(April 28, 2023) –
Month-Long Observances
- ALS Awareness Month
- Arthritis Awareness Month
- Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month (National)
- Better Hearing and Speech Month
- Better Sleep Month
- Bladder Cancer Awareness Month
- Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month
- Brain Cancer Awareness Month
- Celiac Disease Awareness Month (National)
- Critical Care Awareness and Recognition Month (National)
- Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Awareness Month
- Employee Health and Fitness Month (Global)
- Food Allergy Awareness Month
- Healthy Vision Month
- Hepatitis Awareness Month
- High Blood Pressure Awareness Month (National)
- Huntington's Disease Awareness Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Maternal Mental Health Month
- Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month (National)
- Mental Health Awareness Month
- Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month
- Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Month
- Neurofibromatosis Awareness Month
- NF Awareness Month
- Nurses Month (National)
- Older Americans Month
- Osteoporosis Awareness Month (National)
- Physical Fitness and Sports Month (National)
- Preeclampsia Awareness Month
- Psoriasis Arthritis Action Month
- "Run A Mile Days" Month
- Skin Cancer Prevention and Awareness Month
- Stroke Awareness Month (American and National)
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month (National)
- Teen Self-Esteem Month (National)
- Tourette's Awareness Month (May - June 15)
- Trauma Awareness Month (National)
- Women's Health Month (National)
Week-Long Observances
- May 1-6 – Air Quality Awareness Week
- May 1-7 – Physical Education and Sport Week
- May 6-12 – Nurses Week (National), Nursing Home Week (National)
- May 7-13 – Hospital Week (National), Children's Mental Health Awareness Week, Food and Allergy Awareness Week, Stuttering Awareness Week (National)
- May 9-15 – Women's Lung Health Week (National)
- May 14-20 – Healthcare Documentation Integrity Week, Maternal Sepsis Week, Neuroscience Nurse Week, Skilled Nursing Care Week (National), Women's Health Week (National)
- May 19-25 – Poison Prevention Week (National)
- May 22-28 – Respiratory Care Week (National)
Recognition Days | Events
- May 1 – Melanoma Monday
- May 2 – Asthma Day (World), Scurvy Awareness Day (International)
- May 3 – Maternal Mental Health Day
- May 5 – Hand Hygiene Day (World)
- May 6 – Ankylosing Spondylitis Day (World), No Diet Day (International)
- May 7 – Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
- May 8 – Ovarian Cancer Day (World), Red Cross and Red Crescent Day (World), Student Nurses Day (National), Women's Check-up Day (National)
- May 10 – Lipid Day (National), Lupus Day (World), School Nurse Day (National)
- May 12 – Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (International), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day, ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia International Awareness Day, Nurses Day (International)
- May 13 – Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness (National)
- May 15 – Employee Health and Fitness Day (Global), Hyperemesis Gravidarum Awareness Day
- May 17 – Hypertension Day (World)
- May 18 – Aides/HIV Vaccine Awareness Day,
- May 19 – Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/Aides Awareness Day (National), Hepatitis Testing Day, IBD Day (World)
- May 20 – Autoimmune/Auto-Inflammatory Arthritis Day (World)
- May 22 – Preeclampsia Day (World)
- May 24 – Tuberculosis Day (World)
- May 25 – Thyroid Day (World)
- May 26 – Don't Fry Day, Heat Awareness Day (National)
- May 29 – Digestive Health Day (World)
- May 30 – MS Day (World)
- May 31 – No Tobacco Day (World), Senior Health & Fitness Day (National)
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