.

- Should be reliable HEALTH SERVICES (Insurances)

+ This is a financial agreement between an
insurance company and an individual or a group of
HEALTH PRODUCTS
individual for the payment of health care cost.
- Should be trusted
This ranges from medical and major medical
“HEALTHY CONSUMERISM” insurances to hospitalization, surgical, and disability
insurances.
EXAMPLE: QUACK – an individual who has little or no professional
qualification to practice medicine.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSURANCE PROVIDERS
FORMS OF QUACKERY
PHILHEALTH
MEDICAL QUACKERY
HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS (HMOs)
- cure, treatments, and remedies of
various health conditions that is drugless
COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE and/or bloodless.

4 MAJOR DOMAINS NUTRITION QUACKERY

BIOLOGY-BASED PRACTICES - This involves promotion of food fads and other

nutritional practices that claim to be all-natural.
- herbal medicine, special diets and vitamins
DEVICE QUACKERY
ENERGY MEDICINE
- This makes use of gadgets that provides treatment and
- uses magnetic field or biofield to heal cure on certain health condition.
MANIPULATIVE AND BODY-BASED PRACTICES
RA7394: CONSUMER ACT OF 2009
- uses body movements to heal
This is a law that protects the interest of the consumer,
MIND-BODY MEDICINE promotes general welfare, and establishes standards of
conduct for business and industry.
- uses mental exercises to heal
8 BASIC RIGHTS ACCORDING TO RA7394
REPUBLIC ACT 8423 : The Traditional and Alternative
Medicine Act of 1997 1. The right to BASIC NEEDS
“Philippine Institute of Traditional and Alternative 2. The right to SAFETY
Healthcare (PITAHC)”
3. The right to INFORMATION
- a law-making body concerned with the effective use of
4. The right to CHOOSE
traditional and alternative medicine.
8 BASIC RIGHTS ACCORDING TO RA7394
PITAHC approved alternative practices:

NATUROPATHY 5. The right to REPRESENTATION

6. The right to REDRESS

- Diseases are alteration of body process and
therefore can heal itself 7. The right to CONSUMER EDUCATION
- Examples are herbal meds, acupuncture, 8. The right to a HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT
acupressure, nutrition therapy, and various
massage techniques.

HERBAL MEDICINE

- A more natural medication coming from natural

sources like plants, fruits, crops, and herbs.

Ampalaya – insulin dependent diabetic patients

Bawang – controls hypertension

Lagundi – eases cough and asthma

Bayabas – used as antiseptic

QUACKERY
Quackery is a form of HEALTH FRAUD!

It is any advertisement, promotion, or sale of products

and services that have not been scientifically proven safe
and effective.