Professional Documents
Culture Documents
1st Quarter
Consumer
health aims to
develop a persons ability to
evaluate and utilize health
information, products, and
services wisely and effectively.
Consumer health has three
components: health
information, health products,
and health services.
Health Information
is
Health Products
are
Health Services
Health Professionals
Individuals who are licensed to practice
medicine and other allied health programs.
An example of a health professional is a
physician.
A physician records the medical history of
individuals, provides diagnosis, performs
medical examinations, and prescribes
medications.
There are different types of physicians
based on their area of specialization.
Healthcare Practitioner
An independent
healthcare provider
who is licensed to
practice on a specific
area of the body.
Examples: Dentist,
Optometrists
Trained healthcare
provider who practices
under the supervision
of a physician or
healthcare
practitioner.
Examples: Nurses,
Pharmacists, physical
therapists.
Health Facilities
Health Center
The services in a health center cater to a specific
population with various health needs.
Health Insurance
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.
Health insurance may be sourced from both
public and private companies.
Example: PhilHealth
Provisioned
the creation of
the Philippine Institute of
Traditional and Alternative
Healthcare (PITAHC)
PITAHC-approved alternative
modalities
Naturopathy
Views diseases as manifestation of an alteration
in the processes by which the body naturally
heals itself.
Offers a wide range of natural practices including
herbal medicine, acupuncture, acupressure,
nutritional therapy, and ventosa cupping massage
therapy.
Herbal Medicine
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HERB
MEDICINAL VALUE
ACAPULCO
AMPALAYA
BAWANG
BAYABAS
LAGUNDI
NIYOG-NIYOGAN
SAMBONG
TSAANG GUBAT
For mouthwash
PANSIT-PANSITAN
YERBA-BUENA
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
Acupuncture
A form energy medicine where long thin needles
are inserted to specific parts of the body to affect
the energy flow. Acupuncture is believed to treat
musculoskeletal dysfunctions.
Reflexology
Similar to acupuncture, reflexology focuses on
treating specific disorders through massaging of
the soles of the feet.
Acupressure
Uses the same technique as the acupuncture. The
only difference is that acupressure does not use
needles but hands to apply pressure on certain
points of the body.
Nutrition Therapy
Nutrition therapy approaches treatment of a
medical condition by providing a tailored diet for
the patient.
QUACKERY
A form health fraud
Is any advertisement, promotion, or sale of
products and services that have not been
scientifically proven safe and effective.
It is being operated by a quack.
Three forms of Quackery
Medical quackery
Nutrition quackery
Device quackery