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2004 Health Observances |
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Connecticut Association for Home Care |
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2004 Health Observances Calendar January February March April May June July August September October November December
January
Cervical Cancer Screening Month National Birth Defects Prevention Month National Cervical Cancer Screening Month National Glaucoma Awareness Month National Thyroid Awareness Month National Volunteer Blood Donor Month 18 - 23 National Activity Professionals Week 18 - 24 Healthy Weight Week 25 National Intravenous Nurse Day
February
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month American Heart Month Kids E.N.T. (Ears, Nose, Throat) Month National Children’s Dental Health Month Wise Health Consumer Month 1 Women’s Heart Health Day 1 - 7 National Burn Awareness Week 1 - 7 National Patient Recognition Week 2 - 6 Pride in Food Service Week 4 National Girls and Women in Sports Day 4 – 10 National Cardiac Rehabilitation Week 6 Give Kids A Smile Day 6 National Wear Red Day 2004 8 - 14 Cardiac Rehabilitation Week 8 – 14 Duchenne MD Awareness Week 8 – 14 National Cardiovascular Professionals Week 8 - 14 National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week 8 – 14 National Children of Alcoholics Week 14 Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day 14 National Donor Day 20 National Women's Heart Day 22 - 29 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
American Red Cross Month Mental Retardation Awareness Month National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month National Kidney Month National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month National Nutrition Month National Social Work Month Save Your Vision Month Workplace Eye Health and Safety Month 7 - 13 National Patient Safety Awareness Week 8 - 14 National Problem Gambling Awareness Week 8 - 12 National School Breakfast Week 14 - 20 Long Term Care Administrators Week 14 - 20 Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week 15 - 21 Brain Awareness Week 21 - 27 National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week 21 - 27 National Poison Prevention Week 23 American Diabetes Alert Day 24 World Tuberculosis Day 28 - 4 National Sleep Awareness Week 30 National Doctors’ Day 31 Kick Butts Day
Alcohol Awareness Month Cancer Control Month Candlelight Vigil for Eating Disorders Awareness Cesarean Awareness Month IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Awareness Month National Autism Awareness Month National Donate Life Month National Facial Protection Month National Humor Month National Occupational Therapy Month National STD Awareness Month National Youth Sports Safety Month Sexual Assault Awareness Month Sports Eye Safety Month Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month 2 - 4 Alcohol-Free Weekend 3 YMCA Healthy Kids Day 5 - 9 National Patient Advocacy Week 5 - 11 National Public Health Week 7 World Health Day 8 National Alcohol Screening Day 11- 17 National Minority Cancer Awareness Week 18 - 24 National Volunteer Week 24 - 25 2004 WalkAmerica 25 - 1 National Infant Immunization Week
Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month Better Hearing and Speech Month Better Sleep Month Clean Air Month Correct Posture Month Healthy Vision Month Hepatitis Awareness Month Lyme Disease Awareness Month Mental Health Month National Arthritis Month and Annual Arthritis Walk National Digestive Diseases Awareness 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 Stroke Awareness Month National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month National Trauma Awareness Month Older Americans Month Skin Cancer Awareness Month Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month Women’s Health Care Month 2 - 8 Brain Tumor Action Week 2 - 8 Children's Mental Health Week 2 - 8 National Mental Health Counseling Week 2 - 8 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week 3 Melanoma Monday 4 Childhood Depression Awareness Day 5 National Anxiety Disorders Screening Day 6 - 12 National Nurses Day and Week 8 Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) Awareness Day 9 - 15 National Nursing Home Week 9 - 15 National Women's Health Week 10 National Women's Check-up Day 10 - 16 Food Allergy Awareness Week 10 - 16 National Hospital and Healthcare Week 10 - 16 National Stuttering Awareness Week 11 - 17 National Alcohol-and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Week 11 - 17 National Hug an Elder Week 12 - Florence Nightingale’s Birthday (1820-1910) 12 International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Day 16 - 22 National Emergency Medical Services Week 16 - 22 National Running and Fitness Week 18 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 19 National Employee Health and Fitness Day 23 – 29 Older Americans' Mental Health Week 24 National Schizophrenia Awareness Day 24 - 31 Buckle Up America! Week 24 - 30 Older Americans' Mental Health Week 25 National Missing Children’s Day 26 National Senior Health and Fitness Day 31 World "No Tobacco" Day
