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Health promotion campaigns

Listed below are the health promotion campaigns supported by the Northumberland health improvement service. This is not an exhaustive list but it covers all the campiagns that we will be automatically sending out literature for if you are on our distribituion list. If you are based within Northumberland and would like to be added to the list please use the contact details below:

Nancy Anderson
Admin and HIMP programmes manager
Health improvement service
Epsom Drive
Ashington
NE63 8BD

Tel: 01670 840 890
Fax: 01670 816 796

Month Campaign/s

January 

January detox
Healthy eating and exercise / Change 4 Life
Incorporating National Obesity Week (17 - 23 January 2011)
Stop smoking

February 

National heart month (1 - 28 Feb 2011) incorporating Salt Awareness week (14 -18 Feb)
Contraceptive awareness week (14 – 18 Feb 2010)   

March 

No smoking day (9 March 2011)
Prostate cancer awareness month (1 - 31 March 2011)

April 

Depression awareness week (11 -27 April 2010)
Bowel cancer awareness month (1 - 30 April 2011)  

May 

Cancer prevention week (9 - 13 May 2011)
incorporating Fruity Friday (13 May 2011)
Arthritis awareness week (9 - 13 May 2011)

June

National Men’s Health Week (13 – 19 June)
Child Safety Week (20 – 26 June)
National falls awareness week (20-24 June 2011)
National breast feeding awareness week (19 - 25 June 2011)

July 

Holiday health including alcohol, sexual health and sun awareness

August 

Active August
Young people's health, incorporating International Youth Day (12 August 2011)

September 

Know your numbers - national blood pressure testing week

October 

Women's health - breast cancer awareness month (1 - 31 October)
Alcohol awareness week
Mental health, emotional wellbeing. World Mental Health Day (10 October)

November

Healthy ageing
incorporating flu awareness campaign

December

World AIDS day - (1 December)
Safe and healthy festive season

A comprehensive list of all the national health campaigns running in 2011 can also be viewed from the following link: health campaigns calender 2011.