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After a slow summer, autumn brings us lots of health-related events in the form of awareness campaigns, observances as well as podcasts and webchats. Once again, I’ve compiled a list which I think might be interesting to out BOL readers.

EVENTS ABOUT CHILDREN’S HEALTH

• October is National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
  National Down Syndrome Society

• October is National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
  Spina Bifida Association
  Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
  First Candle/SIDS Alliance

• October 5 is National Child Health Day
  Maternal and Child Health Bureau
  Health Resources and Services Administration
  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• October 12 to 16 is National School Lunch Week
  School Nutrition Association

EVENTS ABOUT MOM’S HEALTH

• October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Board of Sponsors

• October 13 is Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
  Metastatic Breast Cancer Network

• October 14 to 17 is NPWH 12th Annual Premier Women’s HealthCare Conference
  Nurse Practitioners in Women’s Health

EVENTS ON FAMILY SAFETY

• October is Eye Injury Prevention Month
  American Academy of Ophthalmology

• October is Halloween Safety Month
  Prevent Blindness America

• October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month
  Domestic Violence Awareness Project
  National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

• October 4 to 10 is Fire Prevention Week
  National Fire Protection Association

• October 5 to 11 is Get Smart About Antibiotics Week
  Division of Bacterial Diseases
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• October 14 is Stop America’s Violence Everywhere Today
  American Medical Association Alliance

ONLINE CHATS AND PODCASTS ON FAMILY HEALTH

Webchats at Cleveland Clinic

• October 15
  Are You Concerned About Your Baby’s Motor Development? by A. Pace, PT and MJ Somodi, PT

• October 16
  Breast Reconstruction hosted by Risal Djohan, MD

• October 27
  Male Infertility: Your Questions Answered by Edmund Sabanegh, MD

Available Radio Podcast at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

• Gestational Diabetes: A Guide for Pregnant Women, from September 30 on

Available Podcasts at CDC

• Snort Sniffle Sneeze: No Antibiotics Please from September 29 on

• 2009 H1N1 ACIP Vaccination Recommendations

Read More

• What’s Going On in November
• What’s Going On in September?
• What’s going on in June
• Health events and observances in May
• March events to watch out for

Posted by Science-mom on Friday, October 2nd, 2009 at 12:50 pm and is filed under Current Events.
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