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month National Aphasia Awareness Month National Safety Month National Scleroderma Awareness Month Vision Research Month 5 - 12 Dystonia Awareness Week 6 - 12 National Headache Awareness Week 6 National Cancer Survivors Day 10 - 17 Nursing Assistants’ Day and Week 14 - 20 National Men's Health Week 20 Prostate Cancer Awareness Day 20 - 26 Helen Keller Deaf - Blind Awareness Week
Hemochromatosis Screening Awareness Month International Group B Strep Awareness Month 11 - 17 National Therapeutic Recreation Week 18 Dental Awareness Day 27 - 1 2004 U.S. Transplant: 50 Years of Transplantation 29 - 1 National Nurses in Staff Development Days
Cataract Awareness Month National Immunization Awareness Month Psoriasis Awareness Month Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month 1 National Minority Donor Awareness Day 1 - 7 World Breastfeeding Week 22 Be an Angel Day 23 Health Unit Coordinator Day 29 - 4 Hearing Aid Awareness Week
Baby Safety Month Children's Eye Health and Safety Month Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month Healthy Aging 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 Osteopathic Medicine Month National Pediculosis Prevention Month/ Head Lice Prevention Month National Sickle Cell Month Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Prostate Cancer Awareness Month TBA National Healthcare Housekeeping Week 5 - 11 Suicide Prevention Week 12 National Grandparents Day 12 – 18 National Assisted Living Week 12 – 18 National Reye's Syndrome Week 12 – 18 Prostate Cancer Awareness Week 19 - 25 National Rehabilitation Week 21 Take A Loved One to the Doctor Day 24 National Women's Health and Fitness Day 26 – 2 National Adult Immunization Awareness Week 27 Family Health and Fitness Day USA
Celiac Sprue Awareness Month Cold and Flu Campaign Domestic Violence Awareness Month Halloween Safety Month Health Literacy Month Healthy Lung Month Let's Talk Month National AIDS Awareness Month National Brain Injury Awareness Month National Breast Cancer Awareness Month National Dental Hygiene Month National Down Syndrome Awareness Month National Family Sexuality Education 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 Talk About Prescriptions Month World Blindness Awareness Month TBA National Gerontological Nursing Week TBA National Healthcare Facilities and Engineering Week TBA National Healthcare Food Service Week TBA National Healthcare Quality Week 1 - 7 National Long Term Care planning Week 3 - 9 Case Management Week 3 - 9 Mental Illness Awareness Week 3 - 9 National Fire Prevention Week—Fire Drills: The Great Escape! 4 - 8 Drive Safely Work Week 4 National Child Health Day 5 - 11 National Fire Prevention Week 7 National Depression Screening Day 10 - 16 National Adult Immunization Awareness Week 11 - 15 National School Lunch Week 13 SAVE (Stop America's Violence Everywhere) Today 15 National Mammography Day 16 World Food Day 17 - 23 National Infection Control Week 19 - 25 National Pharmacy Week 19 - 25 National Radon Action Week 19 - 25 Pastoral Care Week 22 International Stuttering Awareness Day 23 Make a Difference Day 23 - 31 National Red Ribbon Celebration (Campaign to keep kids off drugs) 24 - 30 National Respiratory Care Week 27 Lung Health Day
American Diabetes Month COPD Awareness Month Diabetic Eye Disease Month Jaw Joints - TMJ Awareness Month Lung Cancer Awareness Month National Adoption Month National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month National Epilepsy Month National Family Caregivers Month National Healthy Skin Month National Home Care MonthNational Hospice Month National Marrow Awareness Month Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month PH (Pulmonary Hypertension) Awareness Month TBA National Health Info and Technology Week TBA National Home Health Aide Week TBA Osteopathic Medicine Week 7 - 13 National Allied Health Week 14 - 20 Bladder Health Week 18 Great American Smokeout 21 - 27 GERD Awareness Week (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
National Drunk and Drugged Driving (3D) Prevention Month 1 World AIDS Day 1 - 7 National Aplastic Anemia Awareness Week 5 - 11 National Hand Washing Awareness Week
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