Technology
THE RISK OF SELF-MEDICATION THROUGH INTERNET
A Research Project Proposal
Presented to the Faculty of Computer Studies Department
Cavite State University-Imus Campus
Imus, Cavite
By:
MAHARLIKA M. PAMULAYA
In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the
Degree Bachelor of Information Technology
March 2013
INTRODUCTION
The internet is an unprecented gateway to a vast wealth of knowledge and information, and its uses are virtually unlimited. The World Wide Web, although still young, is deeply ingrained in our culture and everyday lives. It’s a source of news, facts and figures, a communication tool that allows millions of us to connect with each other every second of everyday.
The usage of internet has rapidly changed, in just a blink of an eye; you can get the information of what we needed. But people don’t know what risks they may face when they trust all the information that could be found from the internet. It is very risky especially when it comes to our personal needs like health care. It is widely acceptable that self-medication has an important role to play in health care and with continued improvement in people’s education, general knowledge and socio-economic status, self-medication has been successfully integrated into many health care systems throughout the world.
Self-medicate is a term used when a person performs his own medication and this term has a negative connotation. Partly reason for this is that the people choose to self-medicate for and their chosen medications are not fully advisable. For instance the most common form of self-medicating is to self-medicate for depression and this never leads down a healthy route. In other cases, people set out with exactly the right intentions and they read online and get advice and generally try to medicate in a way that will help them to overcome pain, illness and other problems. There are still dangers though and unless you are very careful, very disciplined, and know precisely
A Research Project Proposal
Presented to the Faculty of Computer Studies Department
Cavite State University-Imus Campus
Imus, Cavite
By:
MAHARLIKA M. PAMULAYA
In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the
Degree Bachelor of Information Technology
March 2013
INTRODUCTION
The internet is an unprecented gateway to a vast wealth of knowledge and information, and its uses are virtually unlimited. The World Wide Web, although still young, is deeply ingrained in our culture and everyday lives. It’s a source of news, facts and figures, a communication tool that allows millions of us to connect with each other every second of everyday.
The usage of internet has rapidly changed, in just a blink of an eye; you can get the information of what we needed. But people don’t know what risks they may face when they trust all the information that could be found from the internet. It is very risky especially when it comes to our personal needs like health care. It is widely acceptable that self-medication has an important role to play in health care and with continued improvement in people’s education, general knowledge and socio-economic status, self-medication has been successfully integrated into many health care systems throughout the world.
Self-medicate is a term used when a person performs his own medication and this term has a negative connotation. Partly reason for this is that the people choose to self-medicate for and their chosen medications are not fully advisable. For instance the most common form of self-medicating is to self-medicate for depression and this never leads down a healthy route. In other cases, people set out with exactly the right intentions and they read online and get advice and generally try to medicate in a way that will help them to overcome pain, illness and other problems. There are still dangers though and unless you are very careful, very disciplined, and know precisely