Consumer Health

Consumer Health


To develop a person’s ability
1.

to evaluate and utilize health

information, product and
services wisely and effectively
Consumer Health

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.
Three Components of CH

Consumer gathered this from

your classmate, friends and
neighbors ,media and book…
1.Health Information

People require to make wise

choices and decisions about their
health or health of other people
Identify reliable and unreliable sources of
health information and product
UNRELIABL
RELIABLE
E
Licensed professionals
People who are not experts

Health Books Quack Doctors

Accredited online sources

Health Information

 Is any concept, step or advice that varies

depending on diseases ,sexual health, weight
loss/gain, drugs and alcohol, depression/mental
illness, violence, smoking eating disorders,
acne/skin care, local clinics and sexual assaults.
HEALTH SERVICES

 Often connected to health healthcare

 Programs aim to appraise the health conditions of individuals through:
 screening and examinations cure and treat disorders,
 Prevent and control the spread of diseases
 Provide safety
 Emergency care
 First aid
 Ensure follow program for individuals who have undergone treatments
Different Types of health care provider

 1. Health Professionals

Individuals who are licensed to

practice medicine and other
allied health programs.
DOCTOR WHO?

 Cardiologist -Heart
 Dermatologist -Skin
 Gastroenterologist - Stomach
 Geriatrician - Old
 Gynecologist - Female Reproductive Organ
Doctor Who?

 Pediatrician - Kids
 Pulmonologist -Lungs
 Urologist - Male Reproductive Organ
 Neurologist - Brain
 Orthopedist - Bones
 Ophthalmologist - Eyes
 Health Services

2. Health Care Facilities

 Hospital

 Walk-In Surgery Center

 Health Center

 Extended Healthcare Facility

Health Services

 3. Health Insurance

A financial agreement between an

insurance company and an individual
or group for the payment of healthcare
costs.
Health Insurance

 Various Types of Coverage:

a. Medical Insurance
b. Major Medical Insurance
c. Hospitalization Insurance
d. Surgical Insurance
e. Disability Insurance
Health Insurance

 HMO
Health maintenance organization
Is a healthcare provider that offers medical
services that are availed through a prepaid
amount of money.
Health Services

Phil health
-It aims to provide health insurance
coverage for all Filipinos and ensure
affordable, accessible heal care services for all
citizens of the Philippine.
3. Health Production

 People consume health products, are food, drugs,

cosmetics, devices, biologicals, vaccines, in-vitro
diagnostic reagents and household/urban
hazardous substances and a combination. These
products may be purchased from various places
like supermarkets, pharmacies and hospitals.
Health Product

R.A no. 8423 OR the Traditional and

Alternative Medicine Act of 1997
provisioned the creation of the Philippine
Institute of traditional and Alternative
Healthcare (PITAHC)
Health Product

(PETAHC) is a Law-making body with

regards to the effective use of
Traditional and Alternative medicine.
Health Product

 1. Naturopathy medicine –naturally heals itself (Donatelle, 2016

Offers Wide range of natural practices
including herbal medicines acupuncture,
acupressure, nutrional therapy and
Ventosa.
Health Product

Herbal Medicines Medicinal Value

Acapulco Fungal

Ampalaya Non Insulin/Diabetic

Bawang Blood Pressure Control

Bayabas Antiseptics/mouthwash
Health Product
Herbal Medicine Medicinal Value

Cough and
Lagundi
Asthma

Niyog-Niyogan Intestinal Worms

Sambong Urinary Stones

Tsaang Gubat For Mouthwash

Pansit- Pansitan Arthritis and Gout

Relief from Body

Nerva Buena
Aches and Pains
Alternative Medicine

Acupuncture
Alternative Medicine

2. Ventosa cupping massage therapy

Alternative Medicine

3. Reflexology
Alternative Medicine

Acupressure
Alternative Medicine

Nutrition Therapy