Continuation Consumer-Health Education

PRAYER
Health insurance - is a financial agreement

between an insurance company and an individual
or group for the payment of healthcare costs” .
-This also may pertain to a “protection that provides
benefits for sickness and injury”.
Types of coverage:
a. Medical insurance -pays for the fees of the
health professionals, laboratory tests, and
prescription drugs.
b. Major medical insurance -offers payment for
long-term or chronic diseases such as AIDS and
cancer.
c. Hospitalization insurance -pays for
the stay of the patient inside the
hospital.
d. Surgical insurance -pays for surgery

fees.
e. Disability insurance -provides

financing for members who meet
accidents or suffer from illnesses.
HEALTH MAINTENANCE
ORGANIZATION (HMO)
-is a healthcare provider that offers
medical services that are availed
through a prepaid amount of money.
-It is a business that requires a
relatively reduced monthly fee for
subscribers.
-it hires or trains its own health
professionals and healthcare
practitioners.
Complementary health care modalities
- medicine is availed and integrated
together with traditional medicine.
Alternative health care modalities

-medicine is offered in place of
traditional medicine.
Four major domains of
complementary and alternative
medicine:
1.Biologically-based practices - are taking
herbal medicine and availing of special diets
and vitamins.
2. Energy medicine - uses magnetic fields

or biofields in belief that energy fields may
enter various points in the body.
3. Manipulative and body-based
practices - are bodily-kinesthetic in
nature and are concerned with
movement therapy.
4. Mind-body medicine - uses mental

exercises in belief that the brain is central
to the health of an individual.
Philippine Institute of Traditional and
Alternative Healthcare (PITAHC)
Approved Alternative Modalities
Naturopathy- offers a wide range of

natural practices .
A. Herbal medicine - There are 10 herbs
that are proven and tested to have medicinal
value and approved by the Department of
Health”
QUIZ : GARDEN OF HERBS
What are the herbs approved by the

Department of Health?
Unscramble the letters to form each herb

in column A. Read column B for the
medicinal value of each herb.
1. P L A U K A O C For ringworm and other skin
(fungal) infections
2. P A M A L A Y A For non-insulin dependent
diabetic patients
3. W A G N A B For blood pressure control
4. S A Y A B A B For use as antiseptic to disinfect

wounds For mouthwash or tooth
decay and gum infection
5. G U D N A L I For cough and asthma
6. Y I N O G – A I N Y O G N For intestinal
worms, particularly ascaris
and trichina
7. B A S M N G O For urinary
stones
8. A S A T N G B A T U G For
mouthwash
9. N I P A S T – N A S I P A N T For
arthritis and
gout
10. B E R Y A – N U B E A For relief

from body aches and
pains
Examples of 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. Reflexology - Similar to acupuncture,
reflexology focuses on treating specific
disorders through massaging of the soles of
the feet.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Nutrition Therapy
-Nutrition therapy approaches
treatment of a medical condition by
providing a tailored diet for the
patient.
QUAKERY – involves the use of methods or remedies to
cure diseases that are not scientifically accepted.
QUACKS – are people who perform healing procedures

for illnesses even without formal educational and
licenses.
PUFFERY – making superlative/exaggerated claims for

products and services.
Example: ADVERTISEMENTS
- everyone using the product, so be among the
majority.
- consumer buy the product to be one of the
very few who have purchased a high quality
products.
- wellknown people and celebrities are chosen
as product endorser.
- advertisement promises a better & more successful

life for those who will use such product.
- uses fun songs or jingles to catch the consumer’s
attention.
- uses prizes and bonuses for product buyers.
– information having the semblance of a scientific

fact to describe the product, doctors, dentists or
medical technologies are used as product endorser.
Why you need to learn about
Consumer Health education?
It involves
building
consumer
knowledge,
selecting
food items
and services
that are good
for the body.
Lesson :
consumer right
Rights of the consumers
1.THE RIGHT TO SAFETY
The right to be free from any harm that any
product or service can bring.
2.THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE
Nobody should force customers to purchase the
products against his free will.
3.THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED
Consumers must be correctly informed about the
use, purpose, dosage, etc. of products and
services through proper labeling.
4.THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD
Complaints or question by customers about
products or services must be heard and acted
upon by manufacturers, distributors, and
authorities.
5.THE RIGHT TO HAVE
PROBLEMS CORRECTED
Products that are defective must be replaced, and
payments for services that are not satisfactory must
be returned to unsatisfied customers.
• THE RIGHT TO CONSUMER
EDUCATION
Consumers should be given knowledge

regarding their rights, appropriate protection
to avoid being victims of false products and
services.
Lesson:
Legal protection
of consumers
Government agencies’
responsibility
Bureau of Food and Drugs
The University of the Philippines
law center and the consumer
federated groups of the Philippines
Department of health
Consumers’ responsibilities
1. Guard against wasteful spending on products
2. Get information about the products or

services to be purchased
3. Report fraud and suspected fraudulent

practices to proper authorities
Legal protection of the
consumer
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3720:
THE FOOD, DRUG AND COSMETICS
ACT
This law declared the policy of the country to

ensure safe and good quality of food, drug and
cosmetics and to regulate the production, sale and
traffic of the same to protect the health of the
people.
PROCLAMATION NO. 822:
THE PHILIPPINES CONSUMER
LAW
This proclamation stated that the protection of the
consuming public against unreasonable price
increase or fraudulent practices should be the
continuing concern of the government.
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 913
Strengthens the rule making and adjudicating

powers of the department of trade and industry in
order to further protect the consumer.
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 428
An act declaring illegal the possession, sale or

distribution of fish or other aquatic animal,
disabled or killed by means of dynamite or other
explosive toxic substances and providing penalties
thereof.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO.
187
Prescribes the use of the metric system of weights

and measures as the standard measurement for all
products, commodities, materials, utilities and
services in all business and legal transaction.
ACT NO. 3740 AMENDED BY
COMMONWEALTH NO. 46
States that products, commodities of any kind,
imported or locally manufactured shall be properly
packed and labeled, marked or branded to represent
the true character, amount, value, contents,
properties and condition of the article on the
materials of which it is composed.
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PRAYER

Health insurance - is a financial agreement

d. Surgical insurance -pays for surgery

e. Disability insurance -provides

Alternative health care modalities

2. Energy medicine - uses magnetic fields

4. Mind-body medicine - uses mental

Naturopathy- offers a wide range of

What are the herbs approved by the

Unscramble the letters to form each herb

4. S A Y A B A B For use as antiseptic to disinfect

10. B E R Y A – N U B E A For relief

QUACKS – are people who perform healing procedures

PUFFERY – making superlative/exaggerated claims for

- advertisement promises a better & more successful

- uses prizes and bonuses for product buyers.

– information having the semblance of a scientific

Consumers should be given knowledge

2. Get information about the products or

3. Report fraud and suspected fraudulent

This law declared the policy of the country to

Strengthens the rule making and adjudicating

An act declaring illegal the possession, sale or

Prescribes the use of the metric system of weights

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