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2006 National Heath Observances

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The YEAR 2006 AT A GLANCE
 


January

Cervical Health Awareness Month

National Birth Defects Prevention Month

National Blood Donor Month

National Glaucoma Awareness Month

Thyroid Awareness Month

9 - 15 National Folic Acid Awareness Week



February

AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month

Heart Month

Kids E.N.T. (Ears, Nose, Throat) Health Month

National Children’s Dental Health Month

3 Give Kids A Smile Day

3 National Wear Red Day 2006

5 - 11 National Burn Awareness Week

7 - 14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week

11 - 18 Cardiac Rehabilitation Week

12 - 18 Children of Alcoholics Week

13 - 18 National Condom Week

13 - 17 Duchenne MD Awareness Week

14 National Donor Day

17 National Women's Heart Day

18 - 25 National Porphyria Week

26 - March 4 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week



March

National Brain Injury Awareness Month

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

National Eye Donor Month

National Kidney Month

National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month

National Nutrition Month®

Save Your Vision Month

Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month

5 - 11 National Patient Safety Awareness Week

6 - 12 National Problem Gambling Awareness Week

6 - 10 National School Breakfast Week

12 - 18 Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week

13 - 19 Brain Awareness Week

13 - 17 Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week

19 - 25 National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week

19 - 25 National Poison Prevention Week

24 World Tuberculosis Day 2006

27 - April 2 National Sleep Awareness Week

28 American Diabetes Alert Day



April

Alcohol Awareness Month

Cesarean Awareness Month

Counseling Awareness Month

Foot Health Awareness Month

IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Awareness Month

National Autism Awareness Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Donate Life Month

National Facial Protection Month

National Occupational Therapy Month

National Youth Sports Safety Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sports Eye Safety Month

Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month

3 - 9 National Public Health Week

3 - 7 National Youth Violence Prevention Week

6 A Day to End Sexual Violence

6 National Alcohol Screening Day

7 World Health Day

16 World Voice Day

22 - 29 National Infant Immunization Week

23 - 29 National Volunteer Week

29 - 30 2006 WalkAmerica

29 World Tai Chi & Qigong Day

30 - May 6 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week



May

Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

Better Hearing and Speech Month

Better Sleep Month

Clean Air Month

Healthy Vision Month

Hepatitis Awareness Month

Lyme Disease Awareness Month

Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month

Mental Health Month

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Awareness Month

National Bike Month

National High Blood Pressure Education Month

National Neurofibromatosis Month

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

National Sight-Saving Month: Ultraviolet Awareness Month

National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month

National Trauma Awareness Month

Older Americans Month

Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month

1 - 7 Brain Tumor Action Week

1 - 7 Cover the Uninsured Week

1 - 7 National Physical Education and Sport Week

1 Melanoma Monday

3 National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day

3 National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Day

6 - 13 National SAFE KIDS Week

7 - 13 National Mental Health Counseling Week

8 - 14 National Stuttering Awareness Week

12 Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

13 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) Awareness Day

14 - 20 Food Allergy Awareness Week

14 - 20 National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week

14 - 20 National Emergency Medical Services Week

14 - 20 National Running and Fitness Week

14 - 20 National Women's Health Week

15 - 21 Tinnitus Awareness Week

15 - 19 Bike to Work Week

15 National Women's Check-up Day

16 Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day

17 National Employee Health and Fitness Day

18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

21 - 27 Schizophrenia Awareness Week

22 - 29 Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week

25 National Missing Children’s Day

31 World No Tobacco Day



June

1 - July 4 Fireworks Safety Month

Home Safety Month

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month

National Aphasia Awareness Month

National Safety Month

National Scleroderma Awareness Month

Vision Research Month

4 - 10 Dystonia Awareness Week

4 - 10 National Headache Awareness Week

4 - 10 Sun Safety Week

4 National Cancer Survivors Day

12 - 18 National Men's Health Week

21 National ASK Day

25 - July 1 Helen Keller Deaf - Blind Awareness Week

27 - July 5 Eye Safety Awareness Week

27 National HIV Testing Day



July

International Group B Strep Awareness Month

UV Safety Month

10 - 14 National Youth Sports Week



August

Cataract Awareness Month

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month

National Immunization Awareness Month

Psoriasis Awareness Month

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

1 - 7 World Breastfeeding Week

1 National Minority Donor Awareness Day

6 - 12 National Health Center Week



September

America On the Move Month of Action

Childhood Cancer Month

Fruit and Vegetable Month

Healthy Aging Month

Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

National Cholesterol Education Month

National Food Safety Education Month

National Pain Awareness Month

National Pediculosis Prevention Month/ Head Lice Prevention Month

National Sickle Cell Month

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome) Awareness Month

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month

Sports and Home Eye Safety Month

10 STOP A Suicide Today Day

10 World Suicide Prevention Day

17 - 23 National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration

17 - 23 Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week

19 Take a Loved One for a Check-up Day

24 World Heart Day



October

"Talk About Prescriptions" Month

Children's Health Month

Eye Injury Prevention Month

Halloween Safety Month

Healthy Lung Month

Let's Talk Month

Lupus Awareness Month

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

National Celiac Awareness Month

National Dental Hygiene Month

National Disability Employment Awareness Month

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month

National Family Sexuality Education Month

National Medical Librarians Month

National Orthodontic Health Month

National Physical Therapy Month

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month

Rett Syndrome Awareness Month

SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Awareness Month

1 - 7 Hearing Aid Awareness Week

2 - 6 Drive Safely Work Week

2 National Child Health Day

5 National Depression Screening Day

8 - 14 Fire Prevention Week

9 - 13 National School Lunch Week

11 SAVE (Stop America's Violence Everywhere) Today

12 - 20 Bone and Joint Decade National Awareness Week

16 - 20 National Health Education Week

16 World Food Day

20 National Mammography Day

22 - 28 Respiratory Care Week

22 International Stuttering Awareness Day

25 Lung Health Day



November

American Diabetes Month

COPD Awareness Month

Diabetic Eye Disease Month

Foot Health Issues Related to Diabetes Awareness Month

Jaw Joints - TMJ Awareness Month

Lung Cancer Awareness Month

National Adoption Month

National Epilepsy Awareness Month

National Family Caregivers Month

National Healthy Skin Month

National Hospice Month

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

PH (Pulmonary Hypertension) Awareness Month

Prematurity Awareness Month

15 World COPD Day

16 Great American Smokeout

19 - 25 GERD Awareness Week
(Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)


21 Prematurity Awareness Day



December

Safe Toys and Gifts Month

1 - 7 National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week

1 World AIDS Day

3 - 9 National Handwashing Awareness Week

  
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