Health-Q1-Notes

HEALTH 10
FIRST QUARTER
COMPONENTS OF
CONSUMER HEALTH
HEALTHCARE
PROVIDERS AND
FRAUDULENT SERVICES
WHAT IS CONSUMER HEALTH?
It is not just about
buying health
products and services.
It also about making
decisions and having
a clear and deeper
understanding to
make wise choices.
It refers to the decisions you
make about the purchase of
products and use of health
information and services that
will have a direct effect on
your health.
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 various considerations
such as but not limited to health
history, drugs and alcohol
consumption, and eating disorders.
HEALTH PRODUCTS
 Are food, drugs, cosmetics devices,
biologicals, vaccines, in-vitro diagnostic
reagents, and household/urban
hazardous substances and/or a
combination of various places like
supermarkets, pharmacies, and hospitals.
HEALTHCARE SERVICES
Refer to the furnishing of medicines, medical or
surgical treatments, nursing, hospital services,
dental service, optometric service, and
complementary 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.
Guidelines on the purchase of
goods and services
1. Evaluate which products and services will be
beneficial, harmful or useless.
2. Know the local laws and regulations that
protect consumers.
3. Locate dependable medical, dental and
nursing services.
4. Apply knowledge acquired with respect to
personal and environmental health in the
purchase of personal goods and services.
Tips on how to be a WISE
Consumer
1. Gather correct and sufficient
information
2.Compare and contrast details of
available products
3.Inquire for more and review if
possible
RELIABLE SOURCE NOT RELIABLE
SOURCE
Wikipedia
Books Neighbors
Researches Pamphlets
Elderly
Health Magazines
Friends
Government Agency Parents who are
Health Professionals
HEALTH SERVICES
Are usually offered by healthcare
providers. “A healthcare provider is a
trained professional who provides
people with healthcare”
Are offered by health service providers
THREE TYPES OF HEALTH
SERVICES
1. Health Professionals- These are
individuals who are licensed to
practiced medicine and other allied
health programs and work in the
medical profession.
Examples: doctor, nurse nutritionist
THREE TYPES OF HEALTH SERVICES
2. Healthcare Facilities- these are places or
institutions that offer healthcare services.
Examples: hospitals, walk-in surgery center,
health center, extended healthcare facility.
3. Health Insurance – it is a financial
agreement between an insurance
company and an individual or group for
the payment of healthcare costs.
PHILIPPINE INSURANCE CORPORATION
(PHILHEALTH)
Is a government-owned and controlled
corporation (GOCC) created through
Republic Act 7875 also known as the
National Health Insurance (NHI) Act of
1995.
It aims to provide health insurance
coverage for all Filipinos and ensure
affordable, acceptable, available, and
accessible health care services for all
citizens of the Philippines.
The VISION statement of PhilHealth
“Bawat Pilipino Miyembro,
Bawat Miyembro Protektado,
Kalusugan ng Lahat Protektado”
PhilHealth ensures that every Filipino is a
member by covering them under different
membership programs which are
categorized according to various sectors of
our society.
Classifications of PhilHealth Members
 Employed or Members in the Formal

Economy
 Employed or Members in the Informal
Economy
 Indigent Members
Sponsored Members
Lifetime Members
Senior Citizens
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HEALTH PROFESSIONALS E
are individuals who are licensed to

practiced medicine. Knowing each of these
professionals and their function can give
benefits such as the application of
immediate and appropriate treatment,
avoidance of time and resources wastages,
and the like. Knowing them will not also
lead someone to avail of fraudulent health
services.
are individuals who are trained and licensed

to practiced medicine along with allied
programs and work in the medical
profession.
Examples: doctor, nurse, nutritionist,

physician, etc.
As a wise health consumer, you should know the
different health services provided by these
professionals. Some of these are as follows:
1. Feeding program for elementary school children
2. Immunization for different diseases intended for
infants and children from age 2 and above.
3. Parental check-up for mothers and babies
4. free maternity clinic
5. Family planning program
HEALTH SERVICES
Are usually offered by healthcare

