Health Observances, 2010
Below is a selected list of national health observances, holidays, and other special times of year and links to additional information. Use it to help promote a healthy lifestyle for you, your family, and your community.
January
Cervical Health Awareness Month
Cancer: Women's Health Topics
A-Z
Cervical
Cancer
National Breast and Cervical Cancer
Early Detection Program
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities: Women's Topics A-Z
Birth
Defects and Developmental Disabilities
January 1
New Year's Day
Healthy Living Calendars
Five Minutes (or Less) for Health
January 4-10
National Folic Acid Awareness Week
Pregnancy and Reproductive
Health: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
Folic
Acid
February
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
Tips
to Prevent Infection and Keep Your Unborn Baby Safe
February 1-5
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week
Choose
Respect
Youth
Violence Prevention
February 3
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
Physical
Activity for Everyone
February 5
American Heart Month’s National Wear Red Day
Heart Disease and Stroke: Women's
Health Topics A-Z
Wear It Well: Women and Heart
Disease Prevention
Women and Heart
Disease Fact Sheet
The Heart
Truth (NIH)
February 14
Valentine's Day
Valentine Health and
Safety Tips
February 21-27
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
National
Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDA)
March
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
Pregnancy and Reproductive
Health: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
Reproductive
Health
Endometriosis (NWHIC)
Women's History Month
A Timeline
of CDC/ATSDR Contributions to Women's Health
March 10
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
STDs and HIV/AIDS: Women’s
Health Topics A-Z
HIV/AIDS
and Women
National
Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (HHS)
April
Prom Season
Prom Health and Safety Tips
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
Violence: Women's Health
Topics A-Z
Sexual
Violence Prevention
Women's Eye Health and Safety Month
Eye Safety at Work
Improving the Nation's
Vision Health
April 20
Sexual
Assault Awareness Month’s Day of Action
Sexual Assault Awareness Month (NSVRC)
April 21
Administrative Professionals Day
Administrative
Professional Health and Safety Tips
May
American Stroke Month
Heart Disease and
Stroke: Women's Health Topics A-Z
National
Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
Stroke
WISEWOMAN Program
Lupus Awareness Month
Arthritis: Women's Health
Topics A-Z
Lupus
Disparities in
Lupus
National Arthritis Awareness Month
Arthritis: Women's Health
Topics A-Z
Arthritis
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
Bone Health: Women's Health
Topics A-Z
Calcium
and Bone Health
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
Pregnancy and Reproductive
Health: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
Teen
Pregnancy
May 6-12
Nurses Week
Nurses Building
a Healthy America
May 9
Mother’s Day
Mother's Health Quiz
Mothers: Our First Health
Educators
Mother's
Day Choices e-Card
Mother's Health Feature
Spanish:
Salud de las madres
Women's
Health e-Cards
May 9-15
National Women's Health Week
National Women's Health Week
Ways to Celebrate
National Women's Health Week
Women's Health at CDC Feature
Tips for Planning Health
Events
Health and Safety Quizzes and Tools
National Women's
Health Week (HHS)
May 10
National Women's Check-Up Day
Regular Check-Ups are
Important
Check-Up Checklist:
Things to Do Before Your Next Check-Up
May 12
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Arthritis: Women's
Health Topics A-Z
Fibromyalgia
May 31
World No Tobacco Day
Women
and Tobacco
June
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
Silica:
The Deadly Dust
Scleroderma (NWHIC)
July
International Group B Strep Awareness Month
Group B Strep: Women's Health
Topics A-Z
Preventing
Group B Strep
August
National Immunization Awareness Month
Immunizations: Women's Health
Topics A-Z
National
Immunization Awareness Month
Vaccines and Immunizations
in Pregnant Women
August 1
National Girlfriends Day and National Sisters Day
Girlfriends'
Health and Safety Tips
Women's
Health e-Cards
August 1-7
World Breastfeeding Week
Pregnancy and Reproductive
Health: Women's Health Topics A-Z
Breastfeeding
September
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Cancer: Women’s Health
Topics A-Z
Gynecologic Cancer
September 29
National Women's Health and Fitness Day
Physical Activity: Women's
Health Topics A-Z
Physical
Activity for Everyone
October
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Cancer: Women's Health Topics
A-Z
Breast Cancer
National Breast and Cervical
Cancer Early Detection Program
National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Violence: Women's Health
Topics A-Z
Intimate Partner Violence
Prevention
October 22
National Mammography Day
Mammography
November
National Family Caregivers Month
Families with Special Needs:
Caregiving Tips
Family Health
December
December 1
World AIDS Day
STDs and HIV/AIDS: Women’s
Health Topics A-Z
HIV/AIDS and Women
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