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National Health Education Week is sponsored by the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) and has been observed since 1995, during the third week of October. The focus of the National Health Education Week is on raising the awareness of the American public about all the major health issues and promoting a better understanding of the best ways for prevention and health care.

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Health Literacy Month: October

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Health Literacy Month seeks to raise awareness about the importance of health education while informing the public about the basics of health care and illness prevention. Health Literacy Month is a worldwide event founded by Helen Osborne in 1999.

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Healthcare Central Service and Sterile Processing Week: October 13-19

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Healthcare Central Service & Sterile Processing Week is organized by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Materiel Management (IAHCSMM). The week promotes healthcare education, self-awareness, and care.

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Healthcare Foodservice Week, Ntl.: October 6-12

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National Healthcare Foodservice Workers Week celebrates the men and women who supply healthy meals in hospitals and other care facilities. It supports their profession and its importance.

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Healthcare Supply Chain Week, Ntl.: October 6-12

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National Healthcare Supply Chain Week honors healthcare supply chain professionals and their crucial contributions to healthcare. Annually in October.

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Healthy Lung Month: October

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National Healthy Lung Month by the American Lung Association seeks to educate the population about environmental hazards and health risks that affect lung health and our ability to breathe.

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Healthy Workplace Month (CA): October

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Canada's Healthy Workplace Month seeks to improve work/life balance by focusing on health, workplace safety, and mental health in the workplace and beyond.

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Hearing, Audiology Awareness Month, Ntl.: October

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National Audiology Awareness Month seeks to advance public awareness of audiology and its stimulating effects on hearing protection. Types of Hearing Loss: Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) results from changes in the inner ear (cochlea) and the auditory nerve. Often, these changes cause permanent hearing loss that is not treatable with medicine or surgery. Some of the known causes of SNHL include the following: age, noise exposure, genetics, malformations of the inner ear, benign tumors, illnesses, medications known to be toxic to the ear, and injury/trauma. Hearing aids are a standard solution for hearing loss. Conductive hearing loss (CHL) results from outer and middle ear changes. With a CHL, the sound is not able to travel (be conducted) efficiently down the ear canal, through the eardrum, and along the ossicles (middle ear bones). Some of the more common causes of CHL include the following: fluid in the middle ear, ear infection in either the outer and middle ear space, allergies, a hole in the eardrum, ear wax (cerumen) blockage, benign tumor, a foreign object in the ear canal, and the absence or malformation of the outer and middle ear. Mixed hearing loss (MHL) results from the presence of both an SNHL and CHL at the same time. For example, a noise-induced SNHL may get a head cold that causes fluid in the middle ear.

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Heimlich Heroes Week, Ntl.: October 7-11

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A week to honor all the people who have saved a life using Dr. Heimlich's 1974 technique, the Heimlich Maneuver. If you haven't learned how to do it correctly on yourself or another, this week is the time to learn. You might save someone's life one day, including your own.

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Oct

Hemophilia, Bleeding Disorders Month, Ntl. (AU): October

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One in a thousand people in the world has a bleeding disorder, and one in five thousand has hemophilia. Those numbers may sound small for some or massive for others, but this means that of the 8 billion people living on Earth, 8 million have a bleeding disorder, and most of them are not diagnosed and do not receive any treatment. Bleeding Disorders Month (formerly Hemophilia Awareness Week) in Australia raises awareness of what it means to have hemophilia and how to deal with it.

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Heritage Week, Ntl., (JM): October 21-27

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National Heritage Week honors Jamaica's heroes, one per day, beginning with the first prime minister and a leader in its fight for independence in the early 20th century, Alexander Bustamante. National Heroes Day (Monday) is an official national holiday that occurs annually on the third Monday in October. During this week, various activities are organized, including concerts, parades, awards ceremonies, lectures, and exhibitions that reflect and celebrate the unique Jamaican culture and history. Schools, communities, and cultural organizations often participate in National Heritage Week, offering educational programs and events highlighting various aspects of Jamaican heritage, such as traditional music, dance, food, and folklore. The focus on heritage also encourages a greater understanding and appreciation of Jamaica's multicultural roots, including the influences of African, European, Indian, Chinese, and indigenous cultures.

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Hermit Day, Ntl. (US/UK)(632 AD): October 29

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National Hermit Day celebrates the value of being alone every once in a while and using the time for contemplation and prayer. It is a day for you to take some days off, turn off your computer and phone, and just rest and relax. The day marks the death of Saint Colman Mac Duagh of Cork, Ireland, on October 29, 632. He was known for living in seclusion and spending time in quiet contemplation and built one of the first monasteries in Ireland, the Monastery of Kilmacduagh. Saint Colman Mac Duagh is the origin of using a rooster's morning crows as an alarm clock. WHY SO MANY FEAST DAYS? Have you ever noticed that there seem to be feast days for just about everything in the Catholic and Orthodox Christian faiths? There is a reason for that. The church granted feast days to allow all subjects of the Crown to take a day off. As most worked six days a week, feast days provided a break that landowners and nobility couldn't deny. If they tried, they were going against the church, and that you did not do. In medieval times, there were approximately 60 feast days a year. Add this to 52 Sundays, Christmas, and Easter, and workers received a minimum of 114 days off a year. Contrast that to today. The average American gets 104 weekend days and seven national holidays off work. That's three days less than the commoners of the Dark Ages, just in case you're feeling a little overworked.

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Hero Day, Ntl.: October 8

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National Hero Day in the United States was created by the internet event calendar National Day in 2020 to recognize the everyday heroes in each of our lives. It is one of several Hero Days observed each year, often as part of nation-state celebrations for martyrs, revolutionaries, and other national heroes.

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Heroes Day, Ntl., (JM): October 21

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Heroes Day honors Jamaica's first prime minister and a leader in its fight for independence in the early 20th century, Alexander Bustamante. National Heroes Day is an official national holiday that occurs annually on the 3rd Monday in October.

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Herpes Awareness Day, Ntl.: October 13

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National Herpes Awareness Day is an initiative of the brand FemiClear. There are two types of genital herpes, HSV-1 and HSV-2. Condoms are the only proven form to mitigate catching genital herpes for the sexually active. Avoiding kissing people with cold sores will lessen the chance of catching versions found outside the genital areas. From the CDC: "Genital herpes is a chronic, lifelong viral infection. Two types of HSV can cause genital herpes: HSV-1 and HSV-2. Most cases of recurrent genital herpes are caused by HSV-2, and 11.9% of persons aged 14–49 years are estimated to be infected in the United States (436). However, an increasing proportion of anogenital herpetic infections have been attributed to HSV-1, which is especially prominent among young women and MSM (186,437,438). The majority of persons infected with HSV-2 have not had the condition diagnosed, many of whom have mild or unrecognized infections but shed the virus intermittently in the anogenital area. Consequently, most genital herpes infections are transmitted by persons unaware that they have the infection or who are asymptomatic when transmission occurs. Management of genital HSV should address the chronic nature of the infection rather than focusing solely on treating acute episodes of genital lesions." As one in six people worldwide suffers from this medical condition, we figured it was best to let the CDC explain it. You can access the complete information on their website here: https://www.cdc.gov/std/treatment-guidelines/herpes.htm Header Image: George W. Beran, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Herpes Virus under magnification.

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