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National Women’s Check-Up Day

An HHS Office on Women’s Health report states that OWH developed National Women’s Check-Up Day in 2003 and held the fourth annual edition on May 15, 2006, the day after Mother’s Day.

Date / rule15 May 2006 (documented fourth annual edition)
ScopeUnited States / historical HHS Office on Women’s Health program
VerificationFederal Public Health Historical Program Verified
PortabilityHistorical Legacy
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyHistorical Only
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is National Women’s Check-Up Day?

An HHS Office on Women’s Health report states that OWH developed National Women’s Check-Up Day in 2003 and held the fourth annual edition on May 15, 2006, the day after Mother’s Day.

Date and recurrence

15 May 2006 (documented fourth annual edition)

This is retained as historical or legacy evidence. The site does not assume that the observance still recurs today.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is United States / historical HHS Office on Women’s Health program. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Classification

Topic and context

Celebrations & Social →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Historical Context Only.
Provenance

Sources

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  1. GovInfo / HHS Office on Women’s Health — program reportFederal Public Health Archive
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is National Women’s Check-Up Day?

15 May 2006 (documented fourth annual edition) The stored recurrence guidance is: Historical HHS program; archived evidence used the day after Mother’s Day. Verify current HHS continuation and target-year rule before publishing as current..

Does National Women’s Check-Up Day fall on the same date every year?

The record is historical/legacy and is not treated as a currently recurring annual date.

Is National Women’s Check-Up Day an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / historical HHS Office on Women’s Health program. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes National Women’s Check-Up Day?

The stored designation basis is: An HHS Office on Women’s Health report states that OWH developed National Women’s Check-Up Day in 2003 and held the fourth annual edition on May 15, 2006, the day after Mother’s Day.. Supporting provenance includes GovInfo / HHS Office on Women’s Health — program report. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is National Women’s Check-Up Day international or country-specific?

This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / historical HHS Office on Women’s Health program.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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