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Do Now:. Answer the following questions: 1) Are you a knowledgeable health consumer? Why or why not? 2) What makes you decide to purchase a product?. Being a Health Literate Consumer. EQ: How does making good consumer choices affect your health?. Health Consumer.

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  1. Do Now: Answer the following questions: 1) Are you a knowledgeable health consumer? Why or why not? 2) What makes you decide to purchase a product?

  2. Being a Health Literate Consumer EQ: How does making good consumer choices affect your health?

  3. Health Consumer • Anyone who purchases or uses health products or services

  4. Think-pair-share What makes you buy one product over another? How do your choices affect your health?

  5. How do I choose? • Comparison shopping—judging the benefits of different products by comparing several factors • Cost • Features • Quality • Warranty • Safety • Recommendations

  6. Consumer Rights • Right to safety • Right to choose • Right to be informed • Right to be heard • Right to have problems corrected • Right to consumer education

  7. Product labels • Name & intended use • Directions • Precautions and warnings • Manufacturer’s information • Amount in the container • Active ingredients

  8. Media & Advertising • Advertising—A written or spoken media message designed to interest consumers in purchasing a product or service. • Media—the main means of mass communication (especially television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet) regarded collectively.

  9. Group Discussion

  10. Question #1 • How do you think the media affects your choices as a health consumer?

  11. Question #2 Makers of name-brand products pay large sums of money to have their products used in movies. Do you feel this is fair advertising? Should it be permitted? Why or why not?

  12. Question #3 Each group member should share one health related product they have purchased recently and answer the following questions: 1) What made you buy this product? 2) How does this product affect your health (positive or negative)? 3) Are you satisfied with this product, why or why not?

  13. Question #4 • What are 3 things you could do that would make you a better health consumer?

  14. Health Services

  15. Health Services • Health care providers—A group of professionals trained in the health field. • Primary care physicians—A medical professional who provides the first line of health care • Specialists—A physician who has received additional training in a particular field.

  16. Health Care Facility • Any place staffed by health care professionals and equipped for delivery of health services.

  17. Facilities for Health Care Services • Short Term • Hospital • Clinics • Outpatient surgical facility • Long term • Rehabilitation Center • Nursing homes

  18. Health Fraud • Malpractice—Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards

  19. Fraud—Deliberate deceit or trickery

  20. Paying for Health Services • Health insurance—A plan to cover part or most costs of expenses and care associated with medical treatment • Premium: Fee insured person pays for coverage

  21. HMO’s (Health Maintenance Organizations) • A group of physicians of different specialties who work together to provide medical services to members

  22. PPO (Preferred Provider Organizations) • Type of insurance in which medical providers agree to charge less to members of the plan.

  23. Medicare • Health insurance program that is available to people who are 65 years or older and to those who receive Social Security disability benefits

  24. Medicaid • An assistance program of medical aid for people of all ages who are unable to afford medical care.

  25. PUBLIC HEALTH

  26. Public Health • A community wide effort to monitor and promote the welfare of the population

  27. A Community is… • Neighborhood • City • State • Nation • World

  28. Civic Duty • Means being a responsible citizen • Follow the law • Vote • Participate in community projects • Follow basic health practices

  29. Examples: • Red Cross—Assists in times of wars and disaster • NIH-National Institute of Health • Medical research, grants, funding • WHO-World Health Organization • Programs to eradicate diseases and address pollution

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