Health Issues For The Month Of January
- Cervical Health Awareness Month
- National Birth Defects Prevention
- National Glaucoma Awareness Month
- National Radon Action Month
- Thyroid Awareness Month
- National Winter Sports TBI Awareness Month
- National Folic Acid Awareness Week (second week of January)
Health Issues For The Month Of February
- American Heart Month
- AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
- National Children’s Dental Health Month
- International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
- African Heritage & Health Week (first week of February)
- Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (February 7-14)
- Condom Week (week of Valentine’s Day)
- Eating Disorders Awareness Week (last week of February)
- National “Wear Red” Day (first Friday of February)
Health Issues For The Month Of March
- National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- National Endometriosis Awareness Month
- National Kidney Month
- Multiple Sclerosis Education Month (promoted by Multiple Sclerosis Foundation and others)
- National Nutrition Month
- Save Your Vision Month
- Sleep Awareness Month (promoted by the National Sleep Foundation)
- Trisomy Awareness Month
- Workplace Eye Wellness Month
- Patient Safety Awareness Week (first full week of March)
- National Sleep Awareness Week (the week before daylight savings switch)
- Brain Awareness Week (second full week of March)
- National Poison Prevention Week (third full week of March)
Health Issues For The Month Of April
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- National Autism Awareness Month
- National Child Abuse Prevention Month
- National Donate Life Month
- National Facial Protection Month
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Month
- National Minority Health Month
- Occupational Therapy Month
- National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
- STI Awareness Month
- Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
- Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
- Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- National Public Health Week (first full week of April)
- Minority Cancer Awareness Week (second full week of April)
- National Infertility Awareness Week (last full week of April)
- Every Kid Healthy Week (last full week of April)
- World Immunization Week (last week of April)
- National Infant Immunization Week (generally last week of April)
- Air Quality Awareness Week (last week of April)
Health Issues For The Month Of May
- American Stroke Awareness Month (promoted by the National Stroke Association)
- Arthritis Awareness Month
- National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
- Children’s Mental Health Week
- Clean Air Month
- Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- Lupus Awareness Month (promoted by the Lupus Foundation of America)
- National Mediterranean Diet Month
- Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
- Mental Health Month
- National High Blood Pressure Education Month
- Older Americans Month
- National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
- National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
- Preecalmpsia Awareness Month
- Ultraviolet Awareness Month
- Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (first full week of May)
- Food Allergy Awareness Week (second full week of May)
- National Women’s Health Week (begins on Mother’s Day)
- National Alcohol & Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week-begins Mother’s Day
- National Neuropathy Awareness Week (second full week of May)
- National Senior Health Fitness Day (last Wednesday of May)
Health Issues For The Month Of June
- Cataract Awareness Month
- Fireworks Safety Month (through July 4)
- Hernia Awareness Month
- Men’s Health Month
- Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
- National Aphasia Awareness Month
- National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
- National Safety Month
- National Scleroderma Awareness Month
- Scoliosis Awareness Month (promoted by National Scoliosis Foundation and others)
- Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
- Men’s Health Week (second week of June)
- National Cancer Survivors Day (first Sunday of June)
Health Issues For The Month Of July
- Cord Blood Awareness Month
- International Group B Strep Throat Awareness Month
- Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
- National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month
Health Issues For The Month Of August
- Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
- National Breastfeeding Month
- National Immunization Awareness Month (vaccine schedule)
- Psoriasis Awareness Month
- World Breastfeeding Week (first week of August)
- National Health Center Week (second full week of August)
Health Issues For The Month Of September
- National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
- National Food Safety Education Month
- Fruit and Veggies-More Matters Month
- Healthy Aging Month
- National ITP Awareness Month
- Blood Cancer Awareness Month (promoted by the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society)
- National Cholesterol Education Month
- Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
- National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- National Recovery Month
- National Sickle Cell Month
- National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
- National Yoga Awareness Month
- Newborn Screening Awareness Month
- Whole Grains Month
- World Alzheimer’s Month
- Sepsis Awareness Month
- National Suicide Prevention Week
- World Suicide Prevention Day (10)
- World Sepsis Day (13)
Health Issues For The Month Of October
- National Breast Cancer Awareness
- National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month
- Health Literacy Month
- Healthy Lung Month
- Home Eye Safety Month
- National Physical Therapy Month
- SIDS Awareness Month
- Spina Bifida Awareness Month (promoted by the Spina Bifida Association)
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Mental Illness Awareness Week (first full week of October)
- Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week (12-20)
- National Health Education Week (third full week of October)
- International Infection Prevention Week (third full week of October)
- Respiratory Care Week (last full week of October)
- Red Ribbon Week (last week of October)
- World Mental Health Day (10)
- Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day (15)
Health Issues For The Month Of November
- National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
- American Diabetes Month
- COPD Awareness Month
- Diabetic Eye Disease Month
- National Family Caregivers Month
- National Healthy Skin Month
- National Hospice Palliative Care Month
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
- National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
- Prematurity Awareness Month
- GERD Awareness Week (Thanksgiving week)
- Great American Smokeout (third Thursday of November)
- World Prematurity Day (17)
Health Issues For The Month Of December
- Safe Toys and Gifts Month
- National Influenza Vaccination Week (first full week of December)
- World AIDS Day (1)
