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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.

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May 2003

Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

• Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
• About Allergies
• About Asthma

Better Hearing and Speech Month

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• About Deafness

Better Sleep Month

• Better Sleep Council
• About Sleep Disorders

Bicycle Safety Month

• National Bike Safety Network
• About Bicycling

Clean Air Month

• American Lung Association
• Enviornmental Protection Agency Clean Air Topics

Correct Posture Month

• American Chiropractic Association
• Strengthen Your Core - Proper Posture

Electrical Safety Month

• Electrical Safety Foundation International
• Safety

Hepatitis Awareness Month

• Hepatitis Foundation International
• Hepatitis Basics: an overview

Healthy Vision Month

• National Eye Institute
• Vision Health

Huntington’s Disease Awareness Month

• Huntington’s Disease Society of America

Light the Night for Sight Month

• Prevent Blindness America
• Vision Health

Lyme Disease Awareness Month

• Lyme Disease Foundation
• Lyme Disease

National Arthritis Month

• National Arthritis Foundation
• About Arthritis

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month

• Digestive Disease National Coalition

National High Blood Pressure Education Month

• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Information Center
• High Blood Pressure A Common But Controllable Disorder

National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month

• American Academy of Dermatology
• Detecting Melanoma: What To Look For

Mental Health Month

• National Mental Health Association
• About Mental Health

National Neurofibromatosis Month

• National Neurofibromatosis Foundation
• About Neurofibromatosis

National Osteoporosis Prevention Month

• National Osteoporosis Foundation
• About Osteoporosis

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

• President´s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
• Preventing Kids' Sport's Injuries and Deaths

National Sight-Saving Month: Ultraviolet Awareness & Home Eye Safety

• Prevent Blindness America
• Vision Health

National Stroke Awareness Month

• National Stroke Association
• Stroke - Prevention and Treatment

National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month

• The National Campaign To Prevent Teen Pregnancy
• Teen Pregnancy

National Trauma Awareness Month

• American Trauma Society
• Safety

Older Americans Month

• Administration on Aging
• About Senior Health

Skin Cancer Awareness Month

• American Cancer Society
• Detecting Melanoma: What To Look For

Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month

• Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance

3-10 National SAFE KIDS Week

• National SAFE KIDS Campaign
• Safety

4-11 National Mental Health Counseling Week

• American Mental Health Counselors Association

4-11 Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Awareness Week

• Ecological Health Organization, Inc.

4-11 National Suicide Awareness Week

• American Association of Suicidology
• About Suicide Prevention

4-10 Children's Mental Health Week

• Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
• Children's Mental Health Resources

4-10 Brain Tumor Action Week

• North American Brain Tumor Coalition

4-10 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (NAOSH)

• American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)

4 Mother’s Day Comes Early for Too Many of Our Nation’s Teens

• National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy
• Teen Pregnancy

5 Melanoma Monday

• American Academy of Dermatology
• Detecting Melanoma: What To Look For

6 Childhood Depression Awareness Day

• National Mental Health Association

7 National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day

• "Freedom From Fear"
• About Panic/Anxiety Disorders

11-17 Food Allergy Awareness Week

• Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
• About Food Allergies

11-17 National Women's Health Week

• Office on Women's Health
• About Women's Health

11-17 National Running and Fitness Week

• American Running Association
• About Running/Jogging
• About Exercise

11-17 National Alcohol - and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week

• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.

12-18 National Stuttering Awareness Week

• Stuttering Foundation of America

12 International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFIDS/ME) Awareness Day

• Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome Association of America
• About Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Fibromyalgia

12 National Women's Check-up Day

• Office on Women's Health
• About Women's Health

18-24 National Emergency Medical Services Week

• American College of Emergency Physicians

18-24 National Safe Boating Week

• National Safe Boating Council
• About Powerboating

19-25 National Dog Bite Prevention Week.

• American Veterinary Medical Association

19-26 Buckle Up America

• National Highway Transportation Safety Administration
• Car Seat Safety Guide

21 National Employee Health and Fitness Day

• National Association for Health and Fitness
• About Exercise

24 National Schizophrenia Awareness Day

• National Schizophrenia Foundation
• Children's Mental Health Resources

25 National Missing Children’s Day

• Child Find of America, Inc.

28 National Senior Health and Fitness Day

• Mature Market Resource Center
• About Senior Health

31 World "No Tobacco" Day

• World No Tobacco Day
• About Smoking Cessation

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.