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2011 Heart of Texas Wellness Calendar Texas Well t of ness ear Ca H le 1 nd 01 a 2 r Produced by the Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Program www.texascvdcouncil.org Texas Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Council JANUARY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday National Blood Donor Month www.aabb.org Thyroid Awareness Month 1 www.thyroidawareness.com Start the new year right—Start an activity log for each month! Cervical Health Awareness Month Print out this calendar and use the log at the bottom of each page to start feeling healthier. www.nccc-online.org New Year’s Day Glaucoma Awareness Month preventblindness.org National Birth Defects Prevention 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Month www.marchofdimes.com National Folic Acid Awareness Week What is Cardiovascular Disease? 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Cardiovascular disease (CVD) Be sure to check refers to a group of diseases including the air pressure on heart disease, stroke, and congestive your car tires heart failure. Heart attack and stroke are caused in part by narrowed or blocked arteries resulting in 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 decreased blood supply to the heart and brain. Eat a salad for lunch Several changeable and non- Martin Luther Confederate changeable factors increase the risk King, Jr. Day Heroes’ Day of heart disease and stroke. Non-changeable factors include 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 increasing age and heredity. Changeable risk factors for Find a workout or cardiovascular disease include: walking buddy 30 31 • high blood pressure • smoking Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity • high cholesterol Log Log Log Log Log Log Log • physical inactivity _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes • obesity/overweight • diabetes _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps FEBRUARY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday American Heart Month www.americanheart.org 3 4 National Cancer Prevention Month 1 2 5 www.mdanderson.org Take a dance class. World Cancer Day National Children’s Dental Health Month It improves posture www.ada.org and increases Chinese National Groundhog Day AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month fitness. New Year Wear Red Day www.preventblindness.org National Wise Health Consumer Month 6 7 National 8 9 10 11 12 Lincoln’s www.healthylife.com Black HIV/AIDS February 13-19 is Awareness Day Birthday Cardiac Rehabilitation Week Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week February 7-14 Cardiovascular Professionals Week Child Passenger Safety Week 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Nat’l Donor Day National Heart Attack Signs and Symptoms Women’s Heart Health Day Valentine’s Day Most heart attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or that goes away 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 and comes b ack. It can feel like uncom- fortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain. Washington’s President’s Day Birthday Symptoms can include pain or discomfort in one or both arms, your 27 28 Take a moment to back, neck, jaw, or stomach. Volunteering is a schedule your great way to be yearly checkup. Shortness of breath may occur with or more active. without chest discomfort. Other signs include Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Log Log Log Log Log Log Log • breaking out in a cold sweat _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes • nausea • lightheadedness. _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps MARCH Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday National Nutrition Month www.eatright.org National Kidney Month 1 2 3 4 5 www.kidney.org Update and refresh National Brain Injury emergency contact Awareness Month Texas lists at work and www.biusa.org Independence Day home. National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 www. preventcancer.org/colorectal Fat Tuesday Ash Wednesday World Kidney Day Workplace Eye Wellness Month www.preventblindness.org National Sleep Awareness Week March 7-13 Mental Retardation Awareness Month National School Breakfast Week March 7-11 www.rcomo.org National Multiple Sclerosis Education 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 & Awareness Month St. Patrick’s Day www.msfocus.org Replace your smoke National Endometriosis detector batteries Brain Awareness Week March 14-20 Awareness Month DST begins www.endocenter.org 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 World American Obesity & Overweight Facts Kick Butt Day Tuberculosis Day Diabetes Alert Day People who are overweight are at World Salt Awareness Week, March 21-27 increased risk for heart attack, high 1st Day of Spring blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis- related disabilities, and some cancers. 27 28 29 30 31 Schedule a Pap Healthy food habits help maintain Walking strengthens smear and a normal blood pressure, desirable bone and muscle. mammogram today. cholesterol levels, and a healthy body Go for a stroll! weight. Eat a healthy diet with more Cesar Chavez Day fresh fruits and vegetables and less salt, fats, and sugars. Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Log Log Log Log Log Log Log _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps APRIL Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Cancer Control Month www.cancer.org Alcohol Awareness Month 1 2 www.ncadi.samhsa.gov National Donate Life Month www. organdonor.gov National Minority Health Awareness Month www.omhrc.gov 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 World Health Day National Youth Sports Safety Month Sexual Assault Walk, bike or Awareness Month National Alcohol www.nyssf.org carpool to work. Occupational Therapy Month Day of Action Screening Day www.aota.org National Public Health Week April 4-10 STD Awareness Month www.ashastd.org 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 National Autism Awareness Month Active kids are www.autism-society.org Earth Day healthy kids. Help Irritable Bowel Syndrome them find a sport Awareness Month TPHA Conference April 13-15 they love! www.aboutibs.org 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 High Blood Pressure Walk a mile, just to see how far it is and The consequences associated with high how long it takes. blood pressure are so serious that early San Jacinto Day Good Friday detection, treatment, and control are vital. High blood pressure is easily 24 Easter 25 26 27 28 29 30 detectable and usually controllable with World lifestyle modifications such as increas- Meningitis Day ing physical activity or reducing dietary salt intake, with or without medications. National Infant Immunization Week April 23-30 Maintain an optimal blood pressure of Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity a systolic blood pressure (upper) less Log Log Log Log Log Log Log than 120, and a diastolic blood _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes pressure (lower) less than 80. _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________miles _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps _________steps MAY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday American Stroke Month www.americanheart.org National High Blood Pressure 1 2 Holocaust 3 4 5 6 7 Cinco De Mayo Education Month Remembrance Day www.nhlbi.nih.gov National Physical Education and Sport Week May 1-7 National Physical Fitness North American Occupational Safety & Health Week, May 1-7 and Sports Month www.fitness.gov National Arthritis Awareness Month 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 www.arthritis.org National Women’s Health Week Week May 8-14 Asthma and Allergy Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week May 8-14 Awareness Month National Women’s www.aafa.org Mother’s Day Check-up Day Nurse’s Day National Bike Month www.bikeleague.org 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Better Sleep Month Nat’l Employee Health & Fitness Day Check and replace www.bettersleep.org fire extinguishers Clean Air Month HIV Vaccine Armed www.lungusa.org Awareness Day Forces Day Healthy Vision Month www.aoa.org 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Hepatitis Awareness Month Do you know your www.hepfi.org blood pressure? Get Mental Health Month National Senior checked today! Health & Fitness www.mentalhealthamerica.net Victoria Day Day Stroke Symptoms? 29 30 31 Act F.A.S.T.! Reduce your sodium intake by using more flavorful herbs F = Face: does one side of World No and spices in food. the face droop? Memorial Day Tobacco Day A = Arm: does one arm drift downward? Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity Physical Activity S = Speech: does the Log Log Log Log Log Log Log _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes _________minutes speech sound slurred? T = Time
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