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MONTHLY HEALTH AWARENESS EVENTS

JANUARY
-"National Birth Defects Prevention Month": National Birth Defects Prevention Network (www.nbdpn.org)

FEBRUARY
-"American Heart Month": American Heart Association (www.americanheart.org)

-"Children of Alcoholics Week": National Association for Children of Alcoholics (www.nacoa.org)

-"National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month": New York Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (www.opdv.state.ny.us/public_awareness/campaigns/tdvcampaigns/index.html)

MARCH
-"National Youth Violence Prevention Week": National S.A.V.E. and The Guidance Group (www.nyvpw.org)

-"Kick Butts Day": Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (www.kickbuttsday.org)

-"National Poison Prevention Week": Poison Prevention Week Council (www.poisonprevention.org)

APRIL
-"Alcohol Awareness Month": SAMHSA's Health Information Network (www.ncadi.samhsa.gov/seasonal/aprilalcohol)

-"National Public Health Week": American Public Health Association (www.nphw.org/nphw10/home1.htm)

-"National Safe Kids Week": Safe Kids USA (www.safekids.org/our-work/programs/safe-kids-week)

-"National Alcohol Screening Day": Screening for Mental Health, Inc. (www.mentalhealthscreening.org/events/nasd)

-"National Youth Service Day": Youth Service America (www.ysa.org/gysd)

-"National Distracted Driving Awareness Month": National Safety Council (www.nsc.org/Pages/NSCFocusDrivenJoinTogethertoRecognizeAprilasNationalDistractedDrivingAwarenessMonth.aspx)

MAY
-"Mental Health Month": Mental Health America (www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/may)

-"National Alcohol and Other Drug Related Birth Defects Week": National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc. (www.ncadd.org)

-"World No Tobacco Day": Pan American Health Organization (www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/en)

-"Children's Mental Health Awareness Week": National Federation of Families For Children's Mental Health (www.ffcmh.org/events/national-childrens-mental-health-awareness-week)

-"National Women's Health Week": US Department of Health and Human Services (www.womenshealth.gov/whw/index.cfm)

-"National Senior Health/Fitness Day": Mature Market Resource Center (www.fitnessday.com/senior/index.htm)

JUNE
-"International Day Against Drug Abuse": United Nations Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (www.cadca.org)

-"National ASK Day": PAX/Real Solutions to Gun Violence (www.paxusa.org/ask/index.html)

-"Men's Health Month": Men's Health Network (www.menshealthmonth.org)

JULY
-"Parents Day": National Parents Day Council (www.parentsday.org)

AUGUST
-"National Night Out": National Association of Town Watch (www.nationaltownwatch.org/nno/index.htm)

SEPTEMBER
-"National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month": Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (www.recoverymonth.org)

-"National Suicide Prevention Week": American Association of Suicidology (www.suicidology.org)

-"Family Health/Fitness Day": Health Information Resource Center (www.fitnessday.com)

OCTOBER
-"National Domestic Violence Awareness Month": Domestic Violence Awareness Project (www.nrcdv.org/dvam)

-"Mental Illness Awareness Week": National Alliance on Mental Illness (www.nami.org)

-"National Drug Free Work Week": US Department of Labor (www.dol.gov/drugfreeworkweek)

-"Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week": The Bacchus Network (www.bacchusgamma.org/ncaaw.org)

-"Red Ribbon Week": National Family Partnership at Informed Families Education Center (www.nfp.org)

-"Bullying Prevention Month": National Education Association (www.nea.org/grants/16631.htm)

-"Child Health Day": Maternal and Child Health Bureau (www.mchb.hrsa.org)

NOVEMBER
-"National Family Week": Alliance for Children and Families (www.nationalfamilyweek.org)

-"Great American Smokeout": American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org/Healthy/StayAwayfromTobacco)

DECEMBER
-"National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month": National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (www.stopimpaireddriving.org)