fall Edition
october 2022 • Volume II
Healthcare Observances
Throughout 2022, there are key days, weeks, and months dedicated to generating awareness for important health topics and recognizing professions. Healthcare awareness days are usually centered around recognizing health care staff. You can click on the links below to learn more about healthcare observances for the months of October and November.
October
- Children’s Health Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Eye Injury Prevention Month
- Health Literacy Month
- Healthy Lung Month
- Home Eye Safety Month
- Medical Ultrasound Awareness Month
- National ADHD Awareness Month
- National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- National Bullying Prevention Month
- National Dental Hygiene Month
- National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Physical Therapy Month
- Prenatal-onset GBS Disease Recognition Month
- Spina Bifida Awareness Month
- Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
- Talk about your Medicines Month
Weeks to note:
- Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 3-9)
- National Primary Care Week (October 4-8)
- National PA Week (October 6-12)
- Bone and Joint Health Action Week (October 12-20)
- National Health Care Quality Week (October 16-22)
- International Infection Prevention Week (October 17-23)
- National Health Education Week (October 17-21)
- National Red Ribbon Week (October 23-31)
- Respiratory Care Week (October 24-30)
Days to note:
- Child Health Day (October 3)
- World Cerebral Palsy Day (October 6)
- National Depression Screening Day (October 7)
- World Mental Health Day (October 10)
- International Day of the Girl (October 11)
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (October 13)
- World Sight Day (October 13)
- Global Handwashing Day (October 15)
- National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (October 15)
- World Food Day (October 16)
- National Mammography Day (October 18)
- World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day (October 19)
- World Osteoporosis Day (October 20)
- National Check Your Meds Day (October 21)
- International Stuttering Awareness Day (October 22)
- National Prescription Drug Take Back Day (October 24)
- World Psoriasis Day (October 29)
- World Hypophosphatasia Day (October 30)
November
- American Diabetes Month
- Bladder Health Month
- COPD Awareness Month
- Diabetic Eye Disease Awareness Month
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
- National Epilepsy Awareness Month
- National Family Caregivers Month
- National Healthy Skin Month
- National Home Care & Hospice Month
- National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
- Prematurity Awareness Month
- Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Weeks to note:
- National Diabetes Education Week; November 6 – 12
- National Radiologic Technology Week; November 7-13
- National Nurse Practitioner Week; November 13 – 19
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Awareness Week; November 23 – 29
Days to note:
- National Diabetes Heart Connection Day; November 9
- World Pneumonia Day; November 12
- World Diabetes Day; November 14
- World Prematurity Day 2022; November 17
- Great American Smokeout; November 19
- National Family Health History Day; November 25