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2013 Health & Wellness Observances Calendar 2013 Presented by the Health & Wellness Observances Calendar JANUARY 2013 FEBRUARY 2013 Continue the season of giving into the About 1/3 of common cancers can be new year by organizing a blood drive in prevented with healthy living choices such your community. as diet, exercise, and weight management. Cervical Health Awareness Month AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month National Cervical Cancer Coalition (NCCC) Prevent Blindness America www.nccc-online.org www.preventblindness.org National Birth Defects Prevention Month American Heart Month March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation Contact your local chapter of the American Heart www.marchofdimes.com Association or or Center for Disease Control & Prevention AHA National Center www.cdc.gov www.americanheart.org www.cdc.gov National Blood Donor Month American Association of Blood Banks National Cancer Prevention Month (AABB) American Institute for Cancer Research www.aabb.org www.aicr.org American Cancer Society National Glaucoma Awareness Month www.cancer.org Glaucoma Research Foundation www.glaucoma.org National Children’s Dental Health Month Contact the state or local dental society January 6 – 12 or National Folic Acid Awareness Week American Dental Association National Council on Folic Acid www.ada.org folicacidinfo.org National Condom Month January 13 – 19 (third week of January) The Bacchus Network National Office Healthy Weight Week www.bacchusnetwork.org Healthy Weight Network www.healthyweightnetwork.com National Senior Independence Month Administration on Aging January 21 (Martin Luther King Day) www.aoa.gov King Day of Service (annually) Corporation for National and Community Service Wise Health Consumer Month www.mlkday.gov American Institute for Preventive Medicine www.healthylife.com January 20 – 26 National Certified Nurse Anesthetists Week American Association of Nurse Anesthetists www.aana.com 1 ©National Wellness Institute, Inc. NationalWellness.org National Wellness Institute’s 2013 Health & Wellness Observances Calendar February 1 National Girls & Women in Sports Day MARCH 2013 National Girls and Women in Sports Coalition AAHPERD Confused by all the different diets? Talk www.aahperd.org/nagws/programs/ngwsd to a registered dietitian for food and nutritian solutions for your lifestyle. February 1 National Wear Red Day American Red Cross Month The Heart Truth—a National Awareness Campaign for American Red Cross, National Headquarters Women About Heart Disease or contact your local chapter National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute www.redcross.org Health Information Center www.hearttruth.gov or Brain Injury Awareness Month Women Heart Brain Injury Association of America www.womenheart.org or www.biausa.org Go Red For Women Cause Initiatives American Heart Association National Center Hemophilia Month www.goredforwomen.org/national_wear_red_day.aspx National Hemophilia Foundation www.hemophilia.org February 3 – 9 National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week National Colorectal Awareness Month AACVPR Office Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation www.aacvpr.org www.preventcancer.org/colorectal February 14 (Valentine’s Day) National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month National Condom Awareness Day The Arc of the United States www.ashastd.org www.thearc.org February 11 – 17 National Eye Donor Month Random Acts of Kindness Week EBAA, Eye Bank Association of America Random Acts of Kindness Foundation www.restoresight.org www.randomactsofkindness.org National Kidney Month February 24 – March 2 National Kidney Foundation National Eating Disorders Awareness Week www.kidney.org National Eating Disorders Association www.nationaleatingdisorders.org National Nutrition Month Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics February 22 www.eatright.org World Thinking Day Girl Scouts National Poison Prevention Month www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/global/world_thinking_day/ Poison Prevention Council www.poisonprevention.org Late February – Early April American Association of Poison Control Centers Collegiate Safe Spring Break Programming www.aapcc.org The Bacchus Network National Office www.bacchusnetwork.org National Professional Social Work Month National Association of Social Workers www.socialworkers.org 2 ©National Wellness Institute, Inc. NationalWellness.org National Wellness Institute’s 2013 Health & Wellness Observances Calendar Save Your Vision Month March 18 – 222 American Optometric Association National Youth Violence Prevention Week www.aoa.org National Association of SAVE www.nationalsave.org Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month Prevent Blindness America March 20 www.preventblindness.org National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Commitment to Action for 7th Generation National