Finding the Key: Healthier Homes and Communities
http://sophe.org/singlenews.asp?item_ID=7940

The Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) will celebrate National Health Education Week (NHEW) October 15-20, 2007 with the theme, Finding the Key: Healthier Homes and Communities.
The 2007 NHEW theme addresses environmental health literacy - awareness that individual and collective behaviors impact our environments at home and in our communities. NHEW 2007 will be carried out during the next 12 months with specific focused quarterly topics related to environmental health, including:

Oct – Nov 2007 – Introduction to Environmental Health Literacy and the year-long National Health Education Week campaign
Jan - Mar 2008 - Environmental Health Affects of Children and the Elderly
Apr - June 2008 - Environmental Impacts of the Built Environment
July - Sept 2008 - Environmental Consequences of the Infectious Diseases namely water borne, vector borne and food borne pathways.

National Health Education Week materials, resources and updates are available and feature a free guide to assist health education professionals to plan national, local or regional health education activities throughout the year; an activity toolkit that includes samples and templates; and fact sheets.

View the 2007 NHEW Planning Guide and Toolkit: NHEW Planning Guide 2007

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