MAPEH 10 (HEALTH)
Choosing the right health information and
product
Being a consumer involves building your consumer
knowledge on health, which can help you make
wise decisions when buying goods and services.
Consumer Health
• It refers to the decisions you make about the
purchase and use of health information, products
and services that will have a direct effect on your
health.
Health Information
These refer to the data and facts about health
products and services you can get from media and
people including professionals and agencies.
Health Products
These refer to substances, materials or equipment’s
prepared or manufactured for you to buy and use for
the maintenance of health and the treatment of
diseases.
• Examples: eyeglasses, appliances, medicines,
grooming aides, etc.
Health Services
• These refer to health information, actions,
procedures or work performed to help satisfy your
needs and wants as a consumer.
• Examples: medical and dental consultation and
treatment, services from beauty parlors and barber
shops, etc.
Consumer Health Education
• It is the process of assisting you to acquire the
correct information and understanding so that you
will be able to make a wise decision about a certain
health item.
Guidelines on the Purchase of Goods
And Services
1.) Judge which products and services will be
beneficial, harmful or useless,
2.) Know the local laws and regulations that protect
consumers.
3.) Locate dependable medical, dental and nursing
services,
4.) Apply knowledge acquired with respect to
personal and environmental health in the purchase
of personal goods and services.
Reliable Sources of Health
1.) Friends, neighbours, relatives - they are reliable
sources because the information they will give is
true and who will not let us buy products that may
harm us.
2.) Professionals such as physicians, scientists, and
teachers they are reliable because their information
will be based on research and studies
3.) Educational institutions - they are schools,
colleges or universities which will give us the right
information.
4.) Media such as radio and television - their
information is screened first before they are aired so
they cannot give wrong information.
5.) Print materials such as magazines, journals,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, posters, etc. – their
information is screened and edited before they are
published.

Unreliable Sources of Health

Information

1.) Customs and superstitions

2.) Information based on ignorance and prejudice

3.) Commercialized health information

Objectives of Consumer Health

1.) Assist consumers in choosing better health

products and services;

2.) Provide information regarding health products

the consumers wish to buy and the health services
they wish to avail of;

3.) Help consumers recognize reliable sources of

health information; and

4.) Guide consumers in buying health products and

services.