What I Need to Know

This module is designed to equip you with the necessary knowledge, skills and
values to achieve competence in maintaining good health, social awareness and good
physical condition.
This module provides you different activities that will help you become familiar with
the topics or lessons on the components of consumer health. Assistance of your parents,
siblings or relatives is encouraged in answering the module particularly in the activities
where you need to perform tasks.

Let us check what you know about

consumer health.
Are you ready to start? Good luck!

After working on this module, you are expected to:

1. explain the guidelines and criteria in the selection and evaluation of health
information, products and services (H10CH-Ia-b-20); and
2. discuss the various forms of health service providers and healthcare plans
(H10CH-Ia-b-21).

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 What I Know

Pretest

Directions: Read the statement carefully and choose your answers from the box below.
Write your answers in your activity notebook.

Feel free to answer the activities. Don’t

worry about the result. I just want to know
where you are or how much you know
about the topic. Ready? Let’s start!

Health information Health Consumer Health Products

Health Services Unreliable Source of Information
Reliable Source of Information

_____1. These are data and facts about health products and services you can get from
media and people around you.
_____2. These are procedures, actions or work furnished or supplied to help satisfy your
needs and wants as consumer.
_____3. These are health information based on customs and superstitions.
_____4. These are health information based on educational institutions.
_____5. This refers to the decisions you make about the purchase and use of health
information on products and services.

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True or False: Write True if the statement is correct or False if the statement is wrong.
Write your answers in your notebook.

_____6. A health consumer is someone who shares the health products and services.
_____7. Health information from Facebook is a trusted source.
_____8. When purchasing a health product, comparing and contrasting the products of
similar kind is helpful.
_____9. Information based on health magazines and bulletin is considered reliable.
_____10. Skin care products and grooming aides are kinds of health information.

Turn to page 17 and check your

answers. If you got 9 and below, it is
necessary for you to learn more from
this module. If your score is 10, you can
still learn more from this module.

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 Module
Components of
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What’s In

Activity 1: My Source of Information

Directions: The following are sources of information on consumer health. Write the item
number of the statement in the appropriate box. The left box should contain the reliable
source while the right box should contain those which are not.

Scie Reliable Source Not reliable source

Sources
1. Neighbors
2. Friends
3. Health Magazines
4. Parents who are health professionals
5. Elderly
6. Government agencies
7. Researches
8. Books
9. Pamphlets
10. Wikipedia

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 What’s New

All of us are consumers. We acquire health information, purchase health

products, and avail of health services to appraise, improve, and maintain our
health. Health information is an idea that we hear from people around us, read
from books and other printed materials, or from the media that influence our
health. Health products are items that we consume to improve our well-being
such as medicine, food, clothes, furniture, electronics, etc. To ensure consumer
health, criteria and guidelines in selecting health products/ services must be
considered. Various forms of providers and plans must also be known to a
consumer.
Health services 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, and complementary and alternative medicine. In this light, we must all
be educated consumers.

What is it

What is consumer health?

Consumer health is not just about buying health products and services. It is also
about making decisions and having a clear and deeper understanding to make wise
choices.

Consumer health has three components: health information, health

products, and health services. Health information plays a big role in the life of
individuals. It gives details that people can use to make informed decisions about their
health and of others.

What is Health Information?

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.

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 All information about the health products are included in this area. It gives the
materials used in manufacturing the product, date, uses, expirations, and even cautions.
Example:
Product Manufacturer Uses Ingredients Date of Expiration
Manufacturing Date
Tomas Milk Phil. Inc., To Water, January 5, 2019 January 21,
Milk Candon City enhance skimmed milk 2021
I.S growth powder,
and pasteurized
stronger yoghurt
immunity powder,
sugar,
apple juice
concentrate
Tsarap Magic Phil. For Iodized salt, December 5, April 19,
Magic Inc., Vigan Seasoning garlic, 2019 2021
City, I.S sugar, onion,
spices,
chicken meat

People acquire health information and products from various sources such as
authorized person, media, and technology. It is important to identify the reliability of these
sources.

Some Reliable Sources of information

1. Medical and health professionals (Family and school doctors, dentists, nurses,
health science educators)
2. Government agencies like Department of Health (DOH), Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD), Department of Trade
and Industry (DTI)
3. Websites ending in gov, edu, and org.
4. Local health officials
5. Educational institutions

Some Unreliable Sources of Health Information

1. Outdated customs, practices, and superstitions without scientific basis

2. Information based on ignorance and prejudice
3. Commercialized health information
4. Personal options and incomplete information
5. Quack or pseudo healers

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 Guide Questions or criteria in Assessing Health Information
The following questions are the things to consider before buying health products or
availing health services.

What are Health Products?

Health products 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.
Examples: eyeglasses, appliances, medicines, grooming aids, car, etc.

What is a Healthcare Service?

Healthcare services refer to the furnishing of medicines, medical or surgical

treatments, nursing, hospital service, dental service, optometric service, and
complementary health services. These 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.
Examples: medical and dental consultation and treatment, services from beauty
parlors and barber shops, etc.

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

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 Some Tips on how to be a Wise Consumer

1. Gather correct and sufficient information–get as much information by reading

critically the details on the nutritional quality of the food. Be aware that being
knowledgeable of the laws will protect you as a consumer.

2. Compare and contrast details of available products – compare and contrast

the products and services available before you purchase. Judge for yourself which
among the products are most effective. You can use the questions in assessing
the health information as your initial guide.

