(April 25, 2025) – Month-Long Observances
- Arthritis Awareness Month (National)
- Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (National)
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Better Sleep Month
- Bike Month (National)
- 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)
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- High Blood Pressure Education Month (National)
- Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Mental Health Month (National)
- Melanoma /Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
- Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
- Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
- Nurses Month (National)
- Older Americans Month
- Oncology Nursing Month
- Osteoporosis Month (National)
- Physical Fitness and Sports Month (National)
- Preeclampsia Awareness Month
- Psoriatic Arthritis Action Month
- Run A Mile Days
- Skin Cancer Prevention and Awareness Month
- Stroke Awareness Month (National)
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (National)
- Trauma Awareness Month (National)
- Women's Health Month (National)
Week-Long Observances
- May 1-7 – Physical Education and Sport Week (National)
- May 4-10 – Air Quality Awareness Week
- May 4-11 – Medical Fitness Week
- May 5-11 – Children's Mental Health Awareness Week
- May 6-12 – Nurses Week (National)
- May 11-17 – Hospital Week (National), Food Allergy Awareness Week, Maternal Sepsis Week, Neuroscience Nurses Week, Skilled Nursing Care Week (National) and Women's Health Week (National)
- May 12-18 – Stuttering Awareness Week (National)
- May 18- 24 – Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week
Recognition Days | Events
- May 5 – Hand Hygiene Day (World), Melanoma Monday and Pulmonary Hypertension Day (World)
- May 6 – Asthma Day (World) and No Diet Day (International)
- May 7 – Children's Mental Health Awareness Day, Maternal Mental Health Day (World), School Nurse Day, Trauma Registry Professionals Day
- May 8 – Red Cross and Red Crescent Day (World), School Nurse Day (National) and Student Nurses Day (National)
- May 10 – Lupas Day (World)
- May 11 – Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS) Awareness Day (International)
- May 12 – Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day, Fibromyalgia Awareness Day, Nurses Day (International) and Women's Checkup Day (National)
- May 18 – AIDS Vaccine Day (World) and HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
- May 19 – Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (National), Hepatitis Testing Day (National)
- May 20 – Autoimmune and Auto-inflammatory Arthritis Day (World)
- May 22 – Gout Awareness Day (National)
- May 23 – Don't Fry Day
- May 28 – Senior Health and Fitness Day (National)
- May 31 – No Tobacco Day (World)
The Kansas Hospital Association and the Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development are pleased to present the 2025 Calendar of Health Observances and 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 community health events, internal and external communications, social media campaigns and more. The calendar is easy to navigate, interactive and features more than 230 health observances and recognition days. Don't miss out on receiving 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