Athletic Trainers Month Awareness & Education: HIV/AIDS Prevention Project National Athletic Trainers’ Association www.happ.colostate.edu http://www.nata.org/ or National Native American AIDS Prevention Center www.nnaapc.org March 3 – 9 National Collegiate Health and Wellness Week March 27 The Bacchus Network National Office Kick Butts Day www.bacchusnetwork.org Campaign for Tobacco–Free Kids www.tobaccofreekids.org March 3 – 9 National Problem Gambling Awareness Week March 22 The National Council on Problem Gambling, Inc. World Water Day www.ncpgambling.org/ RC International Water and Sanitation Centre www.unwater.org March 4 – 8 National School Breakfast Week March 26 (fourth Tuesday in March) School Nutrition Association American Diabetes Alert Day www.schoolnutrition.org American Diabetes Association www.diabetes.org March 5 – 11 (week before daylight savings time) National Sleep Awareness Week National Sleep Foundation www.sleepfoundation.org APRIL 2013 March 13 – 19 Celebrate World Health Day on April 7 by National Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week learning about health issues around the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary globe, and what you can do to help. Rehabilitation www.aacvpr.org National Alcohol Awareness Month March 21 (third Thursday) SAMSHA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol & Drug Companies that Care Day Information Center for Companies that Care www.ncadd.org www.companies-that-care.org/action/caredays National Cancer Control Month March 17 – 23 Contact your local chapter or National Poison Prevention Week American Cancer Society Poison Prevention Council www.cancer.org www.poisonprevention.org 3 ©National Wellness Institute, Inc. NationalWellness.org National Wellness Institute’s 2013 Health & Wellness Observances Calendar National Child Abuse Prevention Month April 1 – 7 Prevent Child Abuse America National Public Health Week www.preventchildabuse.org American Public Health Association Child Welfare Information Gateway www.apha.org Children’s Bureau/ACYF www.childwelfare.gov/preventing/preventionmonth/ April 3 (first Wednesday of April) International Children’s Book Day National Counseling Awareness Month International Board on Books for Young People American Counseling Association (ACA) Basel, Switzerland www.counseling.org www.ibby.org/index.php?id=269 National Donate Life Month April 3 (first Wednesday of April) HRSA Information Center National Day of Hope www.organdonor.gov/ Childhelp USA National Hdqtrs www.childhelpusa.org Stress Awareness Month American Counseling Association (ACA) April 5 – 7 www.counseling.org Alcohol-Free Weekend National Council on Alcoholism and Drug National Humor Month Dependence, Inc. Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor www.ncadd.org www.aath.org April 7 – 13 (first full week) National Minority Health & Health National Week of the Ocean Disparities Month National Week of the Ocean Website Office of Minority Health Resource Center www.national-week-of-the-ocean.org/ www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov April 7 (annually on April 7) National Occupational Therapy Month World Health Day The American Occupational Therapy Association World Health Organization www.aota.org www.who.org or www.paho.org National STDs/Family Planning Awareness Month April 10 American Social Health Association Siblings Day www.ashastd.org/ Siblings Day Foundation www.siblingsday.org/bodyframe.htm Sexual Assault Awareness Month National Sexual Violence Resource Center April 11 www.nsvrc.org National Alcohol Screening Day Screening for Mental Health, Inc. Late February – Early April www.mentalhealthscreening.org Safe Spring Break Programming The BACCHUS Network National Office April 14 – 20 Association Task Force on Alcohol and Other Drugs National Library Week www.bacchusnetwork.org American Library Association American College Health Association www.ala.org www.acha.org/index.cfm 4 ©National Wellness Institute, Inc. NationalWellness.org National Wellness Institute’s 2013 Health & Wellness Observances Calendar April 14 – 20 April 26 (fourth Friday in April) National Environmental Education Week (eeweek) Remember Children Lost to Violence National Environmental Education Foundation Child Welfare League of America www.eeweek.org www.cwla.org April 16 International Moment of Laughter Day MAY 2013 Izzy Gesell, Wide Angle Humor www.izzyg.com During National Mental Health Month, April 16 (annually on April 16) help to end the stigmas by encouraging National Healthcare Decisions Day greater awareness and outreach. www.nhdd.org Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America April 21 – 27 (third week of April) www.aafa.org or www.aanma.org National Volunteer Week The Points of Light and Hands on Network Better Sleep Month www.PointsofLight.org The Better Sleep Council www.bettersleep.org April 15 – 21 Medical Fitness Week Clean Air Month Medical Fitness
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