Locating Health Information
Where can you locate information?
Websites, newspapers, magazines, TV, and radio shows
What is health promotion?
Advocating for your families health by sharing with others
How do you use the health info?
Through health products and services
True or False: Evaluating Health Information is not important at all
FALSE
How can you find reliable sources for information?
URLs that end in .gov, .edu, and .org.
What does it mean to advocate?
To take actions that show support
What does CFIA stand for?
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
How can you engage in life-long learning about how to improve your health?
Be invovled in your comunity and in activites that benefit your health
Is size or popularity a indicator of reliabilty?
No
How do you advocate for community health?
Learn about public health services and write to elected officals
What is health fraud?
illegal activity related to health products or services
What are the characteristics of life-long learners?
Ongoing, Volentary, and Self-Motivated
What is the most reliable way to get accurate health information?
Your doctor or a healthcare professional.
True or False: Attending community meetings and speaking about concerns is a way of advocating for public health.
TRUE
True or False? If you have health fraud you can't sue the company or individual
FALSE
What are the three criterias of evaluating health?
Peer Reviewed, Repeatable, and Based on experimentation and Observation
Why are websites that belong to businesses that earn profits trustworthy?
Trick question: they aren't trustworthy
How does the government help with health promotion?
provide people with opportunities to make healthy choices
Who regulates and ensures the safety of food, health products, and medications?
• Health Canada: Sets the policies, safety standards, and nutritional quality requirements for food under the Food and Drugs Act.
• Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA): Enforces them
What is theories and health claims that are described as science-based when they are not?
Pseudoscience