September Health Care Spotlights
The Sladen Library has spotlighted these sites in the past:
Baby Safety Awareness Month American Academy of Pediatrics Child Passenger Safety / NHTSA Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Poison Control Centers Safety Belt Safe U.S.A.
Children's Eye Health & Safety Month American Academy of Ophthalmology Eye Care America National Eye Institute National Eye Institute's Healthy Vision 2010 Prevent Blindness America
Fruit and Vegetable Month Cyber Diet EatRight / American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Information Center Fruits and Veggies Matter Healthy Weight Network How To Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label Kids Nutrition MyPyramid.gov National Organic Program / USDA Nutrition.gov Nutrition Analysis Tools and System Nutrition Source / Harvard School of Public Health
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month American Cancer Society Association of Cancer Online Resources National Cancer Institute National Cervical Cancer Coalition National Cervical Cancer Public Education Campaign OncoLink: Cervical Cancer Society of Gynecologic Oncologists Women's Cancer Network
Health Aging Month Administration on Aging Aging Parents and Elder Care Alzheimer's Association American Geriatrics Society Benefits CheckUp Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Family Caregiver Alliance Geriatric Times GeroNurseOnline GeroWeb Health and Age Centers Healthy Aging InfoAging.org National Academy on an Aging Society National Association of State Units on Aging National Center on Elder Abuse National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse Senior Brigade / A Michigan Seniors Website SeniorHealth / NIH
Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month Leukemia & Lymphoma Society National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month Alcohol Consumption / MedlinePlus Mothers Against Drunk Driving / MADD National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Cholesterol Education Month Diet & Nutrition/ American Heart Association EatRight / American Dietetic Association Fats and Cholesterol / Harvard School of Public Health Healthy Fast Food National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Nutrition.gov Nutrition Source / Harvard School of Public Health
National Food Safety Education Month American Medical Association / Food-Borne Illness (Full-text book) Center for Food Safety Fight Bac! / Partnership for For Safety Education Food Safety Food Safety and Quality Is It Done Yet? / U.S. Food & Drug Association
National Sickle Cell Month Iron Disorders Institute National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Sickle Cell Disease Association of America
National Osteopathic Medicine Month American Osteopathic Association
National Pain Awareness Month American Chronic Pain Association American Pain Foundation StopPain.org
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month American Cancer Society National Cancer Institute OncoLink / University of Pennsylvania Prostate Cancer / National Cancer Institute Prostate-Help Information Database (PHID)
National Suicide Prevention Week / September 5-11 / World Suicide Prevention Day / September 10 American Association of Suicidology American Counseling Association American Foundation for Suicide Prevention American Psychiatry Association American Psychological Association Center for Women's Mental Health / Massachusetts General Hospital National Alliance for the Mentally Ill National Mental Health Association Psychiatry Matters.MD Suicide Prevention / National Institute of Mental Health WHO Guide to Mental Health in Primary Care
National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration / September 19-25 American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation National Rehabilitation Information Center
National Adult Immunization Week / September 26-October 2 CDC's National Immunization Program Childhood Immunization Support Program / American Academy of Pediatrics
World Alzheimer's Day / September 21 Alzheimer's Association Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center
World Heart Day / September 30 American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation American Heart Association American Heart Association / Take Wellness To Heart CARE Foundation Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation Congenital Heart Disease Information and Resources February is American Heart Month / CDC The Heart: An Online Exploration Heart Disease and Stroke Maps / CDC Hope Heart Institute National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Heart Lung and Blood Institute / Interactive Tools and Resources
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