Chapter 1: Consumer Health, Conventional Medicine, and Complementary and Integrative Health Flashcards
True or False: All of us consume health buying products and services to treat illnesses or to prevent disease or disorders
True
What do traditional therapies include
obtaining physical exams
blood lab tests
physical therapy
taking prescription drugs
vitamins minerals and OTC drugs
What do complementary and alternative medicine encompass
herbal supplements
massages
reflexology
acupuncture
acupressure
True or False: improving the health of a nation requires financing
True
True or false: part of funding comes from private-and government-funded programs
True
For underdeveloped countries what financing is available
publicly financed developmental assistance for health (DAH) is available in the form of financial resources and improved effectiveness of resource
CAM
complementary alternative medicine
Distribution of money flows through channels such as
The united nations agency (WHO, UNICEF)
The global fund
Bill & Melinda gates foundation
Where do money from these channels go
to specific targets or institutions that implement the use of funds (HIV/AIDS)
5 leading causes of death
heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, and unintentional injuries)
True or False: The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that the 5 leading causes of death have huge economic impact
True
What estimation of million workers per year report missing days at work and how much does this decrease economic output
69 million
decreases by 260 billion
True or false: We value our health and we spend great amounts of money to increase health status, we also contribute to the cost of health care due to the disease we acquire.
True
A physical disease may have what basis
genetic basis (diabetes)
autoimune disorder basis (rheumatoid arthritis)
or caused by germs that could be bacterial, viral, fungal and so forth
True or false: Even if people have a disease condition, they may not always feel unwell or uncomfortable
True
True or false: The perception of feeling the symptoms of a disease is not considered an illness
FALSE! is considered
True or False: Currently, most health professionals view health in a holistic manner, an approach that aims at treating the whole person
true
Holistic health
A concept that concern for health requires a perception of the individual as integrated system rather than one or more separate parts including physical, mental and spiritual, and emotional
Mackenzie def of health
A dynamic state or condition that is multidimensional, a resource for living and results from a person’s interactions with and adaptation to the environment and therefore exists in varying degrees unique to the individual.
True or false: Health practices can not be considered as illness-avoiding or health-enhancing behaviours.
FALSE! can be considered
True or False- Health enhancing behaviors are not practiced in fear but they practice them because they like the way it makes them feel, function or look
True
True or False: Health enhancing behaviors are those that should be practiced over a lifetime
TRUE
Conventional medicine
-also known as traditional or orthodox medicine
-practices include physical examinations, use of x-rays and other exams
-surgical techniques
-prescription drugs
-lab tests on blood, urine, body excretions
-conventional physicians may be practitioners of either allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine
Allopathic physician
Known as a medical doctor (MD)
Osteopathic physician
DO, doctor of osteopathy
True or false: Both allopathic physicians and osteopathic physicians have similar training and clinical experiences and are the physicians that have been mainstream of our traditional medical care
TRUE
Other examples of conventional practitioners
nurses
dentists
social workers
registered dieticians
physical therapists
health educators
NCCIH
National centre for complementary and integrative health
- a centre in the national institution of health and is the lead agency in the Federal government that conducts and reviews research studies involving complementary and integrative health approaches
Whats the NCCIH main purpose
investigate the safety and efficacy of various methodologies and how they may or may not improve health and health care
Complementary
practices are considered non-stream, yet are used along with conventional medicine. Such practices may include aromatherapy after surgery, massage to aid a patient with anxiety, and acupuncture to aid addiction recovery
Alternative
These practices are considered non-stream and are used in place of conventional medicine. This could include using only acupuncture to treat pain or using chiropractic to treat not only back/skeletal muscle conditions but to treat diseases such as diabetes
What does the NCCIH state about alternative medicine
however that true that alternative medicine is not used very much as most people seem to use them in conjunction with orthodox or conventional medicine
Integrative health
Integrative health occurs when there is coordinated approach to bring alternative medicine and conventional medicine together. Integrative approaches can be used for many conditions such as pain management, stress relief, and symptom management of cancer
True or False: Both conventional medicine and alternative health care embrace holistic health
true
True or false: alternative practices are generally viewed as unorthodox from the standpoint of scientific medicine as currently taught in medical schools
true
T or F: alternative care is less empathic about role of the individual in maintaining his or her own health
false- more empathic
True or false: practitioners of conventional medicine all must fulfill certain kinds and amounts of training, education, and licensing although many (but not all) alternative practitioners also must fulfill educational requirements in their field of study
true
T or F: conventional practitioners do not tend to treat symptoms of disease or some other sick or unhealthy state
false-the tend to
true or false: alternative health care providers embrace a wide variety of possible practices and emphasize the bodys natural self-restoration properties
true
The NCCIH divides complementary health into what two subgroups
1.mind and body practices
2. natural products
The older website NCCA divided CAM into what five therapies
- alternative medical systems (homeopathic medicine, naturopathic medicine, chiropractic medicine, traditional chinese medicine (TCM) and ayurveda)
- mind-body interventions (meditation, prayer, mental healing, art, music or dance)
- biologically based therapies (dietary supplements, herbal medicine)
- manipulative and body-based therapies (chiropractic medicine, osteopathic medicine, massage) and 5. energy therapies (qigong, Reiki, therapeutic touch, pulsed fields and magnetic fields)
T or F: every time we buy something we are acting as a consumer
true
Three objectives related to improve the health literacy of the population
- increase the proportion of persons who report their healthcare provider always gave them easy-to-understand instructions about what to do to take care of their illness or health condition
- Increase the proportion of persons who report their healthcare provider always asked them to describe how they will follow their instructions
- Increase the proportion of persons who report their healthcare providers office is always offered help in filing out a form
Consumer health
encompassing all aspects of the marketplace related to the purchase of health products and services
Four basic rights outlined by Kennedy the expanded to 6 consumer bill or rights 1962
- the right to safety: to be protected against the marketing of goods that are hazardous to health or to life
- the right to be informed: to be protected against fraudulent, deceitful, or grossly misleading information, advertising labelling or other practices and to be given facts needed to make informed choices
- The right to choose: to be assured, wherever possible, access to a variety of products and services at competitive prices; in those industries in which competition is not workable and government regulation is substituted, an assurance of satisfactory quality and service at fair prices
4, The right to be heard: to be assured that consumer interests will receive full and sympathetic consideration in the formulation of government policy, and fair expeditious treatment in its administrative tribunal - The right to education: to have access to programs and information that help consumers make better marketplace decisions
- The right to redress: to work with established mechanisms to have problems corrected and to receive compensation for poor service or for products that do not function properly
Ralph Nader
pulished unsafe at any speed in 1965
leading advocate for consumer health
followers are called nader raiders conducting research and [roviding advocacy for over 40 years
T or F: we as health consumers need to take responsibility for the chocues we make
true
caveat emptor
waring means let the buyers beware
a principle of commerce stating that if no warranty is provided, then a customer buys at his or her own risk
All 50 states have incorporated into laws
Whats a consequence of caveat emptor
very difficult to prosecute fraud
Caveat vendor
places responsibility on the seller
“let the seller beware”
implies that it is the sellers responsibility rather than the purchasers to ensure that the goods or services offered for sale are able to deliver their intended purpose
True or false: to protect the U.S consumer, the US department of health and human services, agency for healthcare research and quality provides information about getting safer medical care, preventing errors and getting quality medical care
True
