Consumer Health

Anotações:

• - Aims to develop a person's ability to evaluate and utilize health information, products and services wisely and effectively. - It is the study of products and services that have an effect on health and decision on how to spend time and money.
• Ask these questions to yourself: 1. Where did you last spend your money? 2. What item did you buy? Why? 3. What kind of service did you last avail? 4. Who recently shared with you a new a information?

1. Health Information

   Anotações:

   • Pertains to the claims and facts about the product and services affecting the health consumers.
   1. Rights and Responsibilities of a consumer

      Anotações:

      • - The right to safety - The right to be informed - The right to choose
2. Health Services

   Anotações:

   • Amenities created to address health concerns.
   1. Do you know what kind of consumer are you?
      1. Intelligent Consumer

         Anotações:

         • You prioritize your needs and limit your purchase on your ability to pay.
      2. Spendthrift Consumer

         Anotações:

         • - Lavish spending - Luxury - Lost "thrift" or "economy" in their vocabulary.
      3. Bargain Addict

         Anotações:

         • - obsessed to all types of sale - easy to prey to the sales tarp laid by deceitful traders
      4. Close-Fisted Consumer

         Anotações:

         • They hoard a lot of money but deprive themselves form their needs.
      5. Panic Buyer

         Anotações:

         • Do you panic to hoard unreasonable stocks of supplies? Triggers 1. Rising Prices 2. Product shortages  3. Political disorders 4. Perceived disaster  5. Calamity
         1. Rising Prices
         2. Product shortages
         3. Political Disorders
         4. Perceived Disaster
         5. Calamity
      6. Impulsive Buyer

         Anotações:

         • - shopping on a whim! - then regret creeps in when the time comes to pay your bills!
      7. Wasteful Consumer

         Anotações:

         • They possess the habits of: - leaving the lights on - ignoring leaking faucets - buying more than enough food that a person can consume and throwing away good food afterwards. 
3. Health Products

   Anotações:

   • Goods or things that people use or take.
   1. How to become a Wise and Well-Informed Consumer?

      Anotações:

      • - Get to know the products and services first.. - Be meticulous with sales talk or marketing gimmicks.  - Consult the authorities when in doubt. - Never sacrifice quality for quantity.
      • Criteria for consideration: 1. Is it safe to use? 2. How much does it cost?  3. Is it of good quality? 4. Will it be harmful to the environment?