Health 10 Module 1

FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ECUMENICAL SCHOOL INC.

BANCAL, GUAGUA, PAMPANGA
TEL. NO. 900-2254
HEALTH
UNIT I
CONSUMER HEALTH
MODULE1 Health Information, Health
Product, Health Services
Name of student: _____________________________
10
Prepared by : Ms. Kate P. Batac_____
This module has the following parts
To the learner Introdution of the lesson
Learning Outcome what you learn at the end of the lesson
Lets Try This Is a simple activity to help you link the current
lesson with the previous one.
Lets Study This This section provides a brief discussion of the

lesson. This aims to help you discover and
understand new concepts and skills.
Lets do thisThis includes questions or blank sentence/

paragraph to be filled in to process what you
learned from the lesson.
Lets do more This section provides an activity which will help

you transfer your new knowledge or skill into
real life situations or concerns.
Lets remember this brief summary of the lesson
Lets test ourselves This is a task which aims to evaluate your level
of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.
Answer key This contains answers to all activities in the

module.
Unit
I
INTRODUCTION
CONSUMER HEALTH
These are only a few of the things that concern you as adolescents. Decisionmaking is an
important skill that you must learn in order to live a healthy and normal life. This module
will help you understand the basics of consumer health. Consumer health aims to develop
a person’s ability to evaluate and utilize health information, products, and services wisely
and effectively. 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 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 products are
items that we consume to improve our well-being, like medicine, food, clothes, furniture,
electronics, etc. 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,
complementary and alternative medicine. In this light, we must all be educated
consumers who make wise selection of information, products, and services that are
scientifically proven and legally approved. It is our duty to evaluate and examine the
reliability of the sources. Let us find out how we can be educated in consumer health.
Health Information, Health Product,
Health Services
To the learner
Where did you last spend your money?

What item did you buy? Why? What kind of service did you
last avail? Who recently shared with you a new health
information?
In this lesson will help you understand the basics of health

information, health product and health services. Consumer
health aims to develop a person’s ability to evaluate and utilize
health information, products, and services wisely and
effectively. All of us are consumers. We acquire health
information, purchase health products, and avail of health
services to appraise,
Learning Outcome
This modules was made with you in mind.
It is here to help you master on synthesizing information which comes

from other.
This modules your going to Understand and explain the guidelines in the
selection and evaluation of health information, products, and services.
.
Lets Try This
This part is aim tro check what you know about the lesson
to take
Activity 1
Read the following. Encirle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Deal with the diagnosis and treatment of disease that provides medical treatment
and care to the public or to a particular group.
a. Health information c. Health services
b. Health products d. consumer
2.Practice of acquiring,analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical

information to provide superior healthcare.
b. Health products d. Consumer
3.Substances such as vitamins and minerals

herbal medicines, homeopathic preparations, energy drinks, probiotics, and other
alternative and traditional medicines that can be obtained without a prescription
and are required to be safe to use as Over-the-counter products.
b. Health products d. Consumer
4. This is a sub-branch of health informatics that helps bridge the gap between
patients and health resources. It is defined by the American Medical Informatics
Association as the field devoted to informatics from multiple consumer or patient
views.
a. consumer education c. consumer health
b. health information d. health consumer
Lets Study This
Health information
Health information Practice of

acquiring,analyzing, and protecting
digital and to provide superior
healthcare.To address this,the
Department of Health (DOH)
together with the Department of
Science and Technology (DOST) to
create a venue that allows better
access to health services facilities,
and information.
Health Information Management

It is the practice of maintenance and care of health records by-
1. traditional (paper-based) and 5. other information such as:
electronic means in hospitals a. hospital administration's functions
2. doctor's offices and clinics b. health resources information
3. health departments c. health information
4. health insurance companies d. health information technology
Health products
Health products Substances such as

vitamins and minerals
herbal medicines, homeopathic
preparations, energy drinks,
probiotics, and other alternative and
traditional medicines that can be
obtained without a prescription and
are required to be safe to use as Over-
the-counter products.
There are ten (10) Philippine medicinal plant species approved for
therapeutic use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Department of
Health (DOH):
1. Lagundi (Vitexnegundo) - Cough and asthma

2 Sambong (Blumeabalsamifera L)-Anti-urolithiasis (kidney stones)
3. Ampalaya (Momordicacharantia L.)- Lowering of blood sugar and anti-diabetes
4. Garlic (Allium sativum)-Anti-cholesterol
5. Guava (Psidium guajava)-Oral/skin antiseptic
6 Tsaang-gubat (Carmona cetusa)- Mouthwash
7. Yerba-Buena (Menthaarvensis)-Analgesic or anti-pyretic
8 Niyug-niyogan (Quisaualisindica)- Anti-helminthic
9. Acapulco (Cassia alata)- Antifungal
10. Ulasimang-bato (Peperomia pellucda)- Anti-hyperurisemia
Health product may be classified into:
Medicine and physical product

Example: antibiotics
Dietary suppliments
Example : vitamins and minerals
Grooming and personality-used to beauty one’s appearance
Ex. Soap and shampoo
1. Health services
Health services Deal with the

diagnosis and treatment of disease
that provides medical treatment
and care to the public or to a
particular group. It include all
services that deal with the
diagnosis and treatment of disease
that provides medical treatment
and care to the public or to a
particular group. They include
personal and non-personal health
services that refer to the way
inputs such as money, staff,
equipment, and drugs are
combined to allow the delivery of health interventions.
This activity comprises for independent practice to your understanding and skills of the
topic
Lets do this
Activity 2
TRUE OR FALSE
Read the health information below. Write TRUE if it is scientifically true and proven, and write
FALSE IF if it is not.
1. ____________________Warts are contagious.

