Smart Health Choices: making sense of health advice

Format: Texts

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Language/s: English

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Resource Link: View the Text (PDF)

Target Audience: Self-directed learning

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Undergraduate

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Short Description:

The Smart Health Choices e-book explains how to make informed health decisions.

Key Concepts addressed:

• 1-3 関連性と因果関係は同じではない
• 1-9 早期発見が必ずしも良いとは限らない
• 1-6 専門家の意見が必ずしも正しいとは限らない
• 1-10 希望は非現実的な期待を招く場合もある
• 1-1 治療は害を及ぼすことがある
• 1-2 体験談は信憑性のないエビデンス
• 1-4 一般的な治療が必ずしもエビデンスに基づいたものとは限らない
• 1-7 利益相反に気を付けること
• 2-1 治療効果を特定するためには比較が必要です
• 2-2 比較群は同等でなければなりません
• 2-5 自分がどの治療を受けたのかを知るべきではありません
• 2-8 関連する公正な比較はすべて検討してください
• 2-12 Single studies can be misleading

Details

The Smart Health Choices e-book explains how to make informed health decisions.

Excerpt from the book:

“Every day we make decisions about our health – some big and some small, some conscious and some subconscious. What we eat, how we live and even where we live can affect our health. We make decisions about where to source information about maintaining good health, as well as about whom to see for treatment when we are ill.

We are bombarded with information about health on a daily basis. ‘Good health’ is highly valued and some people will go to great lengths to achieve it. Sometimes we worry whether we are making the right decisions and we seek assurances that we are receiving the best possible care. We often want answers to questions about a specific health condition. We might wonder about the meaning of certain test results, whether there are other treatment options and, if so, how effective they are. More and more people are also beginning to question whether tests and treatments might have side effects or involve risks”. Read the book