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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.
April 2003
Alcohol Awareness Month
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
- About Alcoholism
Cancer Control Month
- American Cancer Society
- About Cancer
Counseling Awareness Month
- American Counseling Association
- About Mental Health
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Awareness Month
- International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases
- About Irritable Bowel/Crohn's Disease
National Autism Awareness Month
- Autism Society of America
- About Autism
- Autism in Children
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
- About Abuse
- Child Abuse
National Occupational Therapy Month
- The American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc
- About Occupational Therapy
National STD Awareness Month
- American Social Health Association
- About STD's
National Youth Sports Safety Month
- National Youth Sports Safety Foundation
- Preventing Kids' Sport's Injuries and Deaths
Women’s Eye Health Safety Month
- Prevent Blindness America
- Vision Screening for Kids
National Donate Life Month
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sports Eye Safety Month
- American Academy of Ophthalmology
- Preventing Kids' Sport's Injuries and Deaths
National Facial Protection Month
- American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Preventing Kids' Sport's Injuries and Deaths
Foot Health Awareness Month
- American Podiatric Medical Association
- Your Baby's and Children's Feet
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center
1-7 National Sleep Awareness Week
- National Sleep Foundation
- About Sleep Disorders
2 Kick Butts Day
- National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids
- About Smoking Cessation
4-6 Alcohol-Free Weekend
- National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
- About Alcoholism
5 YMCA Healthy Kids Day
7-13 National Public Health Week
- American Public Health Association
7 World Health Day
- World Health Organization
10 National Alcohol Screening Day
- Screening for Mental Health
- About Alcoholism
6-12 International Building Safety Week
- National Conference of States on Building Codes and Standards, Inc.
13-19 National Infants Immunization Week
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Immunization Program
- 2003 Immunization Schedule
20-26 National Minority Cancer Awareness Week
- Cancer Information Service
- About Cancer
21-25 National Window Safety Week
21-25 National Playground Safety Week
- National Program for Playground Safety
- About Playground Safety
26-27 2003 WalkAmerica
- March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
- About Walking
26 Candlelight Vigil for Eating Disorders Awareness
- National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders
- Eating Disorder Awareness
27-3 National Volunteer Week
- The Volunteer Centers National Network
Source: 2003 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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