BUNAWAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET

MAPEH 10 (HEALTH)
First Quarter: Week 4

Name: __________________________________ Grade and Section: ___________________

Teacher: JEMALYN H. LASACA Cellphone Number: 09385876202

I. TITLE: Components of Consumer Health

II. LEARNING COMPETENCY WITH CODE:

a. explain the guidelines and criteria in the selection and evaluation of health information,
products and services; H10CH-La-b-20
b. discuss the various forms of health service providers and healthcare plans; H10CH-La-b-
21
c. select health professionals, specialists and health care services wisely; H10CH-La-b-22
d. report fraudulent health services; H10CH-La-b-24

III. INSTRUCTIONS:

All of us are consumers. We acquire health information, purchase health products, and
avail of health services to appraise, improve, and maintain our health. Health information is an
idea that we hear from people around us, read from books and other printed materials, or from the
media that influence our health. Health products are items that we consume to improve our well-
being such as medicine, food, clothes, furniture, electronics, etc. To ensure consumer health,
criteria and guidelines in selecting health products/ services must be considered. Various forms of
providers and plans must also be known to a consumer.

Health services are programs we avail from various providers such as physicians, nurses,
therapists, health workers, hospitals, clinics, and the government. Some examples of these health
services are insurance, treatment and cure, and complementary and alternative medicine. In this
light, we must all be educated consumers.

What is consumer health?

Consumer health is not just about buying health products and services. It is also about
making decisions and having a clear and deeper understanding to make wise choices.

Consumer health has three components: health information, health products, and health
services. Health information plays a big role in the life of individuals. It gives details that people
can use to make informed decisions about their health and of others

What is Health Information?

Health information is any concept, step, or advice that various sources give to aid the health
status of an individual. The type of information varies depending on various considerations such
as but not limited to health history, drugs and alcohol consumption, and eating disorders.

All information about the health products are included in this area. It gives the materials
used in manufacturing the product, date, uses, expirations, and even cautions.

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Example:
Date of Expiration
Product Manufacturer Uses Ingredients
Manufacturing Date
To Water, skimmed
enhance milk powder,
Milk Phil. Inc.,
growth pasteurized January 5, January 21,
Tomas Milk Candon City
and yoghurt powder, 2019 2021
I.S
stronger sugar, apple
immunity juice concentrate
Iodized salt,
Magic Phil.
For garlic, sugar December 5,
Tsarap Magic Inc., Vigan April 19, 2021
seasoning onion, spices, 2019
City, I. S
chicken meat

People acquire health information and products from various sources such as authorized
person, media, and technology. It is important to identify the reliability of these sources.

Some Reliable Sources of information

1. Medical and health professionals (Family and school doctors, dentists, nurses, health
science educators)
2. Government agencies like Department of Health (DOH), Food and Drug Administration
(FDA), Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
3. Websites ending in gov, edu, and org.
4. Local health officials
5. Educational institutions

Some Unreliable Sources of Health Information

1. Outdated customs, practices, and superstitions without scientific basis

2. Information based on ignorance and prejudice
3. Commercialized health information
4. Personal options and incomplete information
5. Quack or pseudo healers

Guide Questions or criteria in Assessing Health Information

The following questions are the things to consider before buying health products or availing
health services.

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What are Health Products?

Health products are food, drugs, cosmetics, devices, biologicals, vaccines, in-vitro
diagnostic reagents, and household/urban hazardous substances and/or a combination of and/or a
derivative thereof (FDA Act, 2009). These products may be purchased from various places like
supermarkets, pharmacies, and hospitals.
Examples: eyeglasses, appliances, medicines, grooming aids, car, etc.

What is a Healthcare Service?

Healthcare services refer to the furnishing of medicines, medical or surgical treatments,

nursing, hospital service, dental service, optometric service, and complementary health services.
These are often connected to healthcare. These programs aim to appraise the health conditions of
individuals through screening and examinations, cure and treat disorders, prevent and control the
spread of diseases, provide safety, emergency care, and first aid, and ensure a follow-up program
for individuals who have undergone treatments.
Examples: medical and dental consultation and treatment, services from beauty parlors and
barber shops, etc.

