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

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.

Information appearing in this document does not represent an endorsement by the Office of Minority Health or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which do not have any role in naming national health observances.

For more information, please contact the sponsoring organization directly.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Affairs Contacts

October

• Eye Injury Prevention Month
• Health Literacy Month
• Home Eye Safety Month
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Bullying Prevention Month
• National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Medical Librarians Month
• National Physical Therapy Month
• Stop America's Violence Everywhere (SAVE) Today
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
  
  
• October 1 - 6
  Drive Safely Work Week
  
  
• October 1
  Child Health Day
  
  
• October 3
  Walk to School Day
  
  
• October 7
  Mental Illness Awareness Week
  
  
• October 12 - 20
  Bone and Joint Health National Awareness Week
  
  
• October 14 - 20
  International Infection Prevention Week
  
  
• October 15 - 19
  National Health Education Week
  
  
• October 15
  National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
  
  
• October 16
  World Food Day
  
  
• October 21 - 27
  Respiratory Care Week
  
  
• October 22
  International Stuttering Awareness Day
  
  
• October 29
  World Psoriasis Day

This information is in the public domain, and duplication is encouraged. Please provide an appropriate credit line in any reproduction of this information, whether print or electronic: "Source: 2012 National Health Observances, National Health Information Center, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC."