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Health Grade 10: Health Information

The document discusses various topics related to consumer health including health information, products, and services. It defines health information as any concept or advice that helps individuals' health status. Health products are items like medicine, food, and devices that improve well-being. Health services are programs from providers like doctors and hospitals that assess health, treat issues, and ensure follow-up care. Alternative medicine techniques are also summarized, such as acupuncture, cupping, reflexology, and acupressure which apply pressure at specific points to treat disorders.

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Health Grade 10: Health Information

The document discusses various topics related to consumer health including health information, products, and services. It defines health information as any concept or advice that helps individuals' health status. Health products are items like medicine, food, and devices that improve well-being. Health services are programs from providers like doctors and hospitals that assess health, treat issues, and ensure follow-up care. Alternative medicine techniques are also summarized, such as acupuncture, cupping, reflexology, and acupressure which apply pressure at specific points to treat disorders.

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Where did you last spend your money?

What item did you buy? Why?


What kind of service did you last avail?
Who recently shared with you a new
health information?
 Consumer health aims to develop a
person’s ability to evaluate and utilize
health information, products, and
services wisely and effectively.
 All of us are consumers. We acquire
health information, purchase health
products, and avail of health services
to appraise, improve, and maintain
our health.
HEALTH
INFORMATION
Health information is any
concept, step, or advice that
various sources give to aid the
health status of an individual.
The type of information 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 assault”
The information is critical as it
may alter the health conditions
of a person. Another important
characteristic of health
information is that it is
continuously and rapidly
changing. Thus, it “should be
timely, relevant, culturally
appropriate, accessible, and
delivered in a relevant format”
HEALTH PRODUCTS
Health products
are items that we
consume to
improve our well-
being, like
medicine, food,
clothes, furniture,
electronics, etc.
Health products are food, drugs,
cosmetics, devices, biologicals,
vaccines, in-vitro diagnostic
reagents, and household/urban
hazardous substances and/or a
combination of and/or a
derivative thereof (FDA Act,
2009). These products may be
purchased from various places
like supermarkets, pharmacies,
and hospitals.
HEALTH SERVICES
Health services are
programs we avail from
various providers such as
physicians, nurses,
therapists, health workers,
hospitals, clinics, and the
government.
Health services are often
connected to healthcare. These
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, and first
aid, and ensure a follow-up
program for individuals who
have undergone treatments.
Health services are usually offered by
healthcare providers. “A healthcare
provider is a trained professional who
provides people with healthcare”
(Meeks, et al., 2011).
There are different types of healthcare
providers, such as:
I. Health Professionals
II. Healthcare Facilities
III. III. Health Insurance
Individuals who are licensed to practice medicine
and other allied health programs.
Healthcare facilities are places or institutions
that offer healthcare services. There are different
types of healthcare facilities.
a. Hospital
b. Walk-In Surgery Center
c. Health Center
d. Extended Healthcare Facility
`“Health insurance is a financial agreement between
an insurance company and an individual or group
for the payment of healthcare costs” (Payne, et al.,
2005). This also may pertain to a “protection that
provides benefits for sickness and injury” (Meeks,
et al., 2011).
Alternative Medicine
1. ACUPUNCTURE
It is a form of energy medicine where long thin needles are inserted to
specific parts of the body to affect the energy flow. Acupuncture is believed
to treat musculoskeletal dysfunctions.
2. VENTOSA CUPPING MASSAGE THERAPY
This procedure is done by placing inverted glasses that have flames from
burning cotton, on specific points in the body. It is believed to relieve
muscle and joint pains.
3. REFLEXOLOGY
Similar to acupuncture, reflexology focuses on treating specific disorders
through massaging of the soles of the feet.
4. ACUPRESSURE
Acupressure uses the same technique as that of acupuncture. The only
difference is that acupressure does not use needles but hands to apply
pressure on certain points of the body.
5. NUTRITION THERAPY
Nutrition therapy approaches treatment of a medical condition by
providing a tailored diet for the patient.

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