Join us for Women's Health Month!
We invite you to join us in meeting these goals by conducting at least one Women's Health Month event or activity in the month of May every year. Events can spotlight this year's Women's Health Month theme, focus on a specific women's health issue or address women's health more generally. Activities that have been conducted by participating organizations in past years include:
- Women's Health Fair
- Mobile mammography screening in underserved neighborhoods
- Free blood pressure and cholesterol screening for older women at community clinics
- Community lecture series or event with inspirational speakers focusing on women's health issues
- Campus teach-in about overcoming barriers or issues related to sexuality
- Low-fat recipe cook-off for women's heart health
- Lobby or window display on women's health issues
- Community violence prevention forum
- Young women's health conference
- Newspaper, TV or radio story on women's health
- Award of recognition to a community program that is positively impacting women's health
Women's Health Month activities need not be costly or complicated. We encourage you to involve your local community partners in planning and conducting these events. These partners include community-based organizations, schools, health departments, health care providers, local women's professional or business associations and civic clubs which value the opportunity to support women's health.
We would also appreciate your sharing information with us about any women's health events or activities that you conduct by sending us a completed Women's Health Participation Form.
For further information please contact us at:
owhmail@dhcs.ca.gov or owhmail@cdph.ca.gov
Office: 916-440-7626
Fax: 916-440-7636