Unit 2: Health Trends,

Issues, and Concerns

NATIONAL LEVEL
As an adolescent, you
experience numerous
health issues that pertain
to your well-being.
What are some examples
of these concerns?
 NEW MAIL
1. What is the letter
sender’s dilemma?
2. What consumer right
is the letter sender
practicing?
 CONSUMER HEALTH
Republic Act No. 7394 or the Consumer Act of the
Philippines has three objectives (Galvez Tan, et al.,
2009):
1. Protect the interest of the consumer
2. Promote his/her general welfare
3. Establish standards of conduct for business and
industry
In connection with the Consumer Act, Republic Act
8423 or the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of
1997 (TAMA) provides for the improvement of quality
and delivery of healthcare services in the country
through the development of traditional and alternative
healthcare and its integration into the national healthcare
system.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Alternative Medicine- any various systems of healing
or treating disease such as chiropractic homeopathy or
faith healing.
 Chiropractic- treatment involves manual spinal
adjustments to unblock the flow of energy and blood to
the nervous system.
 It can also include nutritional counselling and stress
management.
2. Homeopathy or Homeopathic Medicine, is the
practice of medicine that embraces a holistic, natural
approach to the treatment of the sick. ...

This means that the medicine given is like the disease that

the person is expressing, in his totality, not like a specific
disease category or medical diagnosis.

.
GROUP ACTIVITY: THINK, DISCUSS
AND SHARE

1. Are alternative medicine safe and acceptable?

2. In what ways can you practice consumer
rights?
VALUES INTEGRATION:

Awareness of the existing laws.

Unfinished Statements

1. I learned that……
2. If I were a wise consumer…..
 SHORT QUIZ
1. R.A No. 7394 is known as______________.
2. R.A No. 8423 is know as________________.
3. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. The customer has the right.
b. The customer is always right.