Guidelines on the Purchase of Goods and Services

1. Evaluate which products and services will be beneficial, harmful or useless.

2. Know the local laws and regulations that protect consumers.
3. Locate dependable medical, dental and nursing services.
4. Apply knowledge acquired with respect to personal and environmental health in the
purchase of personal goods and services.

Some Tips on how to be a Wise Consumer

1. Gather correct and sufficient information–get as much information by reading critically the
details on the nutritional quality of the food. Be aware that being knowledgeable of the laws will
protect you as a consumer.

2. Compare and contrast details of available products – compare and contrast the products and
services available before you purchase. Judge for yourself which among the products are most
effective. You can use the questions in assessing the health information as your initial guide.

3. Inquire for more and review if possible – ask direct questions from sales personnel if there are
things about the product that are not clear to you before buying it. Clarifying things will make
you more confident as a consumer. You can also get some information from other consumers
regarding the product.

Health services are usually offered by healthcare providers. “A healthcare provider is a

trained professional who provides people with healthcare”. Health services are offered by health
service providers. There are three types, as follows:

I. Health Professionals - These are individuals who are licensed to practice medicine and
other allied health programs and work in the medical profession. Examples: doctor,
nurse, nutritionist, etc.
II. Healthcare Facilities – These are places or institutions that offer healthcare services.
Examples: hospitals, walk-in surgery center, health center, extended healthcare facility.
III. Health Insurance - It is a financial agreement between an insurance company and an
individual or group for the payment of healthcare costs.

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Philippine Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth)

PhilHealth is a government-owned and controlled corporation (GOCC) created through

Republic act 7875 also known as the National Health Insurance (NHI) Act of 1995. It aims to
provide health insurance coverage for all Filipinos and ensure affordable, acceptable, available,
and accessible health care services for all citizens of the Philippines (Learner's Material on the
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) - Grade 10 2017).

THE VISION STATEMENT OF PHILHEALTH:

“Bawat Pilipino Miyembro, Bawat Miyembro Protektado, Kalusugan ng Lahat

Protektado”

PhilHealth ensures that every Filipino is a member by covering them under different
membership programs which are categorized according to various sectors of our society.

CLASSIFICATIONS OF PHILHEALTH MEMBERS

- employees in the government and private sectors.

Employed or Members in the - household helpers
Formal Economy - family drivers
- owners of small, medium and large enterprises

How to enroll? - Members should be enrolled by their respective

employers.
- workers who are not covered by formal contracts and
Employed or Members in the
whose premium contributions are self-paid or
Informal Economy
subsidized.
- migrant workers (documented and undocumented
OFW)
- workers: sea-based and land-based
- Informal sector (street hawkers, market vendors,
pedicab and tricycle drivers, small construction workers,
and home-based industries.
- Filipino with dual citizenship.
- Naturalized Filipino citizen
- Citizens of other countries on/and residing in the
Philippines
How to enroll?
- applies membership on their own
- people who have no visible means of income as
Indigent Members identified by the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (DSWD) based on specific criteria.

- the Department of Social Welfare and Development

How to enroll?
(DSWD) is tasked by the National government to
facilitate their enrollment.
Sponsored Members - members whose premium contributions are paid for by
another individual, government agency or private entity.
-orphans, abandoned and abused minors, out of school
youths, persons with disability, battered women under
DSWD custody, barangay health workers, barangay
tanods and other barangay workers and volunteers.
Lifetime Member - those who have reached the age of retirement and

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 have made 120 monthly contributions.
- Need to apply for membership to qualify under this
How to enroll?
category.
- elderly who are not covered under the National Health
Senior Citizens
Insurance Program (NHIP)

- Need to apply for membership to qualify under this

How to enroll?
category.

Once enrolled under PhilHealth, a member should declare his or her legal dependents so
they can also be extended of the same healthcare protection and benefits as that of the principal
member.

IV. ACTIVITIES:

Activity 1: Let’s Go Shopping!

Instructions: Write five examples of health products that people buy and consume using the web
idea below. Write your answers in your answer sheet.

Activity 2: Think about it!

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Instructions: Write down the names of as many individuals as you know who are PhilHealth
Members. On the second row, state the reason of their membership category.

Formal Informal Sponsored Indigent Lifetime Senior

Economy Economy Members Members Members Citizens

Reasons

V. REFLECTION:

I have learned that _______________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________.

VI. REFERENCE:
PIVOT CALABARZON

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