South Dakota Department of Health

Calendar of Events

Certified Food Manager Food Service Training
Coordinated School Health Training Opportunities (Department of Education)
Health observances for 2013 (National Health Information Center)

South Dakota State Park activities and events

May 2013

Global Employee Health and Fitness Month

Melanoma / Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month®

National High Blood Pressure Education Month

Older Americans Month

May 13 - 19  National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week

May 20 National Senior Health and Fitness Day

May 21 — Packaging and Shipping Infectious Substances course, Best Western Ramkota, Sioux Falls

May 21 -27 Recreational Water Illness and Injury Prevention Week

May 23 — Packaging and Shipping Infectious Substances course, Best Western Ramkota, Rapid City

May 29 — South Dakota Quit Line 101 webinar, 10-11 a.m. (CT)

May 30— South Dakota Board of Nursing meeting, Sioux Falls

May 31 — South Dakota Board of Examiners in Optometry meeting, 9:00a.m., Tieszen Law Office, Pierre

 

June 2013

Men's Health Month

June 2 National Cancer Survivors Day

June 1 South Dakota Board of Chiropractic Examiners meeting

June 10 South Dakota Quit Line 101 webinar, 2-3 p.m. (CT)

June 10 -16 Men's Health Week

June 12 Rural Trauma Team Development Course, Pierre

June 13 Rural Trauma Team Development Course, Chamberlain / Oacoma
June 17South Dakota Board of Massage Therapy declaratory hearing, Pierre, 1 p.m.
June 26 South Dakota Quit Line 101 webinar, 10-11 a.m. (CT)

July 2013

International Group B Strep Awareness Month

July 8 South Dakota Quit Line 101 webinar, 2-3 p.m. (CT)

July 9  South Dakota Board of Nursing Facility Administrators meeting

July 17 Rural Trauma Team Development Course, Aberdeen

July 24 South Dakota Quit Line 101 webinar, 10-11 a.m. (CT)
July 28 World Hepatitis Day

August 2013

National Breastfeeding Month

August 1-7 World Breastfeeding Week

August 21 Rural Trauma Team Development Course, Huron

August 24 HIV Prevention Planning Group meeting - Pierre

September 2013

Fruit and Veggies More Matters Month

Infant Mortality Awareness Month

National Cholesterol Education Month

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

September 18  South Dakota Board of Nursing Facility Administrators meeting

September 18 Get Ready Day

September 11-12 Advanced Trauma Life Support Class, Sioux Falls

September 25 National Women's Health & Fitness Day™

September 27-28 South Dakota Board of Chiropractic Examiners meeting

September 28 World Rabies Day

September 28 Family Health & Fitness Day USA™

September 29 World Heart Day

October 2013

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month

October 3-4 South Dakota Infection Prevention Council Annual Conference, Sioux Falls Holiday Inn City Centre: contact gbeck@regionalhealth.com for more information
October 9 — Walk to School Day

November 2013

COPD Awareness Month

Diabetic Eye Disease Month

Lung Cancer Awareness Month

November 2 HIV Prevention Planning Group meeting - Rapid City

November 13-14 Advanced Trauma Life Support Class, Sioux Falls

November 21 — Great American Smokeout

December 2013

December 1-7 — National Handwashing Awareness Week

December 7 — South Dakota Board of Chiropractic Examiners meeting