3. Inquire for more and review if possible – ask direct questions from sales
personnel if there are things about the product that are not clear to you before
buying it. Clarifying things will make you more confident as a consumer. You can
also get some information from other consumers regarding the product.

Health services are usually offered by healthcare providers. “A healthcare provider

is a trained professional who provides people with healthcare”. Health services are
offered by health service providers. There are three types, as follows:

I. Health Professionals. These are individuals who are licensed to practice medicine
and other allied health programs and work in the medical profession.
Examples: doctor, nurse, nutritionist, etc.

II. Healthcare Facilities – These are places or institutions that offer healthcare services.
Examples: hospitals, walk-in surgery center, health center, extended healthcare
facility.

III. 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 (Learner's Material on the Philippine Health
Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) - Grade 10 2017).

The vision statement of PhilHealth

“Bawat Pilipino Miyembro,

Bawat Miyembro Protektado,
Kalusugan ng Lahat Protektado”

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 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 - employees in the government and private sectors.
the Formal Economy - household helpers
- family drivers
- owners of small, medium and large enterprises

How to enroll? - Members should be enrolled by their respective

employers.
Employed or Members in - workers who are not covered by formal contracts and
the Informal Economy whose premium contributions are self-paid or
subsidized.
- migrant workers (documented and undocumented
OFW)
- workers: sea-based and land-based
- Informal sector (street hawkers, market vendors,
pedicab and tricycle drivers, small construction workers,
and home-based industries
- Filipino with dual citizenship
- Naturalized Filipino citizen
- Citizens of other countries on/and residing in the
Philippines

How to enroll? - applies membership on their own

Indigent Members - people who have no visible means of income as
identified by the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) based on specific criteria.

How to enroll? - the Department of Social Welfare and Development

(DSWD) is tasked by the National government to
facilitate their enrollment.
Sponsored Members - members whose premium contributions are paid for by
another individual, government agency or private entity.

- orphans, abandoned and abused minors, out of school

youths, persons with disability, battered women under
DSWD custody, barangay health workers, barangay
tanods and other barangay workers and volunteers.
Lifetime Member - those who have reached the age of retirement and
have made 120 monthly contributions.

How to enroll? - Need to apply for membership to qualify under this

category.
Senior Citizens - elderly who are not covered under the National Health
Insurance Program (NHIP).
How to enroll? - Need to apply for membership to qualify under this
category.

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 Once enrolled under PhilHealth, a member should declare his or her legal
dependents so they can also be extended of the same healthcare protection and benefits
as that of the principal member.

What’s More

Good Job! Now you have

understood the different components of
Consumer Health, and Philhealth. Let’s
check how far have you done. Do the
activities and assessments work for you?
Let’s continue then.

Activity 1: Let’s Go Shopping!

Directions: Write five examples of health products that people buy and consume using
the web idea below. Write your answers in your activity notebook.

Remember to keep those products with

you for the next activity.

Health Products

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Activity 2: Think About It!
Write down the names of as many individuals as you know who are PhilHealth
members. On the second row, state the reason of their membership category.

Remember that you may ask help from

your relatives. Have fun!

Formal Informal Sponsored Indigent Lifetime Senior

Economy Economy Members Members Members Citizens

Reasons

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 Assessment

TRUE OR FALSE: Write T if the statement is true or F if it is false. Use your activity
notebook.

1. Professionals such as physicians, scientists, and teachers can be sources of

health information.
2. Hair cut from barber shop is an example of healthcare services.
3. Foods, drugs, cosmetics, devices, biologicals, vaccines, in-vitro diagnostic
reagents, and household/urban hazardous substances are considered health
products.
4. Consumer health has three components.
5. Health products are the concepts, steps, or pieces of advice that various sources
give to aid the health status of an individual.

What I Have Learned

 Consumer Health refers to the decisions you make about the purchase and use
of health information, products, and services that will have a direct effect on your
health. It has three components namely: health information, health products and
healthcare services.
 Criteria and guidelines must be considered when availing health services or
product. Details of the product, source of information, feedback mechanisms are
some of the things to be considered. As a wise consumer, you should be able to
gather information, compare available products, and inquire for more so all
doubts will be erased.
 Health professionals, health facilities and insurance are the three types of
health providers. One type of insurance is the PhilHealth.

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 What I Can Do

LET’S DIG MORE!

A. Directions: From the products that you have identified in Activity 1, write the
necessary information about the product. Copy the table below in your activity notebook.

Product Manufacturer Uses Ingredients Date of Expiration

Manufacturing Date

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B. Directions: Study the poster below. List five questions that you will ask about the
product and answer also the question given below. Write your answers in your activity
notebook.

1. Using the guide questions in assessing

health information, will you buy the
product? Why or why not?

What?

Who?

What else?

_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

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 Assessment

Posttest

Your sister got common colds, how will you get safe and accurate information in
the treatment of such illness? Put a checkmark beside the source of information which
could be considered as a safe source.

Health Books
Interview with your classmates and adults
Consultation with faith healers
Information from parents
Information from Department of Health (DOH)
Health Magazines
Information from social media such as Facebook and
Instagram
Medical consultation with a physician
Information from TV news
Information from radio

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 Directions: Answer the following questions in your activity notebook.

1. You are to buy a health product, specifically a beauty soap. However, you do
not have sufficient and accurate information about the product. What could
possibly happen to you if you buy this product without researching on its
details?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

2. Is there a need for you to know the guidelines in choosing products? Why?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

Additional Activity

Interview three persons and find out what health products are they using. Also,
ask them why they are using those products?
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________

Congratulations! You’re done.

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Answer Key

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