September
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Healthy Aging® Month
Leukemia, Lymphoma, and Myeloma Month
National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National ITP (Platelet Disorder) Awareness Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Recovery Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
Newborn Screening Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Sepsis Awareness Month
Sexual Health Awareness Month
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
World Alzheimer’s Month
Weeks to note:
September 20 – 26 –
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
National Rehabilitation Awareness Week
Days to note:
September 15 –
Get Ready [for Flu] Day
Get Ready [for Flu] Day
September 18 –
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
September 22 –
Falls Prevention Awareness Day
Falls Prevention Awareness Day
September 25 –
Sport Purple for Platelets Day
Sport Purple for Platelets Day
September 28 –
World Rabies Day
World Rabies Day
September 29 –
World Heart Day
World Heart Day
September 30 –
National Women’s Health & Fitness Day
National Women’s Health & Fitness Day
Oct
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Health Literacy Month
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
National Liver Cancer Awareness Month
National Medical Librarians Month
National Physical Therapy Month
Pharmacist Month
Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
Weeks to note:
October 4 – 10 –
National Primary Care Week
October 4 – 10 –Mental Illness Awareness Week
October 5 – 9 – Malnutrition Awareness Week™
October 6 – 12 – Physician Assistants Week
October 12 – 20 – Bone and Joint Health Action Week
October 12 – 20 – International Infection Prevention Week
October 18 – 24 – National Health Education Week
October 18 – 24 – National Healthcare Quality Week
October 23 – 31 – Red Ribbon Week
October 25 – 31 – Respiratory Care Week
Days to note:
October 8 – National Depression Screening Day
October 13 – Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
October 16 – National Mammography Day
October 19 – World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day
October 21 – National Check Your Meds Day
October 22 – International Stuttering Awareness Day
October 29 – World Psoriasis Day
November
American Diabetes Month
Bladder Health Month
COPD Awareness Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Home Health Care Month
National Hospice and Palliative Care Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Weeks to note:
November 4 – 10 – National Diabetes Education Week
November 24 – 30 – Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) Awareness Week
Days to note:
November 12 – World Pneumonia Day
November 14 – World Diabetes Day
November 17 – Great American Smokeout®
November 25 – National Family Health History Day
December
Safe Toys and Gifts Month
Weeks to note:
December 1 – 7 – National Handwashing Awareness Week
December 1- 7 – National Influenza Vaccination Week
Days to note:
December 1 – World AIDS Day
Have a Question?
For questions regarding the Onsite Health Screenings or assistance with registering online, please contact the Carrollton Regional Medical Center Workplace Wellness program:
Phone: 972.394.2298