HEALTH QUARTER II - Module 1
HEALTH QUARTER II - Module 1
Quarter 2 – Module 1:
Health-Related Laws
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Quarter 2 – Module 1:
Health-Related Laws
What I Need to Know
What I Know
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Directions: Match the description in Column A with the corresponding policies
in Column B. Write the letter of your answers in your activity notebook.
A (Description) B (Policy)
_____ 1. Helps with the prevention and a. Cybercrime
control of AIDS Prevention Act
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Module
Health-Related Laws
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What’s In
Directions: Read and analyze the question inside the box. Write your answers
in your activity notebook.
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What’s New
Directions: Read the conversation and answer the following questions. Write your
answers in your activity notebook.
Processing Questions:
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What is It
The Consumer Act covers the quality and safety of different products
like food, drugs, cosmetics, and devices. The policy also promotes the
protection of citizens against hazardous substances that may be on sale.
Hence, proper labeling and fair packaging shall be required for all the products
being sold.
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It shall also be the policy of the State to seek a legally workable basis by
which indigenous societies would own their knowledge of traditional medicine.
When such knowledge is used by outsiders, the indigenous societies can
require the permitted users to acknowledge its source and can demand a share
of any financial return that may come from its authorized commercial use.
The policy also identifies medicinal plants in the country which are
readily available. These medicinal plants shall be taken care of by different
agencies.
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To ensure the health of the mother and the child, an effective and
quality reproductive healthcare services, which are ethically and medically
safe, legal, accessible, and affordable, shall be given primacy to them. The
government shall also promote and provide unbiased information and
access to these services. This pillar also covers the provision for the
integration of reproductive health and sexuality education in schools, and
other educational settings.
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decide when to have the next baby and use responsible means to achieve
their desired number of children. The program also provides access to a
full range of safe, affordable, non-abortifacient modern and natural
methods of pregnancy planning.
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RA 8504 is an act promulgating policies and prescribing measures for
the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines, instituting a
nationwide HIV/AIDS Information and Education Program, establishing a
compehensive HIV/AIDS monitoring system, strenghthening the Philippine
National Aids Council, and for other purposes.
It is a viral infection that attacks and slowly destroys the immune system of
the infected person that leads to “immune deficiency”. It is progressive and can
lead to lack of body defense to all kinds of infection including those that do not
normally infect man and can also lead to cancer susceptibility.
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How do you get or transmit HIV?
You can only get HIV by coming into direct
contact with certain body fluids from a person with
HIV. These fluids are:
Blood
Semen
Rectal fluids
Vaginal fluids
Breastmilk
Unprotected sex
Passing from mother to baby
Sharing injecting equipment
Contaminated blood transfusion
and organ transplants
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5. National Blood Services Act of 1994 (RA 7719)
“Cyber refers to a
computer or a computer network, the electronic medium in which online
communication takes place”. Consequently, cybercrime is simply any crime
committed in cyberspace. To protect the citizens from this concern, the
government mandated Republic Act No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act
of 2012 that mandates the prohibition of cybersex, child pornography, unsolicited
commercial communications, and computer-related identity theft.
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The cybercrime offenses are:
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B. Computer-related offenses:
C. Content-related offenses:
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b. The primary intent of the communication is for service and/or
administrative announcements from the sender to its existing users,
subscribers, or customers; or
c. The following conditions are present:
1. The commercial electronics communication contains a simple, valid,
and reliable way forthe recipient to reject receipt of further
commercial electronic messages from the same source;
2. The commercial electronic communication does not purposely
disguise the source of the electronic message; and,
3. The commercial electronic communication does not purposely
include misleading information in any part of the message in order
to induce the recipients to read the message.
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Here are some unlawful acts are subject to penalties and fines:
What’s More
ACTIVITY 1:
Directions: Identify what kind of cybercrime offenses are the following. Choose
the letter of the correct answer from the choices below and write your answers in
your activity notebook.
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Assessment 1: Complete a Statement
Complete the following paragraphs using the words in the box below. Write
your answers in your activity notebook.
Assessment 2:
A. Directions: Answer the following questions and write your answers in your
activity notebook.
1. What is HIV? What do the letters stand for? What can the virus do to a
person’s immune system?
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2. What is AIDS? What do these letters stand for? What’s the difference
between being tested positive for HIV and having AIDS?
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3. How do people get HIV? How can people protect themselves against it?
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What I Have Learned
• Republic Act No. 7394 or the Consumer Act of the Philippines protects the
rights of consumers
• This act has three objectives: first, protect the interest of the consumer;
second, promote his/her general welfare; and lastly, establish standards of
conduct for business and industry.
• Republic Act 8423 or the Traditional and Alternative Medicine Act of 1997
(TAMA) provides for the improvement of quality and delivery of healthcare
services in the country.
• The act that aids and helps the citizens from their reproductive needs is
known as RA 10354 or the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive
Health Act.
• Philippine AIDS Prevention and Control Act of 1998 consists of the policies
and measures that can help the individuals and allows people to be
educated and have information about this issue.
• RA No. 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention act of 2012 mandates the
prohibition of cybersex, child pornography, unsolicited commercial
communications, and computer-related identity theft.
• RA No. 7719 or the National Blood Services Act of 1994 aims to promote
and encourage voluntary blood donations by the citizenry
• RA No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002
safeguards the well-being of its citizenry particularly the youth, from the
harmful effects of dangerous drugs on their physical and mental well-being
• RA No. 8750 or the Seat Belts Use Act of 1999 aims to secure and safeguard
drivers and passengers of motor vehicles from injuries and other effects of
vehicular accidents.
What Can I Do
Directions: Choose any of the roles you would like to do and perform the given
task.
Roles Task
You are a newspaper Write a news article about any of the discussed
reporter health-related laws that interests you. (Use one
whole sheet of paper)
You are a photographer Take or collect interesting pictures that are
related to any of the discussed health-related
laws. (Paste the pictures in an oslo paper)
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You are a writer Write an article about the good effects of the
discussed health-related laws in your
community. (Write your article in a short bond
paper)
Assessment
Posttest
_____ 1. What act aims to address legal issues concerning online interactions?
a. Republic Act 7719 b. Republic Act 10175 c. Republic Act
10354
_____ 2. What act aims to protect people against hazards to health and safety, and
deceptive and unfair sales acts and practices?
a. Republic Act 7394 b. Republic Act 7719 c. Republic Act 8504
_____ 3. What act promulgates policies and prescribing measures for the
prevention and control of HIV/AIDS in the Philippines?
a. Republic Act 10354 b. Republic Act 8504 c. Republic Act
10175
_____ 4. What act promotes voluntary blood donation to provide sufficient supply
of safe blood and to regulate blood banks.
a. Republic Act 8504 b. Republic Act 7394 c. Republic Act 7719
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3. RA 10175 or Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
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Additional Activity
Reflection:
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What’s More
Assessment 1: Activity 1:
1. C
Assessment 2:
1. children 2. B
3. A
2. values
NOTE: Answer 3. duties 4. A
of the students 4. responsibility 5. A
may vary. 5. chance 6. A
6. couple 7. B
8. C
7. parenthood
8. reason 9. A
9. resources 10.B
10.parents
What I Know
PRETEST
MULTIPLE CHOICES
What’s New What’s In 1. e
2. d
Answer may vary. Answer may vary. 3. a
4. b
5. c
TRUE OR FALSE
6. False
7. True
8. True
9. False
10. True
Answer Key
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Assessment
Posttest
A.
1. b What I Can Do
2. a
3. b
NOTE: Answer of the
4. c
students may vary.
5. a
B.
NOTE: Answer of the
students may vary.
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