The University of Georgia College of Public Health is celebrating National Public Health Week April 7-13 by hosting events and activities surrounding this year’s theme of “Public Health: Start Here.”

Each year, NPHW focuses its effort on a different theme, and this year’s presents an opportunity for the College of Public Health, as well as health professionals across the country, to engage with individuals and communities to help them navigate the rapidly changing world of public health.

Events at the college will follow five daily themes, including:

• Monday, April 7: “Be healthy from the start,” focusing on health at home;
• Tuesday, April 8: “Don’t panic,” focusing on emergency preparedness;
• Wednesday, April 9: “Get out ahead,” focusing on prevention;
• Thursday, April 10: “Eat well,” focusing on nutrition; and
• Friday, April 11: “Be the healthiest nation in one generation,” focusing on enabling children and young adults to have bright, healthy futures.

In addition, the 2014 National Public Health Week Twitter chat will take place April 9 from 2-3 p.m. Last year’s Twitter chat featured more than 3,000 tweets from a variety of participants from students to public health leaders including U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Tom Frieden.

National Public Health Week is sponsored by the American Public Health Association. Since 1995, the group declared the first week in April as “a time to recognize the contributions of public health and highlight issues that are important to improving our nation’s health.” For more information, see http://www.nphw.org.

For the complete calendar of ongoing National Public Health Week events at UGA and in Athens, see http://www.publichealth.uga.edu/events/calendar or the College of Public Health Facebook Page’s at http://facebook.com/PublicHealthUGA.