(March 31, 2023) – Month-Long Observances
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- Autism Awareness Month (National)
- Cancer Control Month (National)
- Child Abuse Prevention Month (National)
- Child Nutrition Month (Global)
- Defeat Diabetes Month
- Distracted Driving Awareness Month
- Donate Life Month (National)
- Facial Protection Month (National)
- Foot Health Awareness Month (National)
- Health and Neck Cancer Month
- Humor Month (National)
- Interprofessional Healthcare Month (National)
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
- Medicaid Awareness Month
- Minority Health Month (National)
- Occupational Therapy Month
- Oral Cancer Awareness Month
- Parkinson's Awareness Month
- Primary Immunodeficiency Awareness Month (National)
- Rosacea Awareness Month
- Sarcoidosis Awareness Month (National)
- Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month
- Sexually Transmitted Infections Awareness Month
- Sjögren's Awareness Month
- Soy Foods Month
- Sports Eye Safety Month
- Stress Awareness Month (National)
- Testicular Cancer Awareness Month
- Women's Eye Health & Safety Month
Week-Long Observances
April 3-9 – Public Health Week (National)
April 11-17 – Black Maternal Health Week
April 16-22 – Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
April 18-24 – Pediatric Sepsis Week
April 23-29 – Infertility Awareness Week (National), Patient Experience Week and Pediatric Transplant Week (National)
April 24-28 – Youth Violence Prevention Week (National)
April 24-30 – Every Kid Healthy Week, Infertility Awareness Week (National), Immunization Week (World) and Infant Immunization Week (National)
Recognition Days | Events
April 1 – Stress Awareness Day
April 2 – Autism Awareness Day (World)
April 4 – SAAM Day of Action
April 6 – Bohring-Opitz Syndrome Awareness Day
April 7 – Health Day (World)
April 10 – Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (National)
April 11 – Parkinson's Day (World)
April 14 – Chagas Disease Day (World) and Donate Life Blue and Green Day (National)
April 16 – Healthcare Decisions Day (National)
April 17 – Hemophilia Day (World)
April 19 – Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Action Day
April 22 – Earth Day
April 25 – DNA Day (National) and Malaria Day (World)
April 28 – Day for Safety and Health at Work (World)
April 29 – Prescription Drug Take Back Day (National)
Mark Your Calendar for National Hospital Week May 7-13.
#WeAreHealthcare National Hospital Week is an opportunity to highlight our hospitals, health systems and health care workers, as well as the innovative ways they are supporting and connecting to their community.
Why We Celebrate
- To recognize the 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, and others who provide care to their community.
- Our caregivers have taken on unimaginable challenges and have risen to the occasion repeatedly.
- We think it is essential others see the impact hospitals have made on communities, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Visit AHA's National Hospital Week website for tools and resources to celebrate National Hospital Week in your community.
The Kansas Hospital Association and Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development are pleased to bring you the 2023 Calendar of Health Observances & Recognition Days. An example of providing practical, timely resources supporting KHA's vision, "Optimal Health for Kansans," this calendar is designed to help you plan your 2023 community health events, internal and external communications, social media campaigns and more. This year's calendar is SHSMD's first ever easy-to-navigate and interactive calendar featuring over 230 health observances and recognition days! And don't miss out on the chance to receive calendar updates from SHSMD sponsor Baldwin Publishing. Not only do they provide you with a Health Observance Guide with ALL the content you need to post every day for the following month, they also give access to healthy recipes, cooking videos, branded cookbooks, recipe calendars, wellness content and solutions.
--Jan Fenwick