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2005 National Heath Observances

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The YEAR 2005 AT A GLANCE
 


January

Cataract Awareness Month

Cervical Health Awareness Month

National Birth Defects Prevention Month

National Volunteer Blood Donor Month

Thyroid Awareness Month

16 - 22 Healthy Weight Week



February

AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month

Kids E.N.T. (Ears, Nose, Throat) Health Month

National Children’s Dental Health Month

Wise Health Consumer Month

4 Give Kids A Smile Day

4 National Wear Red Day 2005

6 - 12 National Burn Awareness Week

7 - 14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week

13 - 19 Cardiac Rehabilitation Week

13 - 19 Children of Alcoholics Week

13 - 19 Duchenne MD Awareness Week

13 - 19 National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week

14 National Condom Day

14 National Donor Day

18 National Women's Heart Day

20 - 26 National Porphyria Week

27 - 5 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week



March

American Red Cross Month

Mental Retardation Awareness Month

National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month

National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

National Eye Donor Month

National Kidney Month

National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month

National Nutrition Month® 2005: Get A Taste for Nutrition!

Save Your Vision Month

Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month

7 - 11 National School Breakfast Week

14 - 20 Brain Awareness Week

20 - 26 National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week

20 - 26 National Poison Prevention Week

22 American Diabetes Alert Day

24 World Tuberculosis Day 2005

28 - 3 National Sleep Awareness Week



April

Cancer Control Month

Candlelight Vigil for Eating Disorders Awareness

Cesarean Awareness Month

Counseling Awareness Month

Foot Health Awareness Month

IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Awareness Month

National Autism Awareness Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Donate Life Month

National Facial Protection Month

National Occupational Therapy Month

National Youth Sports Safety Month

Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Sports Eye Safety Month

Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month

2 YMCA Healthy Kids Day

4 - 10 National Public Health Week

7 National Alcohol Screening Day

11 - 17 Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week

17 - 23 National Volunteer Week

24 - 30 National Infant Immunization Week

30 - 7 National SAFE KIDS Week

30 - 1 2005 WalkAmerica



May

Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month

Better Hearing and Speech Month

Better Sleep Month

Healthy Vision Month

Lyme Disease Awareness Month

Mental Health Month

National Bike Month

National High Blood Pressure Education Month

National Neurofibromatosis Month

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month

National Sight-Saving Month: Ultraviolet Awareness Month

National Trauma Awareness Month

Older Americans Month

Skin Cancer Awareness Month

Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month

1 - 7 Brain Tumor Action Week

1 - 7 Children's Mental Health Week

1 - 7 Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) Awareness Week

1 - 7 National Mental Health Counseling Week

1 - 7 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week

2 Melanoma Monday

2 National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Day

4 National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day

6 - 14 National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week

8 - 14 Food Allergy Awareness Week

8 - 14 National Women's Health Week

9 - 15 National Stuttering Awareness Week

9 National Women's Check-up Day

10 Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day

14 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) Awareness Day

15 - 21 National Emergency Medical Services Week

16 - 20 Bike to Work Week

16 - 20 National Neuropathy Week

18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day

22 - 28 Schizophrenia Awareness Week

22 - 28 National Running and Fitness Week

22 - 28 Older Americans' Mental Health Week

25 National Missing Children’s Day

25 National Senior Health and Fitness Day



June

1 - 4 Fireworks Safety Month

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month

National Aphasia Awareness Month

National Scleroderma Awareness Month

Vision Research Month

4 - 11 Dystonia Awareness Week

5 - 11 National Headache Awareness Week

6 National Cancer Survivors Day

13 - 19 National Men's Health Week

26 - 2 Helen Keller Deaf - Blind Awareness Week

27 - 5 Eye Safety Awareness Week

27 National HIV Testing Day



July

International Group B Strep Awareness Month



August

Children's Eye Health and Safety Month

Eye Injury Prevention Month

National Immunization Awareness Month

Psoriasis Awareness Month

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month

1 - 7 World Breastfeeding Week

1 National Minority Donor Awareness Day



September

Baby Safety Month

Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month

Healthy Aging Month

Home and Sports Eye Safety Month

Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month

National 5 A Day Month

National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month

National Cholesterol Education Month

National Food Safety Education Month

National Menopause Awareness Month

National Osteopathic Medicine Month

National Pediculosis Prevention Month/ Head Lice Prevention Month

National Sickle Cell Month

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Reye's Syndrome Awareness Month

Sports and Home Eye Safety Month

4 - 10 Suicide Prevention Week

9 STOP A Suicide Today Day

18 - 24 National Rehabilitation Week

18 - 24 National Reye's Syndrome Week

20 Take A Loved One to the Doctor Day

24 Family Health and Fitness Day USA

25 - 1 National Adult Immunization Awareness Week

28 National Women's Health and Fitness Day



October



Celiac Sprue Awareness Month

Children's Health Month

Clean Air Month

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Halloween Safety Month

Health Literacy Month

Healthy Lung Month

Let's Talk Month

National Brain Injury Awareness Month

National Dental Hygiene Month

National Down Syndrome Awareness Month

National Family Sexuality Education Month

National Glaucoma Awareness Month

National Liver Awareness Month

National Lupus Awareness Month

National Medical Librarians Month

National Orthodontic Health Month

National Physical Therapy Month

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month

Rett Syndrome Awareness Month

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month


2 - 8 Drive Safely Work Week

4 National Child Health Day

6 National Depression Screening Day

9 - 15 Fire Prevention Week

10 - 14 National School Lunch Week

12 - 20 Bone and Joint Decade National Awareness Week

12 SAVE (Stop America's Violence Everywhere) Today

13 - 29 Hearing Aid Awareness Week

16 - 22 National Radon Action Week

16 World Food Day

17 - 23 National Health Education Week

21 National Mammography Day

22 International Stuttering Awareness Day

23 - 29 Respiratory Care Week

26 Lung Health Day



November

American Diabetes Month

COPD Awareness Month

Diabetic Eye Disease Month

Great American Smokeout

Jaw Joints - TMJ Awareness Month

Lung Cancer Awareness Month

National Adoption Month

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month

National Family Caregivers Month

National Healthy Skin Month

National Hospice Month

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

PH (Pulmonary Hypertension) Awareness Month

6 - 12 National Allied Health Week

20 - 26 GERD Awareness Week
(Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease)




December

National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month

Safe Toys and Gifts Month

1 - 7 National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week

4 - 10 National Handwashing Awareness Week

  
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