 WHAT'S NEW!!National Health Education Week - October 18-24, 1999National Health Education Week 1999, October 18-24, 1999, will launch an educational campaign aimed at informing adults and children about natural disasters, the consequences for personal and community safety and health, and preparedness and safety measures. A campaign activity guidebook, Planning and Conducting Community Campaigns A Guidebook, has been published to aid organizations, leaders, and health educators in developing and conducting health education campaigns at the community level. The Guidebook is available on SOPHE's web site, www.sophe.org, NCHE's web site, www.nche.org, and Intelihealth's web site, www.intelihealth.com. Additional educational publications for adults and children focusing on natural disasters, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and winter storms will be available electronically at NCHE's and Intelihealth's web sites. In 1995, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services designated the third week of October as National Health Education Week. For the past two years, SOPHE has partnered with the National Center for Health Education (NCHE) and Aetna U.S. Healthcare to conduct National Health Education Week. The theme this year is "Facing Disasters, Making Decisions". More information about natural disaster preparedness and safety can be obtained from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). To request the Disaster Public Information Catalog call 1-800-480-2520, publication #L-164. # # # Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) is an international professional organization devoted exclusively to public health education and promotion. National Center for Health Education (NCHE) designs and implements health education programs for distribution through schools nationwide.
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