2. ____________________Chocolates cause acne and pimples.
3. ____________________Cracking your knuckles causes arthritis.
4. ____________________Healthy people who eat a balanced diet do not need
supplements.
5. ____________________Sleeping with wet hair causes mental disorders.
6. ____________________Jumping from the third step of the stairs on the first day of
menstruation reduces the number of bleeding days.
7. ____________________Circumcision is done for hygienic purposes only.
8. ____________________Touching hands of people with HIV may infect you with such.
9. ____________________Putting toothpaste on burns causes irritation.
10. ____________________Sleep need varies depending on the individual
.
Lets do more
This activity comprises for independent practice to your understanding and skills of the topic
Activity 3
Classify the following into:

Medicine
Dietary supplements
Product for grooming and personality
1. Face Powder___________________________
2. Aspirin___________________________
3. Vicks___________________________
4. Vitamin C Syrup___________________________
5. Toothpaste___________________________
6. Amoxiciline___________________________
7. Diatabs___________________________
8. Whitening lotion___________________________
9. Paracetamol___________________________
10. Sunblock ___________________________
Lets remember this
Consumer health encompasses the health information, products, and services being gathered,
acquired, and availed by an individual. Health Information refers to any concept, idea, data, or
figures that may aid to the health status of an individual. Health Product refer to materials,
devices, or items that an individual purchases to improve health. Examples of these are
shampoo, medicine, health electronics, and food. On the other hand health Services refer to
programs offered for the health appraisal of an individual through various treatment, screening,
and examinations. Some examples of these are health professionals, facilities, and insurance.
This task provides to evaluate your level of mastery about the lesson
Lets test ourselves
Answer the following questions :
1. What is health information?
2. Name atleast (5) Philippine medicinal plant species approved for therapeutic use
by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Department of Health
(DOH):
3. Describe health care services.

Answe key
Activity 1
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. A
Activity 2
1. True 6. False
2. False 7. False
3. False 8. False
4. False 9. True
5. False 10. True
Activity 3
1. Product for grooming and 6. Medicine

personality 7. Medicine
2. Medicine 8. Product for grooming and
3. Medicine personality
4. Dietary supplements 9. Medicine
5. Product for grooming and 10. Product for grooming and
personality personality
Activity 4
1. Practice of acquiring,analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical

information to provide superior healthcare.
2. 1. Lagundi (Vitexnegundo) - Cough and asthma
2 Sambong (Blumeabalsamifera L)-Anti-urolithiasis (kidney stones)
3. Ampalaya (Momordicacharantia L.)- Lowering of blood sugar and anti-
diabetes
4. Garlic (Allium sativum)-Anti-cholesterol
5. Guava (Psidium guajava)-Oral/skin antiseptic
6 Tsaang-gubat (Carmona cetusa)- Mouthwash
7. Yerba-Buena (Menthaarvensis)-Analgesic or anti-pyretic
8 Niyug-niyogan (Quisaualisindica)- Anti-helminthic
9. Acapulco (Cassia alata)- Antifungal
10. Ulasimang-bato (Peperomia pellucda)- Anti-hyperurisemia
3. Deal with the diagnosis and treatment of disease that provides medical treatment
and care to the public or to a particular group.

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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

ECUMENICAL SCHOOL INC.

Name of student: _____________________________

To the learner Introdution of the lesson

Learning Outcome what you learn at the end of the lesson

Lets Study This This section provides a brief discussion of the

Lets do thisThis includes questions or blank sentence/

Lets do more This section provides an activity which will help

Lets remember this brief summary of the lesson

Answer key This contains answers to all activities in the

Where did you last spend your money?

In this lesson will help you understand the basics of health

This modules was made with you in mind.

It is here to help you master on synthesizing information which comes

2.Practice of acquiring,analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical

3.Substances such as vitamins and minerals

Health information Practice of

Health Information Management

Health products Substances such as

1. Lagundi (Vitexnegundo) - Cough and asthma

Health product may be classified into:

Medicine and physical product

Health services Deal with the

1. ____________________Warts are contagious.

Classify the following into:

Lets test ourselves

Answer the following questions :

1. What is health information?

3. Describe health care services.

1. Product for grooming and 6. Medicine

1. Practice of acquiring,analyzing, and protecting digital and traditional medical

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