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Call for COA Frontline Articles

DETAILS: The DC COA Communications Publications Subcommittee would like to share some health topics for the upcoming months as options for publication opportunities. See below for a not-all-inclusive list of options. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to connect with us!

August Health Awareness August 1-31: Children’s Eye Health and Safety Awareness Month August 1-31: National Breastfeeding Month August 1-31: National Eye Exam Month August 1-31: National Immunization Awareness Month August 1-31: Psoriasis Action Month August 1-31: Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month August 1-31: Summer Sun Safety Month August 1: National Minority Donor Awareness Day August 1-7: World Breastfeeding Week August 19: World Humanitarian Day August 30: National Grief Awareness Day

September Health Awareness September 1-30: Baby Safety Month September 1-30: Childhood Cancer Awareness Month September 1-30: Healthy Aging Month September 1-30: National Yoga Month September 1-30: Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month September 1-30: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month September 1-30: Sexual Health Awareness Month September 1-30: Suicide Prevention Awareness Month September 1-30: Urology Awareness Month September 1-30: World Alzheimer’s Month September 8: World Physical Therapy Day September 10-16: Sexual Health Week September 18-24: National Rehabilitation Awareness Week September 25: World Pharmacists Day

October Health Awareness October 1-31: Breast Cancer Awareness Month October 1-31: Domestic Violence Awareness Month October 1-31: Down Syndrome Awareness Month October 1-31: Eye Injury Prevention Month October 1-31: Health Literacy Month October 1-31: Healthy Lung Month October 1-31: Liver Cancer Awareness Month October 1-31: National ADHD Awareness Month October 1-31: National Audiology Awareness Month October 1-31: National Bullying Prevention Month October 1-31: National Dental Hygiene Month October 1-31: National Orthodontic Health Month October 1-31: National Physical Therapy Month October 1-31: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month October 1-31: Spina Bifida Awareness Month October 1-31: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month


Articles are due to the COA Frontline by the 15th of the month before you’d like the article published. If you’d like your article reviewed by the DC COA Publications Subcommittee members, please send your article by the 7th to christine.nappa@hhs.gov for review.

Frontline Publication Guidelines can be found here.

POC: LT Christine Nappa, DC COA Publications Subcommittee member: christine.nappa@hhs.gov

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