January
January - Cervical Cancer Screening Month
For more information visit the National Cervical Cancer Coalition at
www.nccc-online.org
January - National Blood Donor Month
For more information visit the American Association of Blood Banks at
www.aabb.org
January - Glaucoma Awareness Month
For more information visit
www.preventblindness.org
January - Birth Defects Prevention Month
For more information visit the March of Dimes at
www.marchofdimes.com
January - Thyroid Awareness Month
For more information visit the American Thyroid Association at
www.thyroid.org
January - National Folic Acid Awareness
For more information visit
www.folicacidinfo.org
January - National Radon Action Month
For more information visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.gov/radon/nram
February
February - Heart Health Month
For more information visit the American Heart Association
www.americanheart.org
February - National Children’s Dental Health Month
For more information visit the American Dental Association
www.ada.org
February -Low Vision Awareness Month
For more information visit
www.preventblindness.org
February
-International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
For more
information visit
www.groupbstrepinternational.org
February -
13-19 Children of Alcoholics Week
For more
information visit
www.nacoa.org
March
March - Mental Retardation Awareness Month
For more information visit the ARC of the United States
www.thearc.org
March -
Trisomy Awareness Month
For more
information visit
http://www.trisomy.org
March - National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Month
National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Association
www.ncfsfa.org
March - National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
For more information visit the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
www.preventcancer.org
March - National Eye Donor Month
For more information visit the Eye Bank Association of America
www.restoresight.org
March - National Kidney Month
For more information visit the National Kidney Foundation
www.kidney.org
March - American Red Cross Month
For more information visit the American Red Cross
www.redcross.org
March - National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
For more information visit the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation
www.msfocus.org/programs_events/prog_edumth.html
March -27
- April 2 National Tsunami Awareness Week For more information visit
www.tsunami.gov
April
Texas Society of Medical Assistants
State Convention
April - Alcohol Awareness Month
For more
information visit
www.samhsa.gov
April
-National Distracted Driving Awareness Month
For more information visit
www.focusdriven.org/index.aspx
April
-National Facial Protection Month
For more
information visit
www.aaoms.org
April - Cancer Control Month
For more information visit the American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
April - Counseling Awareness Month
For more information visit the American Counseling Association
www.counseling.org
April - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
For more information visit the International Foundation for Functional
Gastrointestinal Disorders
www.aboutibs.org
April - National Autism Awareness Month
For more information visit the Autism Society of America
www.autism-society.org
April - National Occupational Therapy Month
For more information visit the American Occupational Therapy
Association, Inc.
www.aota.org
April - National Donate Life Month
For more information visit the Division of Transplantation, OSP, HRSA
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.organdonor.gov/donatelife.htm
April - Sexual Assault Awareness Month
For more information visit the National Sexual Violence Resource Center
www.nsvrc.org
April - Foot Health Awareness Month
For more information visit the American Podiatric Medical Association
http://www.apma.org/
April - National Child Abuse Prevention Month
For more information visit the National Children's Bureau
May
May - Mental Health Month
For more information visit the National Mental Health Association and
National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
www.nmha.org
Children's Mental Health Awareness Week 6-12
For more information visit the National Federation of Families for
Children's Mental Health
www.ffcmh.org
Arthritis Awareness Month
For more information visit the Arthritis Foundation
www.arthritis.org
May - Lyme Disease Awareness Month
For more information visit the Lyme Disease Foundation
www.lyme.org
Hearing
and Speech Month
For more information visit the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association
www.asha.org/bhsm
Healthy
Vision Month
For more information visit the National Eye Institute
www.nei.nih.gov/healthyvisionmonth
May - National Neurofibromatosis Month
For more information visit the National Neurofibromatosis Foundation
www.ctf.org
Lupus
Awareness Month
For more information visit the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
www.lupus.org/newsite/pages/lupus-awareness-month.html
Hepatitis Awareness Month
For more information visit the Hepatitis Foundation International
www.hepatitisfoundation.org
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
For more information visit the American Celiac Disease Alliance
www.americanceliac.org
May - National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
For more information visit the National Osteoporosis Foundation
www.nof.org
HIV
Vaccine Awareness Day 18
For more information visit the National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases Division of AIDS
www.niaid.nih.gov/news/events/hvad/Pages/default.aspx
May - National Trauma Awareness Month
For more information visit the American Trauma Society
www.amtrauma.org
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
For more information visit the President’s Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports
www.fitness.gov
May - Skin Cancer Awareness Month
For more information visit the American Cancer Society
www.cancer.org
National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month
For more information visit the National Toxic Encephalopathy Foundation
www.ntef-usa.org
May - Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
For more information visit the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
www.aafa.org
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
For more information visit the Prevent Blindness America
www.preventblindness.org
May - National High Blood Pressure Education Month
For more information visit the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Health Information Center
www.nhlbi.nih.gov
May - Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
For more information visit the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance
www.tsalliance.org
June
June - National Scleroderma Awareness Month
For more information visit the Scleroderma Foundation
www.scleroderma.org
June - National Aphasia Awareness Month
For more information visit the National Aphasia Association
www.aphasia.org
June - Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
For more information visit the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America,
Inc.
