2022 National Observances

MAY 

  • Better Sleep Month (Better Sleep Council) 
  • Arthritis Awareness Month 
  • Healthy Vision Month 
  • Mental Health Month 
  • Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month 
  • Celiac Disease Awareness Month 
  • Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month 
  • Physical Fitness and Sports Month 
  • Stroke Awareness Month 
  • Preeclampsia Awareness Month 
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 

 

JUNE 

  • Men’s Health Month 
  • Cataract Awareness Month 
  • Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month 
  • Aphasia Awareness Month 
  • Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month 
  • Safety Month 
  • Scleroderma Awareness Month 

June 5: National Cancer Survivors Day 

June 13–19: Men’s Health Week 

June 23: National Hydration Day 

 

JULY 

  • National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month 
  • Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month 

 

AUGUST 

  • Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month 
  • Breastfeeding Month 
  • Immunization Awareness Month 
  • Psoriasis Awareness Month 

 

SEPTEMBER 

  • Fruit and Veggies - More Matters Month 
  • Healthy Aging Month 
  • Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month 
  • Childhood Obesity Awareness Month 
  • Food Safety Education Month 
  • ITP Awareness Month 
  • Preparedness Month 
  • Recovery Month 
  • Prostate Cancer Awareness Month 

September 15–October 15: Hispanic Heritage Month 

 

OCTOBER 

  • National Breast Cancer Awareness Month 
  • Health Literacy Month 
  • LGBT History Month 

October 20: World Osteoporosis Day 

 

NOVEMBER 

  • National Healthy Skin Month 
  • American Diabetes Month 
  • COPD Awareness Month 
  • Diabetic Eye Disease Month 
  • Lung Cancer Awareness Month 
  • Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month 
  • National Native American Heritage Month 

November 2: World Vitamin D Day 

November 24: Thanksgiving 

 

DECEMBER

  • Holiday/TBA

 

Past efforts

JANUARY 

  • National Folic Acid Awareness Week (First week of January; 2023: January 2-8) 
  • National Healthy Weight Week (third week of January) 
  • Cervical Health Awareness Month 
  • Birth Defects Prevention Month 
  • Glaucoma Awareness Month 
  • Radon Action Month 
  • Thyroid Awareness Month 

January 16 (2023): Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 

 

FEBRUARY 

  • Black History Month
  • American Heart Month 
  • Prenatal Infection Prevention Month 
  • Children’s Dental Health Month 

February 10 – Healthy Sleep Day 

February 11 – Fitness Friday 

 

MARCH 

  • Women’s History Month 
  • National Nutrition Month (Academy of Nutrition, eatright.org) 
  • National Caffeine Awareness Month 
  • Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month 
  • Endometriosis Awareness Month 
  • Kidney Month 
  • Nutrition Month 
  • Save Your Vision Month 
  • Trisomy Awareness Month 
  • Workplace Eye Wellness Month 
  • Deep-Vein Thrombosis Awareness Month 

March 4: Employee Appreciation Day 

March 8: International Women's Day 

March 10: World Kidney Day 

March 14–20: Brain Awareness Week 

March 18: Sleep Day 

March 30: Doctors’ Day 

 

APRIL 

  • National Minority Health Month
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month 
  • Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month 
  • Community Service Month

April 4: National Vitamin C Day 

April 4–10: National Public Health Week (AHPA; do not use) 

April 11–17: Black Maternal Health Week 

April 25–29: Every Kid Healthy Week (Action For Healthy Kids)