Health Observances, 2008
Below is a selected listing of national health observances, holidays, and other special times of year with corresponding health information. Use it to help promote a healthy lifestyle for you, your family, and your community.
January
National Birth Defects
Prevention Month
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities:
Women's Topics A-Z
Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities
Cervical Health Awareness Month
Cancer: Women's Health
Topics A-Z
Cervical Cancer
January 1
New Year's Day
Healthy Living Calendars
Five Minutes (or Less) for Health
January 14-20
National Folic Acid Awareness Week
Pregnancy and Reproductive Health: Women’s Health
Topics A-Z
Folic Acid
February
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
Tips to
Prevent Infection and Keep Your Unborn Baby Safe
February 1
National Wear Red Day
Heart Disease and Stroke: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Wear It Well: Women and Heart Disease Prevention
Heart Disease and Stroke
Prevention
The Heart Truth (NIH)
February 3
Super Bowl Sunday
Having a Super Bowl Party?
February 4-8
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week
Choose
Respect
Youth Violence Prevention
February 6
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
Energize
Your Life
Promoting Better Health for Young People
National Girls and Women in Sports Day (Women's Sports
Foundation)
February 14
Valentine's Day
Healthy Valentine
February 18
Presidents' Day
First Ladies: Life and Health
February 24 - March 1
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDA)
March
Spring Season
Health and Safety Guide for Gardeners
Spring Break Guide to Staying Safe and
Healthy
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
Pregnancy and Reproductive Health: Women’s Health
Topics A-Z
Reproductive Health
Endometriosis
(NWHIC)
Women's History Month
A Timeline of CDC/ATSDR Contributions to Women's
Health
Women Change America through Health and Safety
Women Inspiring Hope and Possibility in Health
March 10
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
STDs and HIV/AIDS: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
Women and HIV/AIDS
National
Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (HHS)
April
Prom Season
Prom Health and Safety Tips
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Violence: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Sexual Violence
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
Eye Safety at Work
Improving the Nation's
Vision Health
Vision Impairment
April 7
World Health Day
Make Every Mother
and Child Count (2005 Theme)
World Health
Day (Current Theme) (WHO)
April 20-26
Administrative Professionals Week
Health Tips for Administrative
Professionals
May
Lupus Awareness Month
Arthritis: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Disparities in Lupus
National Statistics: Lupus
National Osteoporosis
Awareness and Prevention Month
Bone Health: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Bone
Health
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
Pregnancy and Reproductive Health: Women’s Health
Topics A-Z
Teen
Pregnancy
May 6-12
Nurses Week
Past to Present:
Non-Traditional Roles for Nurses at CDC and ATSDR
May 11
Mother’s Day
Mother's Health Quiz
Mothers: Our First Health Educators
Mother's Day Choices E-Card
Mother's Day Feature
Spanish: Salud de
las madres
May 11-17
National Women's Health Week
National Women's Health Week
Ways to Celebrate National Women's
Health Week
Women's Health at CDC Feature
Tips for Planning Health Events
Health and Safety Quizzes
Health Myths: Get the Facts
Prevention Works for Women
National Women's Health Week (HHS)
May 12
National Women's Check-Up Day
Regular Check-Ups are Important
Things to Do Before Your Next Check-Up
National Women's Check-Up Day Pledge (HHS)
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Arthritis: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
National Statistics: Fibromyalgia
May 13
Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day
Women's Health
Men's Health
June
Summer Season
Camping Health and Safety Tips
and Packing Checklist
Family Reunion Health and Safety
Tips
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
Respirable Crystalline
Silica: Autoimmune/Chronic Renal Diseases
Scleroderma (NWHIC)
June 9-15
National Men's Health Week
Men's Health
Men's Summer
Health and Safety Tips
Test Your Knowledge
about Men’s Health
Men's Health at
CDC
June 15
Father's Day
Men's Health E-Cards
July
International Group B
Strep Awareness Month
Group B Strep: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Preventing Group B Strep
August
National Immunization
Awareness Month
Immunizations: Women's Health Topics A-Z
National Immunization
Awareness Month
Vaccines and
Immunizations in Pregnant Women
National Inventors'
Month
Inventions Improving Women's Lives: Milestones
in History
August 1
National Girlfriends Day
Girlfriends' Health and Safety Tips
August 1-7
World Breastfeeding Week
Pregnancy and Reproductive Health: Women's Health
Topics A-Z
Breastfeeding
September
Gynecologic Cancer
Awareness Month
Cancer: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
Cervical Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian Cancer
Awareness Month
Cancer: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Ovarian Cancer
September 24
National Women's Health and Fitness Day
Physical Activity: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Energize Your Life
Physical Activity and
Women
October
Children's Health Month
Child and Adolescent Health: Women's Health
Topics A-Z
College Health and
Safety
Safe and Healthy Kids
Child Health Day Resources (MCH Library)
National Breast Cancer
Awareness Month
Cancer: Women's Health Topics A-Z
National Breast and
Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Violence: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Intimate
Partner Violence Prevention
Halloween Safety Month
Safe Halloween
Kids'
Page: Halloween Scramble 
October 17
National Mammography Day
Cancer: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Understanding
Mammograms
November
National Family Caregiver Month
Families with Special
Needs
Family Health
November 27
National Family History Day (Thanksgiving Day)
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) Health Information Record
Family Health
Family
History
December
Winter Holiday Season
The 12 Ways to
Health Holiday Song
Tips to Holiday Health and Safety
December 1
World AIDS Day
STDs and HIV/AIDS: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
Women and HIV/AIDS
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