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as the kickoff for Men's Health Week. The bipartisan resolution proclaims "Blue Monday" as a day to kick off Men's Health Week and promote men's health engagement, education and advocacy. One in seven men are diagnosed with prostate cancer and 1 in 38 will die, even though prostate cancer is 100% curable when caught early. The goal of Blue Monday is to create awareness of men's health issues worldwide and to save lives. The first Blue Monday, June 15, 2015, was recognized and promoted in
Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, Wisconsin, Canada, and Florida. Blue Monday continues to grow each year and the Men's Health Foundation has partnered with the nonprofit Men's Health Initiative and together they are working to achieve international recognition for Blue Monday.
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The sponsors cited the cost-effectiveness of a shift from treatment to prevention in health care emphasis when presenting the bill. The supporters of Men's Health Week also noted that prevention requires public awareness and designating a week would spread information on preventing illnesses affecting men, which includes nationwide events and screenings. "I especially thank Jimmy Boyd of the men's health network for ... tireless efforts on behalf of this legislation," Congressman Bill
Richardson (NM), upon Congressional passage of Men's Health Week in 1994.{Congressional Record, May 24, 1994}
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issues that affect men. (Cardiovascular disease, skin cancer, lung cancer, diabetes, gout, and more.) Wear BLUE was created by Ana Fadich-Tomsic, MPH, CHES of Men's Health
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health screenings, health fairs, and seminars. Men's Health Week events are planned so that they are easily attended even by men with a full work schedule. Things to do can be found on the official Men's Health Month website. Although not officially recognized by
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Men's Health Week expanded to an international level when representatives from six men's health organizations around the world met at the 2nd World
Congress on Men's Health in Vienna, Austria in 2002 and resolved to work together to launch International Men's Health Week (IMHW). The aim of IMHW is
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and other commonly recognized men's illnesses. Physicians and men's health activists mark IMHW with awareness campaigns to highlight additional health concerns such as diabetes, osteoporosis, family health, workplace accidents, and men's higher likelihood of suicide or being a victim of homicide.
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