2016 Calendar
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) | |
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) | |
March | National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month |
National Endometriosis Awareness Month | |
National Kidney Month | |
Multiple Sclerosis Education Month (promoted by the 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) | |
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) | |
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- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week (begins on Mother’s Day) | |
National Neuropathy Awareness Week (second full week of May) | |
National Senior Health Fitness Day (last Wednesday of May) | |
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) | |
July | Cord Blood Awareness Month |
International Group B Strep Throat Awareness Month | |
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month | |
National Cleft & Craniofacial Awareness & Prevention Month | |
August | Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month |
National Breastfeeding Month | |
National Immunization Awareness Month | |
Psoriasis Awareness Month | |
World Breastfeeding Week (first week of August) | |
National Health Center Week (second full week of August) | |
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 Awarenss Month | |
Whole Grains Month | |
World Alzheimer’s Month | |
Sepsis Awareness Month | |
National Suicide Prevention Week | |
World Suicide Prevention Day (10) | |
World Sepsis Day (13) | |
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) | |
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) | |
December | Safe Toys and Gifts Month |
National Influenza Vaccination Week (first full week of December) | |
World AIDS Day (1) | |