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 info?
Through health products and services
What are the main types of insurance?
Health maintenance organization (HMO)
Preferred provider organization (PPO)
What are the characteristics of life-long learners?
Ongoing, Volentary, and Self-Motivated
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 FDA stand for?
Food and drug administration
What are different types of payments?
Premium, Deductible and Co Pay
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 kind of physician provides routine checkups, screenings, treatments, prescriptions, and preventive health services?
primary care physician (PCP)
What is theories and health claims that are described as science-based when they are not?
Pseudoscience
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
Which type of insurance plan allows more flexibility in choosing healthcare providers, but is more expensive?
preferred provider organization (PPO)
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
Which federal organization regulates and ensures the safety of food, health products, and medications?
US Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA)
What determines minors’ rights to access healthcare?
State laws
True or False: Evaluating Health Information is not important at all
FALSE