CONSUMER
HEALTH
FAMOUS FILIPINO BRAND
NAMES AND SLOGANS
Wala paring
tatalo sa
Alaska.”
“Bibingo ka
sa sarap.”
“The
Quality
You can
Trust”
“We
find
ways.”
“Hindi lang
pampamilya,
pang-isports
pa!
DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONSUMER
• SPENDTHRIFT
• CLOSE – FISTED
• WASTEFUL
• BARGAIN ADDICT
• INTELLIGENT
• PANIC BUYER
• IMPULSIVE BUYER
SPENDTHRIFT CONSUMER
You lavish yourself with anything or
everything that indicates luxury.
THRIFT OR ECONOMY IS NOT IN YOUR
VOCABULARY.
BARGAIN ADDICT
•YOU HAVE AN OBSESSION FOR ALL
TYPES OF BARGAIN SALE AND
BECOMES AN EASY PREY TO THE
SALES TRAPS LAID BY DECEITFUL
TRADERS.
CLOSED-FISTED CONSUMER
You are someone who hoards money but
you deprive yourself of your needs
PANIC BUYER
You are easily agitated by rumors of rising prices, product
shortages, and
political disorders and tend to hoard unreasonable
quantity of households supplies and thereby contributes to
price increase and artificial shortages.
IMPULSIVE BUYER
You do not prioritize your needs.
You buy anything that you think you need or
like and regret it afterwards.
WASTEFUL CONSUMER
• YOU HAVE THE HABIT OF LEAVING THE LIGHTS
ON, IGNORING LEAKING FAUCETS, BUYING
MORE THAN ENOUGH FOOD THAT YOU CAN
CONSUME AND THROWING AWAY GOOD FOOD
AFTERWARDS.
CONSUMER SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN BUYING
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
• LABELS AND DIRECTIONS
• PRACTITIONERS
• HEALTH PUBLICATIONS
• CONSUMER ADVOCACY GROUP
• GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
• HEALTH EDUCATORS
• FAMILY AND FRIENDS
• ADVERTISEMENT AND COMMERCIALS
• FOLKLORE
• MASS MEDIA
CONSUMER RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• BEING GOOD CONSUMER MEANS KNOWING
WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR AND WHAT TO
AVOID. IT MEANS KNOW WHERE AND HOW TO
GET THE BEST VALUE FOR MONEY, WHERE TO
GO IF THINGS GO WRONG. YOUR ROLE AS A
CONSUMER HAS BOTH RIGHT AND
RESPONSIBILITIES.
CONSUMER RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• THE RIGHT TO SAFETY- TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST PRODUCTS,
PRODUCTION, PROCESSES AND SERVICES THAT ARE HAZARDOUS TO
HEALTH OR LIFE
• THE RIGHT TO BE INFORMED- TO BE GIVEN FACTS NEEDED TO MAKE
AN INFORMED CHOICE AND PROTECTED AGAINST DISHONEST OR
MISLEADING ADVERTISING AND LABELING
• THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE- TO BE ABLE TO SELECT FROM A RANGE OF
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AND COMPETITIVE PRICES WITH AN
ASSURANCE SATISFACTORY QUALITY.
REPUBLICT ACT NO. 7394 - CONSUMER
ACT OF THE PHILIPPINES
• IT IS THE POLICY OF THE STATE TO PROTECT THE
INTERESTS OF THE CONSUMER, PROMOTE HIS
GENERAL WELFARE AND TO ESTABLISH
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR BUSINESS AND
INDUSTRY.
TOWARDS THIS END, THE STATE SHALL IMPLEMENT
MEASURES TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING
OBJECTIVES:
• PROTECTION AGAINST HAZARDS TO
HEALTH AND SAFETY;
• PROTECTION AGAINST DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR
AND UNCONSCIONABLE SALES ACTS AND
PRACTICES
OBJECTIVES:
• PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND EDUCATION
TO FACILITATE SOUND CHOICE AND THE PROPER
EXERCISE OF RIGHTS BY THE CONSUMER
• PROVISION OF ADEQUATE RIGHTS AND MEANS
OF REDRESS
OBJECTIVES:
•INVOLVEMENT OF CONSUMER
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE FORMULATION
OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICIES