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Please visit Health Observances for the latest updates on days, weeks, or months devoted to promoting particular health concerns.
Parents, 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.
Information appearing in this document does not represent an endorsement by your Pediatric's Guide, who does not have any role in naming any national health observance day, week, or month.
September
Baby Safety Month (with focus on sleep safety)
- Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association
- Back To Sleep Campaign
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- Prevent Blindness America
- Vision Screening for Kids
Cold and Flu Campaign
- American Lung Association
- Cold and Flu Treatments
- Flu Shots for Children
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
- Gynecologic Cancer Foundation
- About Women's Health
Healthy Aging Month
- Healthy Aging
- About Senior Health
Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
- About Cancer
- Parents With Cancer Resources
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
- About Alcoholism
- About Substance Abuse
National Cholesterol Education Month
- National Cholesterol Education Program
- Cholesterol and Children
National Food Safety Education Month
- National Restaurant Association Education Foundation
- Foodborne Illness Peaks In Summer
Head Lice Prevention Month
- National Pediculosis Association, Inc.
- Are Head Lice Contagious?
National Sickle Cell Month
- Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc.
- about Sickle Cell Anemia
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- National Ovarian Cancer Coalition, Inc.
- Ovarian Cancer Resources
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- National Prostate Cancer Coalition
- About Men's Health and Prostate Cancer
September 9-15 National 5 A Day Week
- National Cancer Institute/Produce for
Better Health Foundation
- Pediatric Nutrition Resources
September 15-21 National Rehabilitation Week
- National Rehabilitation Awareness Foundation
- About Physical Therapy
September 16-22 National Reye’s Syndrome Week
- National Reye’s Syndrome Foundation
September 23-30 Ulcer Awareness Week
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention
- About Stress Peptic Ulcer Fact Sheet
September 29-30 Family Health and Fitness Days USA
- Health Information Resource Center
- About Exercising
September 30 - October 4 Walk a Child to School Week
- Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center
- Walking and Biking Safely
- About Walking
Source: 2002 National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
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