1. Chapter 15: Consumerism and Environmental Health
Personal Health: Perspectives and Lifestyles (4th Edition)
Floyd, Mimms, & Yelding
Prepared by: Amy Rowland, Ph.D.

2. Chapter Objectives
Outline issues surrounding self-care, including home health tests
Identify and differentiate types of health care professionals
Identify and differentiate types of health care facilities
Identify responsible ways to use prescription drugs

3. Chapter Objectives Differentiate brand-name and generic medications
Identify different ways of paying for health care
Recognize the techniques employed in health fraud
List the various environmental threats to people
Identify the sources and effects of various kinds of pollution

4. Self-Care People want to be in control of their health
Cost of health care has increased making it a necessity for many
Prevention includes many steps people can take on their own

5. Home Health Tests Consult a pharmacist or doctor before purchasing
Check the expiration date
Check the label
Read the instructions
If test need to be timed, use a watch with a second hand
Write down your test results

6. Access to Health Care
Health Care in the U.S. is not available equally to all residents
Barriers to health care
INCOME
Literacy skills
Years of education

7. Health Care Professionals
Physicians
Hospitalists
Family Practitioners
Physician
Osteopathic physician
Dentists
Podiatrists

8. Health Care Professionals
Optometrists
Clinical Psychologists
Chiropractors
Nurses

9. Health Care Professionals
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10. Health Care Facilities
Options are
Private physician’s office
Clinic
Non-profit hospital
For-profit hospital
Teaching hospital
College health center
Outpatient surgery center
Freestanding emergency center

11. Health Care Facilities
Base choice on
Availability
Convenience
Specific medical needs
Ability to pay
Whether your physician has staff privileges there

12. Prescription Drugs Avoid problems by:
Taking any current medications to doctor’s appointment to see how they might interact with other medications
Check with doctor before opening capsules or crushing tablets
Ask about food interactions
Never drink alcohol or hot beverages when you take medication
Watch for signs of allergic reaction

13. Brand Name vs. Generic Medication
Generic drug
is chemically equivalent to drug it is substituting (also called bioequivalent)
Must be FDA approved
Less expensive
Fillers and binders differ from brand-name drugs (can affect how quickly they’re absorbed and some are allergic to binders)

14. Paying for Health Care Health insurance (individual or group policies)
Private fee for service or indemnity plan
Managed care plan (PPO or HMO)
Public health care plan (Medicare and Medicaid)

15. Paying for Health Care
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16. Health Fraud Promise a quick cure Diagnose a problem by mail
Change office locations or mailing addresses often
Try to sell you one product to cure everything
Say a product will cure a condition for which no cure exists (AIDS)

17. Health Fraud Claim to be persecuted or harassed by government
Require advanced payment
Use testimonials from previous clients or patients
Try to scare you about legitimate products
Use titles such as “professor” or “specialist”

18. Environmental Threats
Air pollution
Smog (gray or brown)
Indoor air pollution
Insulating homes has increased risk
Suspected for increase of asthma cases
Carbon monoxide poisoning
Asbestos

19. Environmental Threats
Lead
Sources include paint, pipes, glazes on ceramic cookware and dishes, imported metal cans
Mercury Formaldehyde
Cigarette smoke
Radon
Water pollution

20. Environmental Threats
Noise pollution
Chemicals and pesticides
Radiation and Electromagnetic fields
Waste disposal