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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.
Questions:
1. Why are there misleading
health information?
Who spreads them?
Reliable Unreliable
Two Sources of Health
Information
1. Reliable Sources of Information
- are licensed professionals who
took up specialized and intensive
studies in the field.
-refers to health
information furnished ,
actions and procedures
performed us to satisfy
the needs and wants of
consumer, these are
provided by physicians,
dentists and other medical
HEALTH PRODUCTS
-refers to substances,
materials or equipment
prepared or manufactured
for us to buy and to use
for the maintenance of
health and treatment
diseases.
GUIDELINES IN PURCHASING
PRODUCTS OR SERVICES
d.Extended Healthcare
Facility - A facility that
provides treatment, nursing
Health insurance - is a financial
agreement between an insurance
company and an individual or group for
the payment of healthcare costs” .
-This also may pertain to a “protection
that provides benefits for sickness and
injury”.
Types of coverage:
a. Medical insurance -pays for the fees of
the health professionals, laboratory tests,
and prescription drugs.
b. Major medical insurance -offers
payment for long-term or chronic diseases
such as AIDS and cancer.
c. Hospitalization insurance
-pays for the stay of the patient
inside the hospital.
6. Y I N O G – A I N Y O G N For intestinal
worms, particularly
ascaris and trichina
7. B A S M N G O For urinary
stones
8. A S A T N G B A T U G For
mouthwash
9. N I P A S T – N A S I P A N T For
arthritis
and gout
Health Services
Health
Information Health
(Reliable Products
Sources) Health
Health
Professiona
Facilities
ls
Complement
Health ary and
Alternative
Insurance Health
Modalities
QUAKERY – involves the use of methods or remedies
to cure diseases that are not scientifically accepted.
Example: ADVERTISEMENTS
- everyone using the product, so be
among the majority.
- consumer buy the product to be one of
the very few who have purchased a
high quality products.
-well known people and celebrities are
chosen as product endorser.
- advertisement promises a better & more
successful life for those who will use such
product.
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Group 2: Testimony
Group 3: Bandwagon
Group 5: Humor
Group 7: Snob
Why you need to learn about
Consumer Health education?
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12.It refers to the data and facts about health
products and services.
MRS.
MRS. LOVELYN
LOVELYN CALARAMO-
CALARAMO-
BELLO
BELLO
Subject
Subject Teacher
Teacher
Lesson :
consumer
right
Rights of the
consumers
1.THE RIGHT TO SAFETY
The right to be free from any harm that
any product or service can bring.
2.THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE
Nobody should force customers to
purchase the products against his free
will.
3.THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED