good day learners i am geraldine mendoza and i will be your teacher for the day welcome to our health education 10 quarter one week one day one objective explains the guidelines and criteria in the selection and evaluation of health information products and services [Music] before we proceed to our lesson for today which is consumer health let me ask the following questions where did you last spend your money what item did you buy what kind of service did you last avail who recently shared with you a new health information do you consider yourself as a consumer what is consumer health consumer health aims to develop a person's ability to evaluate and utilize health information products and services wisely and effectively so all of us are consumers we acquire health information purchase health products and avail health services to appraise improve and maintain our health so these are only a few of the things that concern you as adolescents so the session making must learn in order to live a healthy and normal life in this slide we must all be educated consumers who make selections of information products and services that are scientifically proven and legally approved so there are three components of consumer health the health information the health products and health services health information is any idea that we hear from people around us read from books and other printed materials or from media that influence our health so this may also involve ingredients or raw material use nutrition tax correction consumption expiration date serving amount manufacturing company prescribe consumer and cautions how to become a wise and well-informed consumer first get to know the products or services first then be meticulous with sales talk or marketing gimmicks consult the authorities when in doubt never sacrifice quality from quantity [Music] so health products health products are items that we consume to improve our well-being like medicine food clothes furniture and electronics and many others so this products may be purchased from various places like supermarket pharmacy and hospitals so we was very careful the products that we used there are some products can bring bad effects to our health so make sure that this products are approved by the food and drugs administration health services programs we avail from various providers such as physicians nurses therapists health workers hospitals clinics and other health institutions so choose health services that is run by health professionals we could just trust anyone to help us in our health problems some example of this health services are insurance treatment and cure complementary and alternative magazine people acquire health information and products from various sources like people media and technology reliable sources of health information and products are licensed professionals who took up specialized intensive studies in the field they are the ones who have qualified educational background and can give scientific explanation to validate information so unreliable information are sources of information and products from people who are not experts in the field so beware of unreliable information so there are four criteria or considerations for examining any products and services first the safety then environmental impact quality and price what do you know what type of consumer are you there are seven types of consumer first the intelligent consumer this type of consumer prioritize your needs and limit your purchase on your ability to pay next are you a spend trip consumer you lavish yourself with anything or everything that indicates luxury trip or academy is not in your vocabulary or are you a bargain addict you have an obsession for all types of bargain sale and becomes an easy prey to all the sales traps played by deceitful traders or are you a type of closest consumer this type of consumer are someone who hoards money but you deprive yourself of your needs panic buyer consumer this type of consumer are easily agitated by rumors of rising prices product shortages and political disorders intend to hoard unreasonable quantity of household supplies and thereby contributes to price increase and artificial shortages in 4. you are an impulsive buyer this type of consumer do not prioritize your needs you buy anything that you think you need or like and regret it afterwards or are you a wasteful consumer you have the habit of leaving the lights on ignoring licking faucets buying more than enough food that you can consume and throwing away good food afterwards and that ends our lesson for today did you understand it very well if not you may go back to the lesson presented in the module thank you and see you again bye