HLT.5350 Consumer Health
This course is designed to help students become familiar with a variety of health products that play a role throughout the lifespan. As a consumer of myriad of health products; issues of cost, availability, and quality of health care are found at various life stages. The student will examine how variables may change, but the basic strategies for making informed consumer decisions do not. Furthermore, the course will examine national, regional, and local health buying trends, which may influence the socio-economic status of the consumer targeted by the manufacturer. The student will explore consumer strategies for choosing medicine, doctors, as well as non-traditional health products. By the conclusion of the course, the student will determine quackery from research-based decision making.