California Area OfficeCA Area Director's Messages
- December 1, 2007
- Understanding Section 508
Section 508 requires Federal departments and agencies that develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology to ensure that Federal employees and members of the public with disabilities have access to and use of information and data,
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- November 1, 2007
- November is National Diabetes Awareness Month
Indian people have big hearts. I know this because we love our families, care about our communities, honor our past, and hold the highest hopes for our future. But we have a problem - our hearts are letting us down. Heart disease, also called cardiovascular disease or CVD, is the #1 killer of American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) people.
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- October 1, 2007
- October is Healthy Lung Month
October is dedicated by the American Lung Association as Healthy Lung Month. Nationally, commercial tobacco use is the chief preventable cause of illness and death in our society, responsible for more than 430,000 deaths in the United States each year.
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- September 1, 2007
- National Suicide Prevention Week
September 9-15 marks National Suicide Prevention Week, organized by the American Association of Suicidology (AAS). The goal of Suicide Prevention Week is to promote awareness and advocacy about suicide prevention.
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- August 1, 2007
- World Breastfeeding Week
marks World Breastfeeding Week. This year's theme is "Breastfeeding: The 1st Hour - Welcome Baby Softly," to promote the initiation of breastfeeding within the first hour of birth.
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- July 1, 2007
- Alzheimer's Awareness Week Is In July
July 1-7 marks world Alzheimer's Awareness Week, an annual health campaign organized by the Alzheimer's Society in the United Kingdom.
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- June 1, 2007
- June 27 is National HIV Testing Day
National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is sponsored by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA), to encourage at-risk individuals to receive voluntary HIV testing and counseling.
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- May 1, 2007
- May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month
May is National High Blood Pressure Education Month. More than 65 million American adults, or 1 in 3, have high blood pressure (also called hypertension), and only about 30% of these have the condition under control. A blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher is considered high. Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80 mmHg.
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- April 2, 2007
- National Public Health Week, April 2-6
Did you know that Strategic Goal # 1 of the IHS Strategic Plan is to build and sustain healthy communities?
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- April 1, 2007
- April is Alcohol Awareness Month
Alcohol Awareness Month, sponsored by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence encourages local communities to focus on alcoholism and alcohol-related issues.
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