Unit 4: Consumer Health Flashcards
What serious health and safety issues affect teens?
Motor vehicle crashes
Violence
Substance abuse
Risky sexual behaviors
What are some healthful behaviors that teens can struggle to adopt?
Eating nutritiously
Engaging in physical activity
Choosing not to use tobacco or other drugs
What are some environmental factors that affect teen health?
Family
Peers
School
Community
How can schools positively affect students’ health?
Fostering the delivery of quality sexual health ed
Increase youth access to sexual health services
Establish healthy, safe, and supportive school environments
Implement effective policies and programs to prevent HIV, STDs and pregnancy.
What does CDC stand for?
Center for disease control and prevention
What school health programs does the CDC promote?
Health education Physical education Health services Nutrition services Health promotion for staff Counseling and psych/social services healthful school environment Family/community involvement
What does WHO stand for?
World Health Organization
What are WHO’s core functions within the UN?
Ensure universal health coverage
Protect from health emergencies
Provide better health and well-being
What are the six points of WHO’s current worldwide agenda?
- Focus on primary health care to improve access to quality essential services
- Work towards sustainable financing and financial protection
- Improve access to essential medicines and health products
- Train the health workforce and advise on labor policies
- Support people’s participation in national health policies
- Improve Monitoring, data, and information.
What is conservation?
Protection and preservation of the environment
What is recycling?
treatment of waste so that it can be reused.
What are health fraud scams?
A scam to a recipient misinterpreting the truth with the aim of gaining an advantage in a fraudulent manner.
What is the United Nations?
An intergovernmental organization whose purpose is to maintain international peace and security.
What factors influence what we buy?
Personal taste Media messages Tradition Peers Packaging and placement Price
What is a health consumer?
SOmeone that purchases or uses health products or services
What are the steps to deciding what to buy?
- Read information and product labels
- Comparison shopping
- Evaluate services and information
What is advertising?
The act or practice of calling public attention to one’s product, service, need, et.c
What is on a product label?
The products name The product's intended use Directions Warnings Manufacturer's information The amount of use Active and inactive ingredients
What common words are used on product labels? What do they mean?
Healthy - low in fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, or 10% of vitamin DV
Light - Calories reduced by a third or fat and sodium by half
Less - 25% less than a comparable food
Free - no amount of a certain nutrient
Fresh - raw, unprocessed, no preservatives, never been frozen or heated
Natural - meat and poultry only , minimally processed
Expiration - last date you should use it
Freshness- Last date food is thought to be fresh
Pack - the date the product was packaged
Sell/pull - last date product should be sold
What is health fraud?
Deceptive promotion, advertising, distribution, or sale of a product represented as being effective to prevent diagnose, treat, cure, or lessen an illness but has not been proven as safe and effective.
What to take into consideration when comparison shopping?
Cost Quality Features Warranty Safety Others' opinions
What are the steps to avoid health fraud?
Ask the following questions:
- Does this info come from a valid source?
- Does the service come from a respected provider?
- If the source is a website: Who pays for it? Is it reputable? What’s the purpose?
What is the consumer bill of rights?
Right to safety Right to be informed Right to choose Right to be heard (From 1962) Right to satisfaction of basic needs Right to redress Right to consumer education Right to a safe environment (added in 1985)
What is mass media?
Tools that deliver messages to many people (e.g. TV, radio, magazines, internet, newspapers, etc.)