National Men’s Health Week
National Men’s Health Week is celebrated each year the week leading up to and including Father’s Day, which is June 14-20 of 2010. During this week, individuals, families, communities, and others work to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys.
What You Can Do
Wear Blue Day: Choose a day that works for your group or team and encourage them to wear blue to raise awareness about men’s health.
Hold an educational event or presentation about men’s health at your workplace or a community center.
Plan a men’s health fair and be sure to cover topics such as heart health, injury prevention, prostate cancer, unintentional injuries, testicular cancer, and respiratory diseases. Check out Tips for Planning Health Events.
Talk to the men and boys in your life and encourage them to live a healthy lifestyle and seek regular medical care and early treatment for disease and injury. Send them a men’s health e-card!
Plan physical activities, such
as a hike or pick-up football game, with colleagues after work or in your
neighborhood and community.
Stay up on the latest about men’s health at CDC by signing up for
email updates in the top right corner of the Men’s
Health website.
Related Topics
- Check-up Checklist
- Men’s Topics A-Z
- Related Men’s Health Sites and Webpages
- National Men’s Health Week Site
- Men’s Health Network
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Page last modified: June 9, 2010
Page last reviewed: June 9, 2010
