2. CONSUMER HEALTH
It refers to the decisions you
make about the purchase and
use of health information,
products and services that will
have a direct effect on your
health.
5. HEALTH INFORMATION
These refer to the data and facts
about health products
and services you can get from
media and peopleincluding
professionals and agencies.
8. RELIABLE INFORMATION
1.) Friends, neighbors, relatives –
they are reliable sources
because the information they will give
is true and who will
not let us buy products that may harm us.
9. RELIABLE INFORMATION
2.) Professionals such as physicians, doctors,
scientists, teachers –
they are reliable because their information
will be based on
research and studies.
11. RELIABLE INFORMATION
4.) Media such as radio and television –
their information
is screened first before they
are aired so they cannot give
wrong information.
12. RELIABLE INFORMATION
5.) Print materials such as magazines, journals,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, posters, etc. –
their information is screened
and edited before they are
published.
14. UNRELIABLE INFORMATION
1.) Customs and superstitions
2.) Information based on
ignorance and prejudice
3.) Commercialized health information
15. HEALTH PRODUCTS
These refer to substances, materials
or equipment
prepared or manufactured for you to
buy and use for the
maintenance of health and the
treatment of diseases.
16. HEALTH SERVICES
These refer to health information,
actions, procedures or
work performed to help satisfy
your needs and wants as
a consumer.
44. ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
A trained healthcare provider
who practices under the
supervision of a physician.
Examples: nurses, dieticians,
pharmacists and physical
therapists
56. REPUBLIC ACT No. 8423
Traditional and Alternative
Medicine Act of 1997
provisioned the creation of the
Philippine Institute of
Traditional and Alternative
Healthcare (PITAHC)
57. NATUROPATHY
Is a medicine practice that views
diseases as a manifestation of an
alteration in the process by which
the body naturally heals itself,
e.g. herbal medicine,
acupuncture, acupressure,
ventosa, reflexology and
nutritional therapy
58. 10 [DOH] APRROVED HERBAL MEDICINE
AKAPULCO
For ringworm and other
skin (fungal infections)
59. 10 [DOH] APRROVED HERBAL MEDICINE
AMPALAYA
For non insulin diabetic
patients
74. CONSUMER HEALTH EDUCATION
It is the process of assisting you
to acquire the correct
information and understanding
so that you will be able to
make a wise decision about a
certain health item.