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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Insert date] |
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and email] |
[INSERT ORGANIZATION] CELEBRATES NATIONAL WOMEN'S HEALTH WEEK
[Insert city]–[Insert your organization] is joining the Office on Women’s Health within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in celebrating National Women’s Health Week 2012. On [insert date], [insert organization] will hold a [insert event or activity, e.g., a health fair, free screenings, etc.] where women in the community will be able to [insert details about what your event is offering].
National Women’s Health Week is a nationwide initiative that calls attention to the importance of women’s health. The theme for National Women’s Health Week 2012 is “It’s Your Time,” a theme that empowers women to take small, manageable steps to lead longer, healthier and happier lives. The steps include encouraging women to visit a health care professional to receive regular checkups and preventative screenings; get active; eat healthy; pay attention to their mental health, including managing stress and getting enough sleep; and avoid unhealthy behaviors, such as smoking and not wearing a seatbelt or bicycle helmet.
During the week, families, health organizations, businesses, communities, the government and individuals come together to raise awareness of women’s health issues and educate women about simple steps they can take for longer, healthier and happier lives.
[Insert 2 - 3 sentences about your organization’s event and how it is supporting National Women’s Health Week].
“National Women’s Health Week is important because it encourages women to take time for their health,” says [local women’s health expert, title]. “Women are often the caregivers for their families and, as a result, forget to make their own health a priority. With National Women’s Health Week, we remind women that they, too, need to visit the doctor, make sure their screenings are up-to-date, get active and just take time to think about their health.”
National Women’s Health Week kicks off on Mother’s Day, May 13, and will be celebrated until May 19, 2012. National Women’s Checkup Day — a day on which women across the country are urged to visit their health care professional — will be held on May 14. For more information about National Women’s Health Week, please visit womenshealth.gov/whw. To learn more about [insert event name], please visit [insert your website].
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