KIN 380 Consumer Health

Winter 2008

Questions? Contact Jim Grizzell at (909) 856-3350, jvgrizzell@csupomona.edu

Click here to download syllabus (Word file) for Winter 2008

PowerPoint Presentations Introduction & Consumer Health Issues, Study Well Health Assessments (on Blackboard only), Consumer Health Assessment
and related materials
 Separating Fact from Fiction
see syllabus for additional materials
 Quackery and Fraud, Quackwatch
Advertising & Marketing Practices, Healthy Skepticism #1 and #2
Science-Based Health Care, Finding a Doctor, Getting Quality Care
Mental Health Care, Guide to Mental Health Services
Dental Care, Finding Dental Care
Alternative Methods, Considering CAM, Effectiveness of Chelation and Aroma Therapies, White House Commission on CAM Final Report (2002)
Self-Care, Be a Healthy Person
Health Care Facilities, Selecting a Quality Hospital, JACHO
Nutrition Fads, Fallacies & Scams, Nutrition Consumer Site
Weight Control, What about popular weight loss diets?
Exercise Products and Services
Major Health Problems - Selecting Priorities; Heart Disease, Diabetes, Arthritis, Cancer; Saving Dollars with Health Promotion, Aim for a Healthy Weight
Skin Care and Beauty Aids, FTC Alert
Health Insurance and Health Care Economics, Analyze Your Own Insurance, WELCOA article about Employee Wellness Program resulting in health care cost reductions and productivity improvements
Consumer Laws, Agencies and Strategies, HIPPA Online, Defending the FDA - Public Broadcast System's (PBS) Frontline Show
Forms and Other Materials Attributes of Effective Health Communication (Healthy People 2010, Focus Area 11)
An Intelligent Health Consumer Maintains a Healthy Lifestyle - Health Behavior Improvement Project
"Human Euphoria - Attract The Opposite Sex Like Magic!" Pheromone Advertisement with information from WebMD and Go Ask Alice
Diet Doughnut Fraud - 3 fat gram doughnut really has 18 grams
Advertising Techniques and Critical Thinking Questions: Puffery, Power Words, Weasel Words
Put Prevention into Practice (PPIP) from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: A program to increase the appropriate use of clinical preventive services, such as screening tests, immunizations, and counseling, based on U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations. Scroll down to "Health Care Consumers" for guides for exams and screenings for men and women, children and adults 50+.
Mainstream, Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Public Health Timeline (1847-2002)
Study Well Health Continuum

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Created: Jan 7, 2004 last Updated: January 3, 2005 by JIM GRIZZELL - MBA MA CHES

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