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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.
For more information, click on the links below (bold links are from your Pediatric's Guide), or contact the sponsoring organization directly.
September 2003
Baby Safety Month (with focus on water safety)
- Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association
- Backyard Pool Safety
- Swimming Lessons
Home and Sports Eye Safety Month
- Prevent Blindness America
- Sports Eye Safety
- Tips for Buying Sports Eye Protectors
- Vision Screening for Kids
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- National Childhood Cancer Foundation
- Signs of Childhood Cancer
Cold and Flu Campaign
- American Lung Association
- Cold and Flu Treatments
- Flu Shots for Children
- FluMist Nasal Spray Flu Vaccine
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 14-20 Prostate Cancer Awareness Week
- National Prostate Cancer Coalition
- About Men's Health and Prostate Cancer
September 14-20 National Rehabilitation Week
- National Rehabilitation Awareness Foundation
- About Physical Therapy
September 16 Take A Loved One to the Doctor Day
- Office of Minority Health
September 17-19 "GOLD RIBBON DAYS"
To Spotlight Children with Cancer
- National Childhood Cancer Foundation
September 20-27 National Osteopathic Medicine Week
- American Osteopathic Association
- Becoming a Pediatrician
September 21-27 National 5 A Day Week
- National Cancer Institute/Produce for
Better Health Foundation
- Pediatric Nutrition Resources
September 21-27 National Reye’s Syndrome Week
- National Reye’s Syndrome Foundation
September 24 National Women's Health and Fitness Day
- FitnessDay.com
- About Women's Health
September 27 Family Health and Fitness Days USA
- Health Information Resource Center
- About Exercising
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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