Health Observances and Recognition Days for May – Mark Your Calendar for National Hospital Week – May 12-18
(April 26, 2024) – #WeAreHealthcare National Hospital Week, May 12-18, is an opportunity to highlight our hospitals, health systems and health care workers and the innovative ways they are supporting and connected to their community. Hospitals find innovative ways to support the needs of patients and communities. During National Hospital Week, and all weeks, we recognize hospitals, health care systems, networks and others who provide care to their community.
May Month-Long Observances
- Arthritis Awareness Month
- Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (National)
- Better Sleep Month
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Celiac Disease Awareness Month (National)
- Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month (National)
- Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness Month
- Employee Health and Fitness Month (Global)
- Fitness and Sports Month (National)
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- High Blood Pressure Education Month (National)
- Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
- NF Awareness Month
- Nurses Month (National)
- Older American's Month
- Oncology Nursing Month
- Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month (National)
- Preeclampsia Awareness Month
- Psoriasis-Arthritis Action Month
- Run A Mile Month
- Skin Cancer Prevention and Awareness Month
- Stroke Awareness Month (National)
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (National)
- Trauma Awareness Month (National)
- Women's Health Month (National)
May Week-Long Observances
May 1-7 – Physical Education and Sports Week (National)
May 5-11 – Children'sMental Health Awareness Week
May 6-10 – Air Quality Awareness Week
May 12 -18:
- Hospital Week (National)
- Nurses Week (National)
- Maternal Sepsis Week
- Food Allergy Awareness Week
- Women's Health Week (National)
- Stuttering Awareness Week (National)
May 19- 25 –Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week
May Days | Events
May 1 – Maternal Mental Health Day (World)
May 2 – Trauma Registry Professionals Day
May 5 – Hand Hygiene Day (World)
May 6 – No Diet Day (International)
May 7 – Asthma Day (World) and Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
May 8 – Red Cross and Red Crescent Day (World), Student Nurses Day (National) and School Nurse Day (National)
May 9 – Injury Prevention Professionals Day
May 11 – Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day (International)
May 12 – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day and Nurses Day (International)
May 13 – Women's Checkup Day (National)
May 16 – Trauma Survivors Day (National)
May 18 – AIDS Vaccine Day (World) and HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (World)
May 19 – Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (National)
May 20 – Autoimmune/Auto-Inflammatory Arthritis Day (World)
May 24 – Don't Fry Day
May 29 – Senior Health and Fitness Day (National)
May 31 – No Tobacco Day (World)
The Kansas Hospital Association and Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development are pleased to bring you the 2024 Calendar of Health Observances & Recognition Days. Yet another example of our commitment to providing health care strategists with practical, timely resources. This calendar is designed to help you plan your 2024 community health events, internal and external communications, social media campaigns and more. The 2024 calendar is easy to navigate, interactive and features more than 230 health observances and recognition days. 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