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 CHAPTER 1:
CONSUMER HEALTH
PRE-ASSESSMENT
 LESSON 1: GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA IN THE SELECTION AND
EVALUATION OF HEALTH INFORMATION, HEALTH PRODUCTS, AND
HEALTH SERVICES

Consumer Health deals with

the decisions people make
regarding the purchase and
the use of the available
products and health
services that will have a
direct effect on their health
(Cornacchia and Barrett,
1989). It includes all aspects
of the health care delivery
system.
 Health Information
-is any idea that we hear
form people around us,
read from books, and
other printed materials, or
from the media that
influence our health.
 Health products
-are substances, materials, or
equipment prepared or
manufactured for consumer
purchase and used in the
treatment, care, and
maintenance of health.
((Cornacchia and Barrett,
1989).
 Health Services
-are those activities,
information, or works
furnished or supplied to
help satisfy the needs or
wants of the consumers
(Cornacchia and Barrett,
1989).
 A. Reading the package label
A wise health consumer needs to
distinguish the use of various
products as well as their
advantages and disadvantages.
Often included in the product
label are the following:
 Name of product
 Kind of health product
 Quantity or amount
 Ingredients/composition
 Directions for use
 Precautions before use
 Price
 B. Advertising
Is recommending or praising
something that calls forth the
attention of the public.
Television and radio advertising
are paid by a company to sell
their product or service.
 LESSON 2: HEALTH SERVICE
PROVIDERS

KEY WORDS:
• Health care providers
• Health care facilities
• Health care system
• Medical care
• Primary level
• Secondary level
• Tertiary level
• PhilHealth
• Heath maintenance
organizations
• Private health insurance
 HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Health Professionals
The health care delivery
system employs health care
providers who perform
specialized roles in their
area of expertise
 HEALTH FACILITIES

Health care facilities are

categorized into three
levels: primary, secondary,
and tertiary.
Regardless of the level, all
of these uphold equal
access to basic health care
services.
 Primary level is the first
line of contact between
the people and the higher
levels of health facility.
Examples of theses are
barangay health stations
and rural health units.
Secondary level consists of
district health care
institutions that have 50-
100 bed capacities and are
considered referral
centres for the primary
level facilities.
These include municipal
hospitals and district
hospitals.
 Tertiary level is a
specialized health care
facility that has a capacity
of providing medical care
to cases requiring
diagnostic, therapeutic,
and state-of-the-art
equipment and has a bed
capacity of one hundred
and above. Likewise, it
has a roster of trained
doctors and specialists.
Examples are medical
centers and regional or
provincial hospitals.
 HEALTH CARE PLANS AND FINANCING SYSTEMS

Health care system is

a systematic plan of
health services rendered
to the people including
organizing and
networking health
facilities and human
resources to carry out
the task.
 A. PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION

Philippine Health
Insurance
Corporation(PhilHealth) is
a tax-exempted,
government-owned and
controlled corporation
created in 1995.
 There are 6(six) categories of PhilHealth membership:

1. Formal Sector includes formal and contractual employees.

2. Informal sector includes the self-employed and the overseas
Filipino workers (OFWs)
3. Indigent members include persons with no definite source of
income.
4. Sponsored members include members whose contributors are
shouldered by another person or entity.
5. Lifetime members include members who have reached
retirement and successfully paid at least 12 monthly
contributions
6. Senior citizens include members who are sixty years old and
above, and does not fall under any of the aforementioned
categories.
 B. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS

With the increasing cost in the

medical and health-related
activities, prepared plans
covering medical expense have
been designed by insurance
companies. These in insurance
plans are known as Health
Maintenance Organizations
(HMOs), Independent
practitioner associations
(IPAs), Preferred provider
organizations (PPOs) and
Point of service (POS).
 C. PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE

People used to go to the

hospital or doctor and pay
directly, form their pocket
for their services.
With the experience of
private health insurance, a
person or group pays a
premium to the insurance
company.
 MY SHOPPING LIST

1. List five examples of health products that people buy and consume.
2. Enumerate the answers in your notebook.

Health products

How these products affect the overall well-being of an individul?