providers. “A healthcare provider is a
people with healthcare”
Are offered by healthcare provider – is a
people with healthcare.
A. Pediatrician – specializes in children’s health
care and treatment of diseases.
B. Psychiatrist – specializes in the diagnosis and
treatment of mental disorders.
C. Obstetrician – specializes in the care of
women during pregnancy and childbirth.
D. Ophthalmologist – specializes in diagnosis
and treatment of eye diseases and disorders
e. Anesthesiologist- specializes in
administering various anesthetics to assure
proper operative procedure.
f. Dermatologist – specializes in the diagnosis
and treatment of skin diseases.
g. Cardiologist – specializes in the diagnosis
and treatment of the heart and blood
vessels.
h. Allergist – specializes in diagnosing and
treating body reactions resulting from
unusual sensitivity to food, medicine, dust
and other substances.
i. Pulmonologist – specializes in diseases of the lungs and
respiratory tract.
j. Neurologist – specializes in providing diagnosis and
surgical treatment of diseases of the nervous system.
k. Gastroenterologist – specializes in the diagnosis and
treatment of diseases in the gastrointestinal system.
l. Geriatrician – specializes in care of elderly and the
diseases that affect them.
m. Surgeon – specializes in performing surgical operation
in treating diseases, injuries, and deformities.
n. Urologist – specializes in diseases and abnormalities of
the gastro-urinary tract.
o. Gynecologist – specializes in diseases and care of the
female reproductive organs.
HEALTH FACILITIES
These are
places or
institutions
that offer
healthcare
services.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF HEALTHCARE
FACILITIES
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HOSPITAL
A. HOSPITAL
•It is an institution TWO CLASSIFICATIONS
where people undergo 1. General Hospitals- have
medical diagnosis, care complete medical,
and treatment. surgical, and maternal
care facilities
2. Specialty Hospitals –
handle a particular
disease or condition or
deal with only one
type of patient.
GENERAL HOSPITALS in the PHILIPPINES
SPECIALTY HOSPITAL
B. WALK-IN SURGERY CENTER
•It is a facility that

offers surgery
without the
patient being
admitted in the
hospital
C. HEALTH CENTER
•The services in
a healthy
center cater to
a specific
population
with various
health needs.
D. EXTENDED HEALTHCARE FACILITY
•A facility that
provides
treatment,
nursing care,
and residential
services to
patients, often
the elderly.
HEALTH INSURANCE
•Is a financial
agreement
between an
insurance company
and an individual
or group for the
payment of
healthcare costs.
QUACKERY
•It is a form of health fraud, an
advertisement, promotion or sale of
products and services that have not been
scientifically proven safe and effective
(Meeks, et al., 2011).
•It is being operated by a quack.
QUACK- is a person who dishonestly
pretends to have medical skills or
knowledge.
1. It is a big business.
2. It multiplies and spreads
fast. It is progressive
3. It is claimed that it is
incurable condition.
1. Taking a quack “cure” may delay or lose the
chance to be healed.
2. The person may experience palacebo effect-
that he/she improves for natural reasons and
not because of the substance that the quack
provides.
3. Loss money
4. Giving false hopes to the sick person and the
family.
5. The actual damage done to the individual by
using fake products and services
6. It may cause overdose and over medicines
THREE FORMS OF QUACKERY
1. MEDICAL QUACKERY
•Medical quackery includes
cures, treatments, and
remedies of various health
conditions that are drugless
or bloodless in nature.
INRUTONIT
NUTRITION
2. NUTRITION QUACKERY
•Nutrition quackery involves
promotion of food fads and
other nutritional practices that
claim to be all-natural. These
are believed to have beneficial
properties of multiple plants in
one product.
EVDECI
DEVICE
3. DEVICE QUACKERY
•Device quackery makes use
of miraculous gadgets (such
as dials, gauges, electrodes,
magnets, and blinkers) that
are believed to cure certain
health conditions.

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The type of information varies

 Employed or Members in the Formal

are individuals who are licensed to

are individuals who are trained and licensed

Examples: doctor, nurse, nutritionist,

Are usually offered by healthcare

•It is a facility that

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