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Health Awareness Weeks

Health Awareness Weeks

Information on and a link to a calendar of periods devoted to promoting health awareness.

Health observances are days, weeks, or months devoted to promoting particular health concerns.

This calendar link lists selected health observances. Health professionals, teachers, community groups, and others can use these special times to sponsor health promotion events, stimulate awareness of health risks, or focus on disease prevention. Materials available from sponsoring organizations range from a single flyer to packets of promotional materials.

This link is provided by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion of the US DHHS.

Click here for the National Health Observance Calendar

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