1. Health
Ch. 3

2. Health Consumer
Anyone who purchases or uses health products or services

3. Understanding how…
To judge their effectiveness and reliability will help you become an informed health consumer

4. Why??
Write your own opinion!!!!!!

5. Influences…
Habit and personal taste
Family members
Friends
cost

6. Media
Various methods of communicating information

7. advertising
Written or spoken media message designed to interest consumers in purchasing a product or service

8. Hidden Messages in Advertising
Bandwagon
Group of people using a product or service
Everyone is using it
Rich and Famous
Product displayed in expensive home
Make you feel rich
Free Gifts
Redeemable coupons for merchandise
Too good a deal to pass up
Great Outdoors
Scenes of nature
If its associated with nature, it must be healthy
Good Times
People smiling and laughing
Product will add fun
Testimonial
People for whom a product has worked
Worked for them, will work for you too

9. Comparison Shopping
Method of judging the benefits of different products by comparing several factors, such as quality, features, and cost

10. Factors to Cosider Cost Features Quality Warranty Safety
Recommendations

11. Reading and comparing labels
Identify ingredients and choose between health products

12. Advertising for health products
Magazines TV
etc

13. Rights as a consumer Right to safety Right to choose
Right to be informed
Right to be heard
Right to have problems corrected
Right to consumer education

14. Responsibility
Opinion!??!?!?!?!??!

15. Online Shopping
Using the internet to buy products and services

16. Experiences….

17. Healthcare System
All the medical care available to a nation’s people, the way they receive care, and the method of payment

18. Primary Care Physicians
Medical doctor who provides physical checkups and general care

19. Specialists
Medical doctors trained to handle particular kinds of patients or medical conditions

20. Preventive care
Actions that prevent onset of disease or injury

21. School nurse or a primary care physician
Pre-participation physical exam

22. Type of healthcare facilities
Private practice
Clinics
Group practices
Hospitals
Emergency rooms
Urgent care centers

23. Three types of managed care plans
HMO
Health Maintenance Organization
Monthly premium but receive most or all medical services with few or no out-of-pocket expense
PPO
Preferred Provider Organizations
Charge organization less than their regular fee for member usage
POS
Point of Service
Choose providers inside or outside the plan

24. Health Insurance
Why is it important?

25. Current trends Birthing centers Drug treatment center Assisted living
Hospice
Telemedicine

26. Benefits of trends
Thoughts???

27. Writing down questions
Why??

28. Product is defective
Return
Discard
Replace

29. May need to…
Return it to the manufacturer

30. Unsatisfied with products
Opinion?!?!?!?

31. Fraud
Deliberate deceit or trickery

32. Health Fraud
Sale of worthless products or services that claim to prevent diseases or cure other health problems

33. Susceptible to health fraud
Weight loss products
Beauty and anti-aging products

34. Treatments
Potential fraud

35. Miracle Cures

36. Malpractice
Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards

37. Groups for resolving problems
BBB
Better business bureau
Deal with complaints against local merchants
Consumer advocates
Local, state, and federal government agencies

38. Important to be alert
?!?!?!?!??!!

39. Local, state, county, and city focus on
Disease prevention
Health prommotion

40. National level NCI National Cancer Institute EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
USDA
United States Department of Agriculture
DHHS
Department of Health and Human Services

41. Organizations in Global Public Health
World health organization
Red cross
United nations

42. Services of local health department
Over water systems ???? Why??

43. Advocate for public health
Follow all health and safety laws and ordinances
Set an example by practicing healthful behaviors
Avoid actions that could endanger the health or safety of others
Get involved in events that promote public health
Find out which community groups deal with public health issues
Inform the proper authorities if you notice a condition activity that threatens public health

44. Why should you advocate for public health??