​Health Focus is a monthly feature provided by the Collin County Health Care Services department to provide information and resources on various health observances and topics. You may also view an updated list of National Health Observances that maintained by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

January

 

• Cervical Awareness Month
• Glaucoma Awareness Month
• National Birth Defects Prevention Month
• National Folic Acid Awareness Week
• National Radon Action Month
• Thyroid Awareness Month
 

February

 

• AMD / Low Vision Awareness Month
• American Heart Month
• Burn Awareness Week
• Children of Alcoholics Week
• Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week
• Give Kids A Smile Day
• International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
• National Black HIV / AIDS Awareness Day
• National Children's Dental Month
• National Donor Day
• National Wear Red Day

March

 

• American Diabetes Alert Day
• Brain Awareness Week
• National Brain Injury Awareness Month
• National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
• National Kidney Month
• National Native American HIV / AIDS Awareness Day
• National Nutrition Month
• National Endometriosis Awareness Month
• National Patient Safety Awareness Week
• National Poison Prevention Week
• National Problem Gambling Awareness Week
• National Sleep Awareness Week
• National Women and Girls HIV / AIDS Awareness Day
• Root Canal Awareness Week
• Save Your Vision Month
• National School Breakfast Week
• Trisomy Awareness Month
• World Kidney Day
• World Tuberculosis Day
• Workplace Eye Wellness Month

April

 

• Alcohol Awareness Month
• Foot Health Awareness Month
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Awareness Month
• March for Babies
• National Autism Awareness Month
• National Alcohol Screening Day
• National Cancer Control Month
• National Donate Life Month
• National Facial Protection Month
• National Infant Immunization Week
• National Minority Health Awareness Month
• National Public Health Week
• National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
• National Youth Sports Safety Month
• Occupational Therapy Month
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month Day of Action
• Sports Eye Safety Month
• Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
• World Health Day
• World Meningitis Day

May

 

• American Stroke Month
• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week
• Clean Air Month
• Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day
• Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
• Food Allergy Awareness Week
• Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
• Healthy Vision Month
• Hepatitis Awareness Month
• HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
• Lyme Disease Awareness Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Melanoma / Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
• Mental Health Month
• National Alcohol and Other Drug Related Birth Defects Week
• National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV / AIDS Awareness Day
• National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
• National Bike Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• National High Blood Pressure Education Month
• National Mental Health Counseling Week
• National Neurofibromatosis Month
• National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
• National Physical Education and Sport Week
• National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
• National Senior Health and Fitness Day
• National Stuttering Awareness Week
• National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
• National Toxic Encephalopathy and Chemical Injury Awareness Month
• National Women’s Health Week
• North American Occupational Safety and Health Week
• Older Americans Month
• Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week
• Sturge‐Weber Awareness Month
• Tuberous Sclerosis Awareness Month
• Ultraviolet Awareness Month
• World No Tobacco Day

June

 

• Caribbean American HIV / AIDS Awareness Day
• Eye Safety Awareness Week
• Fireworks Safety Month
• Home Safety Month
• Lightning Safety Week
• National Aphasia Awareness Month
• National ASK Day
• National Cancer Survivors Day
• National Headache Awareness Week
• National HIV Testing Day
• National Men’s Health Week
• National Scleroderma Awareness Month
• National Scoliosis Awareness Month
• Sun Safety Week
• Vision Research Month

July

 

• International Group B Strep Awareness Month
• Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
• UV Safety Month

August

 

• Cataract Awareness Month
• Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
• National Health Center Week
• National Minority Donor Awareness Month
• National Immunization Awareness Month
• Psoriasis Awareness Month
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy

September

 

• Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
• Family Health & Fitness Day
• Fruit and Veggies – More Matters Month
• Leukemia & Lymphoma Awareness Month
• National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Day
• National Cholesterol Education Month
• National Farm Safety & Health Week
• National HIV / AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
• National Infant Mortality Awarness Month
• National Mesothelioma Awareness Day
• National Pediculosis / Head Lice Prevention Month
• National Rehabilitation Awareness Celebration
  
• National Sickle Cell Month
• National Suicide Prevention Week
• National Women’s Health & Fitness Day
• National Yoga Awareness Month
• Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
• Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
• Reye’s Syndrome Awareness Month
• Sports and Home Eye Safety Month
• Whole Grains Month
• World Alzheimer’s Day
• World Heart Day
• World Rabies Day

October

 

• Bone and Joint Action Week
• Drive Safety Work Week
• Halloween Safety Month
• Hearing Aid Awareness Week
• International School Backpack Awareness Day
• International Stuttering Awareness Day
• Lung Health Day
• Mental Illness Awareness Week
• Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
• National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
• National Child Health Day
• National Dental Hygiene Month
• National Depression Screening Day
• National Disability Employment Awareness Month
• National Domestic Violence Awarness Month
• National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
• National Drug‐Free Work Week
• National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
• National Mammography Day
• National Medical Librarians Month
• National Physical Therapy Month
• National Sarcoidosis Awareness Week
• National School Lunch Week
• National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
• Respiratory Care Week
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
• Texas Influenza Awareness Day
• World Food Day
• World Mental Health Day
• World Meningitis Day
  
• World Osteoporosis Day

November

 

• American Diabetes Month
• Diabetic Eye Disease Month
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week
• Great American Smokeout
• Foot Health Issues Related to Diabetes Awareness Month
• Lung Cancer Awareness Month
• National Family Caregivers Month
• National Healthy Skin Month
• National Hospice Palliative Care Month
• National Survivors of Suicide Day
• Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
• Prematurity Awareness Month
• Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month

December

 

• National Aplastic Anemia and MDS Awareness Week
• National Handwashing Awareness Week
• National Influenza Vaccination Week
• Safe Toys and Gifts Month
• World AIDS Day