January 2020 – National Health Observances

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January 1 – 31

Cervical Health Awareness Month

National Cervical Cancer Coalition
PO Box 13827
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
(800) 685-5531
(919) 361-8425 Fax
[email protected]
www.nccc-online.org/hpvcervical-cancer/cervical-health-awareness-month/External Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov

January 1 – 31

National Birth Defects Prevention Month

National Birth Defects Prevention Network
1321 Upland Drive, Suite 1561
Houston, TX 77043
[email protected]
www.nbdpn.org/bdpm.phpExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: Mahsa Yazdy, PhD

January 1 – 31

National Glaucoma Awareness Month

National Eye Institute Information Office
31 Center Drive MSC 2510
Bethesda, MD 20892-2510
(301) 496-5248
[email protected]
nei.nih.gov/nehep/gam/
Materials available
Contact: Kym Collins-Lee

January 1 – 31

National Radon Action Month

U.S. EPA/Office of Radiation and Indoor Air
Indoor Environments Division
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Mail Code 6609T
Washington, DC 20460
(202) 564-4355
[email protected]
www.epa.gov/radon/national-radon-action-month-information

January 1 – 31

National Winter Sports TBI Awareness Month

The Johnny O Foundation
P. O. Box 15211
Scottsdale, AZ 85267
(602) 820-7655
(480) 427-4987 Fax
[email protected]
www.thejohnnyo.orgExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov

January 1 – 31

Thyroid Awareness Month

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists
245 Riverside Avenue, Suite 200
Jacksonville, FL 32202
(904) 353-7878
(904) 404-4163 Fax
[email protected]
www.thyroidawareness.comExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available

January 6 – 12

Folic Acid Awareness Week

National Birth Defects Prevention Network
1321 Upland Drive, Suite 1561
Houston, TX 77043
(800) 621-3141 x13
(202) 618-4753
(202) 944-3295 Fax
[email protected]
www.nbdpn.org/faaw.php External Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available
Contact: Mahsa Yazdy, PhD

January 22 – 27

National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week

National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institutes of Health
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 5213
Bethesda, MD 20892-9561
(301) 443-1124
[email protected]
teens.drugabuse.gov/national-drug-alcohol-facts-week
Materials available
Contact: Brian D. Marquis, NIDA Public Liaison Officer

January 31

Give Kids A Smile ® Day

American Dental Association
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2678
(312) 440-2500
[email protected]
www.adafoundation.org/en/give-kids-a-smileExternal Link: You are leaving healthfinder.gov
Materials available

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“Source: 2019 National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.”

19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s. – 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (KJV)

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