1. Chapter 2
Taking Charge of Your Health
Lesson 3
Being a Health Literate Consumer

2. A health literate consumer carefully evaluates health products and services.

3. Take Charge of Your Health
You can learn to make good consumer choices.

4. Making Informed Choices
It’s up to you, as a health consumer, to make informed buying decisions.
Health consumer

5. Making Informed Choices
Probably the most important influence you need to be aware of as a consumer is advertising.
Advertising

6. Making Informed Choices

7. Evaluating Products
There are two effective ways to sharpen your consumer skills when buying health products:
Read product labels.

8. Labels give you important information about what a product contains.
Product Labels
The Product’s Name
Labels give you important information about what a product contains.
Directions
The Amount

9. A second great tool for smart health consumers is comparison shopping.

10. Comparison Shopping
Here are some criteria to consider when judging health products and services.
Cost and Quality
Warranty
Consumer Organization Product Ratings

11. Before buying an expensive product, ask about the warranty.
Comparison Shopping
Before buying an expensive product, ask about the warranty.
Warranty

12. Evaluating Information and Services
To evaluate health information or services, ask yourself these questions:

13. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Who is a health consumer?

14. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
How does comparison shopping make you a smart consumer?

15. After You Read Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
Define warranty.