Identity Theft and Consumer Health Education: A Case Study Teaching the Skill of Decision Making

Autor/in	Jefson, Cristy A.
Titel	Identity Theft and Consumer Health Education: A Case Study Teaching the Skill of Decision Making
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 77 (2007) 7, S.373-378 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
Schlagwörter	Identification; Antisocial Behavior; Crime; Health Education; Decision Making Skills; Case Studies; High School Students; Middle School Students; Credit (Finance); Deception; Teaching Methods; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Identifikation; Identifizierung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Credit; Kredit; Täuschung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; USA
Abstract	Identity theft is the fastest growing white-collar crime in America, increasing 40% annually. Identity theft occurs when personal-identifying information, such as a social security number, date of birth, or address, is used to commit fraud. From January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2005, 255,565 people in the United States were victims of identity theft. During this time, the most prominent type of identity theft was credit card fraud. With 61% of all identity theft victims failing to notify a police department to file a report, there is a need for distributing information and building a knowledge base regarding this issue. Of the total number of identity theft victims, the highest percentage of victims (29%) came from the range of 18-29 years, making this issue relevant when teaching consumer health education to young adults. Health education, ideally, is preventive education, serving to inform students of health education issues prior to real-life exposure to the idea where life-long consequences to decisions may exist. This article presents an identity theft case study that links the skill of decision making to consumer health education as a tool to promote prevention education. This teaching technique is appropriate for middle school and high school students studying consumer health education. (Contains 8 tables.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10