6 - Evaluating Health Information and Consumer Choices
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Practice Questions
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What is health media literacy?
💡 Hint: Think about the skills needed to understand health information.
Name a credible source for health information.
💡 Hint: Consider sources that are often trusted in the community.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What characterizes a credible health source?
💡 Hint: What kind of support should reliable information provide?
True or False: All health information found on social media is reliable.
💡 Hint: Consider the nature of content created by individual users.
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Challenge Problems
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Analyze a social media post promoting a new supplement that claims to boost energy levels instantly with no side effects. What steps would you take to evaluate its credibility?
💡 Hint: Use the questions we discussed about social media analysis.
You discover a news article that states a certain health trend is 'revolutionizing health.' How would you determine if this claim is exaggerated or valid?
💡 Hint: Remember to consider journalistic integrity and sensationalism.
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