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Lesson 6: Accessing Valid Health
Information, Products and Resources
Calendar
Mark the following dates on your calendar:
February 6: Go Ask Alice Due
(Just purchase the book by then.)
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What You’ll Learn
1
Discuss the steps needed to access valid health
information, products and services
2
What is insurance and the different types of
coverage.
3
Explain how to keep a personal health record.
The 4 Steps on How to Access Health
Information, Products, and Services
1.
Identify health information, products, and
services you need.
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Where do you look for reliable health information
about a health question?
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A health-care provider is a trained, licensed professional
who performs services that help people maintain or restore
their health status.
A health service is the work performed by a health-care
provider.
A health product is something that is made specifically to
maintain or restore health.
A health-care facility is a place people receive health
services.
2.
Find health information, products,
and services.
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Health topics can be found at:
1.
Doctor or dentist’s office
2.
Pharmacy
3.
Grocery Store
4.
School Nurse
Health products can be purchased
from:
1. a health-care provider
2. a pharmacy
3. a grocery store.
3.
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Evaluate health information,
products, and services.
Ask the following questions about health
information to determine its reliability:
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What is the source of the information?
What are the qualifications of the person or group
providing the information?
Is the information up-to-date?
Have reputable health-care professionals evaluated
the information?
What is the purpose of the information?
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To inform, not to make money.
3.
Evaluate health information,
products, and services cont.
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Does the information educate or merely appeal to
your emotions?
How can you obtain additional information?
Does the information make realistic claims?
Do I need this product or service?
Do I understand what the product or service does
and how to use it?
Is the product or service safe to use for my current
need?
4.
Take action when health
information is misleading.
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There are laws that protect the public from false
advertising.
You can contact federal agencies to notify them of
any false advertising.
Federal Drug Administration
Federal Trade Commission
WAKE UP
Example of false advertising
Example of Omission of Risk
You attend a speaker program which features a slide show that presents
efficacy information about Drug X, but no risk information.
This presentation would be misleading because it fails to include a fair
balance of benefit and risk information for Drug X.
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Example of Overstating the Effectiveness
“Doctor Smith, Drug X delivers rapid results in as little as 3 days.”
This presentation is misleading because the majority of patients studied
in the clinical trials for Drug X showed results at 12 weeks, with only
very few showing results in 3 days.
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When you need valid health information, a
health resource can help with your specific
need.
Valid health resources can answer questions
for you about health products and support
services in their area of expertise.
Types of Health Resources
GOVERNMENTAL
HEALTH RESOURCES
are established by
the federal
government that
oversee the health of
the nation.
HEALTH
PROFESSIONAL
GROUPS
monitor the training
and ethics of health
professionals so that
you know the doctor
or other health
professional you see
at a medical facility
has completed a
program with the
good of your health
as the focus.
HEALTH ADVOCATE
GROUPS
educates the public
about a specific
health condition.
There are cancer,
heart, diabetes, and
lung associations.
What is insurance?
Health insurance is financial protection that
provides benefits for sickness or injury.
• When a person buys insurance, the provider
agrees to pay or reimburse the costs of care.
A premium is the amount paid for the insurance
coverage.
A claim is a bill from a health-care provider
Types of coverage
HMO – try to provide care at the lowest possible cost. Must
receive care from HMO providers.
PPO – Has contract with providers who agree to provide services
at a reduced rate.
HSA – Health savings account, tax deductable, balance rolls over.
FSA – Flexible spending account, tax deductable, balance does
not roll over.
**Can only use HSA/FSA for medical purposes.
Medicare – anyone over 65 and for people who have received
social security disability benefits for two or more years.
Medicaid – for people with low incomes. State specific. Arizona
is AHCCCS (Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System).
Living without Health Insurance
“About 44 million people in this country have no health insurance,
and another 38 million have inadequate health insurance. This
means that nearly one-third of Americans face each day
without the security of knowing that, if and when they need it,
medical care is available to them and their families.”
http://www.pbs.org/healthcarecrisis/uninsured.html
Unfortunately this means that they neglect preventative health
care services, such as cancer screenings and immunizations.
They wait until they have serious health problems and end up in
the hospital or trauma centers which are very expensive.
What circumstances may lead to someone being uninsured?
In Class Activity
Real life health:
Fill out your personal health history.
--Fill out as much information as you can in
class.
HOMEWORK: Fill out the rest of your personal
health history.