The document discusses various topics related to consumer and environmental health, including: - Selecting healthcare providers and services like physicians, long-term care facilities, and HMOs. - Being an informed healthcare consumer by maintaining medical histories and partnering with providers. - Strategies for dealing with consumer problems such as medical fraud, advocacy, and fraudulent weight-loss treatments targeted at vulnerable groups. - The roles and responsibilities of public health agencies and epidemiology in community health. - Environmental issues affecting air, water, land, and the need for involved citizenship, covering pollution, waste, and disappearing forests.

1. Consumer and Environmental Health Unit 9