Health observances are days, weeks, or months devoted to promoting particular health concerns.
Health professionals, teachers, community groups, and others can use these special times to sponsor health promotion events, stimulate awareness of health risks, or focus on disease prevention. Materials available from sponsoring organizations range from a single flyer to packets of promotional materials.
Information appearing in this document does not represent an endorsement by the Office of Minority Health or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which do not have any role in naming national health observances.
For more information, please contact the sponsoring organization directly.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Affairs Contacts
September 2008
- American On the Move's September Campaign
http://www.americaonthemove.org
- Craniofacial Acceptance Month
http://www.ccakids.org
- Fruit and Veggies – More Matters Month
http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov
- Healthy Aging® Month
http://www.healthyaging.net/agingevents.htm
- National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
http://www.recoverymonth.gov
- National Cholesterol Education Month
http://www.hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/cholmonth
- National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
http://www.healthystartassoc.org
- National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
http://www.headlice.org
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
http://www.ovarian.org
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
http://www.fightprostatecancer.org
- Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month
http://www.reyesyndrome.org
- Sports and Home Eye Safety Month
http://www.preventblindness.org
- Whole Grain Month
http://www.wholegraincouncil.org/wgmonth.html
- September 7-13, National Suicide Prevention Week
http://www.suicidology.org
- September 13, National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
http://www.csaceliacs.org
- September 15-23, Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week
http://www.reyessyndrome.org
- September 16, Get Ready Day
http://www.getreadyforflu.org
- September 21-27, National Farm Safety & Health Week
http://www.nsc.org/necas
- September 21-27, National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration
http://www.nraf-rehabnet.org
- September 21, World Alzheimer's Day
http://www.alz.co.uk/adi/wad/
- September 20, World Heart Day
http://www.worldheart.org
- September 28-October 4, Hearing Aid Awareness Week
http://www.ihsinfo.org
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