58 Overview & Objectives
Overview
Consumer Health covers six topics:
- Health literacy and health for all
- Types of health care professionals and facilities
- Brand name and generic medications
- Alternative medical practices
- Health fraud
- Health disparities and inequalities
Objectives
Students will be able to:
- Describe the importance of health literacy to enhancing health
- Assess the quality of a website for health information
- Demonstrate an ability to identify, use and critically evaluate different types of health information
- Explain the difference between generic drugs and brand-name drugs
