October Prevention/Wellness Observances

·       Breast Cancer Awareness Month

·       Bullying Prevention Month

·       Children’s Health Month

·       Crime Prevention Month

·       Dental Hygiene Month

·       Depression & Mental Health Screening Month

·       Domestic Violence Awareness Month

·       Down Syndrome Awareness Month

·       Eye Injury Prevention Month

·       Health Literacy Month

·       Healthy Babies Month

·       Physical Therapy Month

·       Spina Bifida Month

·       Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month

·       Talk About Prescriptions Month (www.takecarewv.org)

·       Drive Safely Work Week (Oct 1-6)

·       Fire Prevention Week (Oct 7-13)

·       Bone & Join Health Awareness Week (Oct 12-20)

·       Infection Prevention Week (Oct 14-20)

·       School Lunch Week (Oct 14-20)

·       Health Education Week (Oct 15-19)

·       Respiratory Care Week (Oct 21-27)

·       Red Ribbon Week (Drug Prevention Campaign) (Oct 23-31)

Sources:  National Health Information Center & National Wellness Institute 

September Prevention/Wellness Observances

• Childhood Cancer / Ovarian Cancer / Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• Fruit, Veggies, & Whole Grains Month
• Healthy Aging Month
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
• National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month
• National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
• National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
• National Cholesterol Education Month
• National Food Safety Education Month
• National Menopause Awareness Month
• National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
• National Preparedness Month
• National Sickle Cell Disease Month
• National Yoga Awareness Month
• National ITP (Immune Thrombocytopenia) Awareness Month
• Newborn Screening Awareness Month
• Suicide Prevention Week (Sept 3-7)
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Day (Sept 13)
• National Farm Safety & Health Week (Sept 16-22)
• National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration (Sept 16-22)
• World Alzheimer's Day (Sept 21)
• Women’s Health & Fitness Day (Sept 26)
• RAINN (Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network) Day (Sept 27)
• World Rabies Day (Sept 28)
• Family Health & Fitness Day (Sept 29)
• World Heart Day (Sept 29)
  
  Sources:  National Health Information Center, National Wellness Institute

August Health / Prevention / Wellness Observances

Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Prevent Blindness America


National Breastfeeding Month
WVBreasfeeding Alliance


National Immunization Awareness Month
WV Immunization Network


Psoriasis Awareness Month

Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month
Families of SMA

Counseling Ethics Training

August 28, 2012

9 am - 4:30 pm 

@ the WV Prevention Resource Center

Ethics Seminars for Licensed Professional Counselors & Approved Licensed Professional Supervisors

Presented by Dr. Donald Hall

Additional Information & Online Registration

July Health Observances

Cord Blood Awareness Month

www.parentsguidecordblood.org

Eye Injury Prevention Month
http://www.foh.dhhs.gov/nycu/eyeinjury.asp

Fireworks Safety Month
http://www.fireworksafety.com/

International Group B Strep Awareness Month
www.groupbstrepinternational.org
http://www.dhhr.wv.gov/oeps/disease/IBD_VPD/IBD/Pages/StrepB.aspx

Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
www.arthritis.org/ja-alliance-main.php
http://www.arthritis.org/west-virginia/ 

National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
www.nccapm.org

UV Safety Month
www.preventblindness.org
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/skin/basic_info/prevention.htm

World Hepatitis Day (July 28)
www.nvhr.org
http://www.dhhr.wv.gov/oeps/disease/AtoZ/Pages/Hepatitis.aspx

July is also Baked Beans, Berry, Ice Cream, Peach, Pickle, Picnic and Watermelon Month (http://foodandhealth.com/calendar/). 

Sources:  National Health Information Center, National Wellness Institute, Food & Health Communications

National Health Observances in June 2012

Aphasia Awareness Month (Communication Disorder)

Cataract Awareness Month

Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month (Common infection that can cause problems such as deafness for newborn babies.)

Fireworks Safety Month

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month (Neuromuscular Disorder)

Safety Month

Scleroderma Awareness Month (Chronic Connective Tissue Disease)

June 3             National Cancer Survivors Day

June 3-9         National Rip Current Awareness Week

June 11-17    Men’s Health Week

June 19          World Sickle Cell Day

June 27          National HIV Testing Day

Currently on our Prevention WV TV show

First Choice Health Systems has operated the state’s Problem Gamblers Help Hotline for almost a decade.  Now, the Charleston-based health services provider is managing WV’s prescription drug abuse quit line.  Sheila Moran of First Choice Health joins me on the current edition of Prevention WV to discuss these two valuable resources.

WV RX Abuse Quitline

1-866-QUITT

http://www.wvrxabuse.org/

WV Problem Gamblers Help Network

1-800-GAMBLER

http://www.1800gambler.net/

Additional information about Prevention West Virginia, including show times and channels, is available at http://www.prevnet.org/preventionwvTV/default.aspx. 

Currently on Prevention WV TV

In West Virginia and across the country, community coalitions are KEY to combatting many issues including substance abuse. 

