Reliable information about health and where to find it.

What is a source of reliable information about health?

• It is a fountain of truth.

• It is the first information available.

• It is a place where information that provides evidence about health matters, can be found.

Choose a reliable source of information about health.

• Articles and publications.

• A mechanic.

• A cookie fortune.

True or false.

Information should be believed even without evidence.

• True

• False

True or false.

Text books are reliable sources of information.

• True

• False

What can be done to identify a reliable source of information about health?

• Read thoroughly.

• We need to identify the author and if he is a professional in the matter

• Just believe in what we find.

Mark the types of reliable sources of information about health.

• Toys are us, police department, soccer team, city hall.

• Pet shop, barber shop, Disneyland and supermarket.

• Internet, Diffusion media, trusted grown ups, articles and publications, text.

What does WHO stand for?

• Western Health Organization

• World Human Organization.

• World Health Organization.

What does PHO stand for?

• Pan-American Health Organization.

• Pediatricians Health Organization

• Peruvian Human Objects

What is it that WHO, PHO, and Departamento de Salud de Puerto Rico, are in charge of ?

• They are in charge of producing vaccines.

• They are in charge of promoting information about health and about diseases.

• They are in charge of disinfecting people.