Healtangina

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aims to develop a person's ability to evaluate and utilize health information, products, and services wisely and effectively

Consumer health

components of consumer health

Health information, Health products, Health services

any idea that we hear from people around us, read from books and other printed materials, or from the media that influence our health.

Health information

It is information that people require to make wise choices and decisions about their health or the health of other people

Galvez Tan, et al., 2009

items that we consume to improve our well-being these 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 product

- are programs we avail from various providers such as physicians, nurses, therapists, health workers, hospitals, clinics, and the government. Some examples of these health services are insurance, treatment and cure, complementary and alternative medicine.

Health services

sources of health information and products are licensed professionals who took up specialized and intensive studies in the field.

Reliable information

sources of information and products are those from people who are not experts in this field.

Unreliable information

a trained professional who provides people with healthcare.

Healthcare provider

Individuals who are licensed to practice medicine and other allied health programs.

Health professionals

example of health professionals

Physician

records the medical history of individuals, provides diagnoses, performs medical examinations, and prescribes medications

Physician

heart and blood vessel

Cardiologist

skin, hair and nails

Dermatologist

digestive system

Gastroenterologist

focus on old patient

Geriatrician

focus on female reproductive health

Gynecologist

brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves and muscles

Neurologist

skeletal and muscular system

Orthopedist

eyes

Ophthalmologist

children

Pediatrician

respiratory system

Pulmonologist

urinary system

Urologist

places or institutions that offer healthcare services.

Healthcare facilities

types of healthcare facilities

Hospital, Walk-in surgery center, Health center, Extended healthcare facility

facility that offers surgery without the patient being admitted in the hospital.

Walk-in surgery center

services in a health center cater to a specific population with various health needs

Health center

facility that provides treatment, nursing care, and residential services to patients, often the elderly.

Extended healthcare facility

financial agreement between an insurance company and an individual or group for the payment of healthcare costs

Health insurance

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.

Acupuncture

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.

Ventosa cupping massage therapy

focuses on treating specific disorders through massaging of the soles of the feet.

Reflexology

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.

Acupressure

approaches treatment of a medical condition by providing a tailored diet for the patient.

Nutrition therapy

Acupuncture

Ventosa cupping massage therapy

Reflexology

Acupressure

Nutrition therapy

form of a health fraud. is any advertisement, promotion, or sale of products and services that have not been scientifically proven safe and effective

Quackery

an individual that has little or no professional qualifications to practice medicine. He/She also pretentiously uses meaningless medical jargon and relies on scare tactics, paranoid accusations, and quick fixes.

Quack

forms of quackery

Medical quackery, Nutrition quackery, Device quackery

includes cures, treatments, and remedies of various health conditions that are drugless or bloodless in nature.

Medical 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.

Nutrition quackery

makes use of miraculous gadgets (such as dials, gauges, electrodes, magnets, and blinkers) that are believed to cure certain health conditions.

Device quackery

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