www.myasthenia.org
August
August - National Immunization Awareness Month
For more information visit the National Partnership for Immunization
www.partnersforimmunization.org
August - Psoriasis Awareness Month
For more information visit the National Psoriasis Foundation
www.psoriasis.org
August - Eye Injury Prevention Month
For more information visit the American Academy of Ophthalmology
www.aao.org
September
September - Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
For more information visit the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation
www.thegcf.org
September
- Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
For more
information visit www.curesearch.org
September
- Healthy Aging® Month
For more
information visit
www.healthyaging.net
September
- National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month For more information
visit
www.stopafib.org
September
- National ITP Awareness Month
For more
information visit
www.pdsa.org
September
- National Pediculosis Prevention Month / Head Lice Prevention Month
For more information visit
www.headlice.org
September - Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
For more information visit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
www.lls.org
September - National Cholesterol Education Month
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Information Center
hp2010.nhlbihin.net
September
- Newborn Screening Awareness Month
For more
information visit
www.savebabies.org
September - National Sickle Cell Month
For more information visit the Sickle Cell Disease Association of
America, Inc.
www.SickleCellDisease.org
September - Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
For more information visit the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition
www.ovarian.org
September - Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
For more information visit the National Prostate Cancer Coalition
www.fightprostatecancer.org
September - National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
For more information visit the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
www.recoverymonth.gov
September - National Osteopathic Medicine Month
For more information visit the American Osteopathic Association
www.osteopathic.org
September - Suicide Prevention Week
For more information visit the American Association of Suicidology
www.suicidology.org
October
October - Domestic Violence Awareness Month
For more information visit the National Coalition Against Domestic
Violence
www.ncadv.org
October - Healthy Lung Month
For more information visit the American Lung Association
www.lungusa.org
October - National Lupus Awareness Month
For more information visit the Lupus Foundation of America, Inc.
www.lupus.org
October - National Physical Therapy Month
For more information visit the American Physical Therapy Association
www.apta.org
October - National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
For more information visit the Spina Bifida Association of America
www.sbaa.org
October - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
For more information visit the First Candle/SIDS Alliance
www.firstcandle.org
October - Health Literacy Month
For more information visit the Health Literacy Consulting
www.healthliteracymonth.org
October - National Brain Injury Awareness Month
For more information visit the Brain Injury Association of America
www.biausa.org
October - National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
For more information visit the National Down Syndrome Society
www.ndss.org
October - National Liver Awareness Month
For more information visit the American Liver Foundation
www.liverfoundation.org
November
November - National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
For more information visit the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders
Association
www.alz.org
November - American Diabetes Month
For more information visit the American Diabetes Association
www.diabetes.org
November - National Hospice Month
For more information visit the National Hospice and Palliative Care
Organization
www.nhpco.org
November - National Healthy Skin Month
For more information visit the American Academy of Dermatology
www.aad.org
November - TMJ Awareness Month
For more information visit the TMJ Association, LTD
www.tmj.org
November - COPD Awareness Month
For more information visit the U.S. COPD Coalition American Association
for Respiratory Care
www.uscopd.com
November - Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month
For more information visit the Pulmonary Hypertension Association
www.phassociation.org
November - National Allied Health Week
For more information visit the Association of Schools of Allied Health
Professions
www.asahp.org |
