Health-related April events – check them out!

On this last day of March, I give you a list of health-related events for the coming month. April is going to be a busy month with several health observances ahead of us. Check them out. Support and join!

The U.S. National Health Information Center (NHIC) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion describes health observances as days, weeks, or months devoted to promoting particular health concerns. Health professionals, teachers, community groups, and others can use these special times to sponsor health promotion events and stimulate awareness of health issues.

• Alcohol Awareness Month
  The US Department of Health and Human Services and SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• Cesarean Awareness Month
  International Cesarean Awareness Network, Inc
• Counseling Awareness Month
  American Counseling Association
• Foot Health Awareness Month
  American Podiatric Medical Association
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
  International Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
• National Autism Awareness Month
  Autism Society of America
• National Cancer Control Month
  National Minority Cancer Awareness Week (April 19 to 25)
  American Cancer Society
• National Child Abuse Prevention Month
  Child Welfare Information Gateway
  Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families
• National Donate Life Month
  Division of Transplantation, Healthcare Systems Bureau
  Health Resources and Services Administration
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• National Minority Health Awareness Month
  Office of Minority Health
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• National Youth Sports Safety Month
  National Youth Sports Safety Foundation
• Occupational Therapy Month
  American Occupational Therapy Association
• Sports Eye Safety Month
  American Academy of Ophthalmology
• STD Awareness Month
  American Social Health Association
• Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
  Prevent Blindness America
• National Public Health Week (April 6 to 12, 2009)
  American Public Health Association
• World Health Day (April 7)
  Pan American Health Organization
  WHO Regional Office for the Americas
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month Day of Action
  National Sexual Violence Resource Center
• National Start! Walking Day (April 8)
  American Heart Association
  American Stroke Association
• National Alcohol Screening Day (April 9)
  Screening for Mental Health, Inc.
• National Healthy Kids Day (April 18)
  YMCA of Greater Hartford
  Put play in your day
• National Infant Immunization Week (April 25 – May 2)
• National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• World Meningitis Day (April 25)
  Confederation of Meningitis Organization
  CoMO, Meningitis Centre
  Telethon Institite for Child Health Research
• SAFE KIDS Week (April 26 – May 3)
  Safe Kids Worldwide

Cleveland Clinic’s Health Chats for April

• April 2
  Achalasia and Surgical treatments, by Dr David Mason
• April 3
  Take Control: Managing Urinary Incontinence, by Dr. Courtenay Moore
• April 6
  Treating Multiple Sclerosis: Answers to Questions You Really Want to Ask, by Dr. Alex Rae-Grant
• April 7
  Treatment of Heart Failure, by Dr. Randall Starling
• April 21
  Understanding Eating Disorders, by Sandy Straffen Jay, RN, LPCC
• April 24
  Women’s Health: Take the Crisis Out of Midlife, by Dr. Holly L. Thacker

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