On the current edition of Prevention WV, Michele Baranaskas joins me to highlight prevention efforts in Boone, Kanawha and Putnam counties.

Additional information, including show times, channels, and a link to the WV Library Commission server, is available at http://www.prevnet.org/preventionwvTV/default.aspx. 

RX Abuse Prevention Strategies Workshop: April 19th

The WV Prevention Resource Center, WV Center for Civic Life, and the Jackson County Health Department and Anti-Drug Coalition are pleased to announce another learning opportunity for WV’s prevention and wellness communities.

RX Abuse Prevention Strategies
Thursday, April 19th 
9 am – 4 pm
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church (Just Minutes from I-64 Exit 39, Teays Valley)

This FREE workshop will provide participants with information, skills, and resources to combat RX abuse in West Virginia. Continuing education units will be available. In 2011, U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin convened a summit on RX Abuse in WV. The action steps outlined in the summit report included continuation of the Take Care WV RX Abuse Prevention Social Marketing Campaign and “Take Back” opportunities for unused prescriptions.

More than half of non-medical users of pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and sedatives aged 12 or older got the prescription drugs they most recently used from friends or relatives, according to data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The Take Care campaign specifically targets the “sharing” aspect of our RX abuse problem. It emphasizes the importance of not sharing prescriptions, because it is illegal and dangerous. The campaign comprises public service announcements, a multi-media website (www.takecarewv.org), community discussions, RX bags for pharmacies, and RX take back event planning resources.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS WORKSHOP?
This learning opportunity is appropriate for addictions and prevention professionals, community coalitions, counselors, faith-based organizations, law enforcement, legislators, nurses, social workers, and anyone else who wants to learn/refresh their memory on free and publically available strategies for combatting RX abuse.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and REGISTRATION:
A detailed, printable agenda/information flyer, driving directions, and ONLINE REGISTRATION is available at http://www.prevnet.org/trainings.aspx. 

April Health Observances and Events

Alcohol Awareness Month

Autism Awareness Month
Resources: WV Autism Training Center; Autism Society of WV

Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Donate Life Month
Resources:
Center for Organ Recovery & Education
Donate Life WV

Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
Resource: WV Foundation for Rape Information

National Public Health Week (April 2-8)

National Alcohol Screening Day (April 5)

World Health Day (April 7)

National Immunization Week (April 21-28)
Resource: WV Immunization Network

Source: National Health Information Center

Currently on Prevention WV TV: WV School-Based Health

Studies by John Hopkins University show school-based health centers decrease absenteeism, tardiness, behavior problems and emergency room visits. Kelli Caseman of the West Virginia School Based Health Assembly joins me on the current edition of Prevention West Virginia to explain how school based health centers are serving the Mountain State. Additional Information about Prevention West Virginia, including show times and locations, is available on PrevNet.org. .

March Health Observances

• Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• Endometriosis Awareness Month
• Nutrition Month
• Save Your Vision and Workplace Eye Wellness Month
• Trisomy Awareness Month
• Sleep Awareness Week (March 5-1)
• School Breakfast Week (March 5-9)
• Problem Gambling Awareness Week (March 4-10)
  The Problem Gamblers Help Network of WV
• World Kidney Day (March 8)
• Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10)
• Native American HIV/AIDs Awareness Day (March 20)
• Brain Awareness Week (March 12-18)
• Poison Prevention Week (March 18-24)
  WV Poison Center 
• World Tuberculosis Day (March 24)
• American Diabetes Alert Day (March 27)

February Health Observances & Resources

Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) and Low Vision Awareness Month
Prevention Blindness America

Hearth Month and National Wear Red Day (Feb 3)
American Heart Association
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
Group B Strep International

National Cancer Prevention Month
WV Comprehensive Cancer Program

National Children’s Dental Health Month and Give A Kid A Smile Day (Feb 3)
WV Dental Association

National Senior Independence Month
WV Bureau of Senior Services

Wise Health Consumer Month
American Institute for Preventive Medicine
101 Ways to Lower Your Health Care Costs

Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (Feb 7 – 14)
Congenital Heart Information Network

National Donor Day (Feb 14)
Center for Organ Recovery and Education
Donate Life WV – Organ Donor Registry


SOURCES: National Health Information Center; National Wellness Institute

Financial Fitness in 2012

Some of the most common New Year’s resolutions involve money. Reducing debt, increasing savings, and investing smarter are often at the top of our lists. On the current edition of Prevention West Virginia, Patricia Scott from the Kanawha Institute for Social Research and Action shares advice on saving, borrowing, and investing. Additional information about Prevention WV, including show times and locations, is available at http://www.prevnet.org/preventionwvTV/default.aspx.

January 2012 Health Observances

•Cervical Health Awareness Month
•National Birth Defects Prevention Month
•National Glaucoma Awareness Month
•National Radon Action Month
•National Stalking Awareness Month
•Thyroid Awareness Month
•National Folic Acid Awareness Week (Jan 8-14)


Sources: National Health Information Center, Wellness Council of America