Sandrine NGATCHOU
Les sensibilisations sur la santé existantes actuellement aux USA
Dernière mise à jour : 21 juil. 2018
J'ai voulu fait ce post afin que vous ayez une vision de toutes sensibilisations qui sont réalisées autour de la santé sur une année.
January
Cervical Health Awareness Month (Mois de sensibilisation sur la santé du col de l'utérus, ce fut le 9 Janvier 2018)
National Birth Defects Prevention Month (Mois de prévention nationale des maladies congénitales)
National Glaucoma Awareness Month (Mois de sensibilisation nationale sur le Glaucome)
National Radon Action Month (Mois d'action nationale sur le Radon), Le radon est un gaz radioactif issu de la désintégration de l’uranium et du radium présents naturellement dans le sol et les roches. En se désintégrant, il forme des descendants solides, eux-mêmes radioactifs. Ces descendants peuvent se fixer sur les aérosols de l’air et, une fois inhalés, se déposer le long des voies respiratoires en provoquant leur irradiation.
National Stalking Awareness Month (Mois de sensibilisation national sur le harcèlement)
Thyroid Awareness Month
National Winter Sports Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Awareness Month
National Folic Acid Awareness Week (Jan. 7-13)
National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week (Jan. 22-28)
February
American Heart Month
AMD/Low Vision Awareness Month
National Children’s Dental Health Month
Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month
International Prenatal Infection Prevention Month
African Heritage and Health Week (first week of February)
National “Wear Red” Day for women’s heart health (Feb. 2)
Give Kids a Smile Day (Feb. 2)
World Cancer Day (Feb. 4)
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week (Feb. 7-14)
National Donor Day (Feb. 14)
Condom Week (Feb. 14-21)
Eating Disorders Awareness and Screening Week (Feb. 28-March 3)
March
National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
National Endometriosis Awareness Month
National Kidney Month
Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
National Nutrition Month
Save Your Vision Month
Sleep Awareness Month
Trisomy Awareness Month
National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month
World Kidney Day (March 8)
National School Breakfast Week (March 5-9)
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10)
Patient Safety Awareness Week (March 11-17)
National Sleep Awareness Week (March 11-17)
Brain Awareness Week (March 12-18)
National Poison Prevention Week (March 15-21)
National Youth Violence Prevention Week (March 19-23)
National Native American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 20)
American Diabetes Alert Day (March 24)
Purple Day for epilepsy awareness (March 26)
World Tuberculosis Day (March 27)
April
Alcohol Awareness Month
National Autism Awareness Month
National Child Abuse Prevention Month
National Donate Life Month
National Facial Protection Month
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Awareness Month
National Minority Health Month
Occupational Therapy Month
National Sarcoidosis Awareness Month
STD Awareness Month
Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month
Sexual Assault Awareness Month of Action
Sexual Assault Awareness Day of Action (April 3)
Sports Eye Safety Awareness Month
Women’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Oral Cancer Awareness Month
National Public Health Week (April 2-8)
National Alcohol Screening Day (April 5)
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) Day (April 5)
World Health Day (April 7)
National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (April 10)
Minority Cancer Awareness Week (April 9-15)
National Infant Immunization Week (April 21-28)
National Infertility Awareness Week (April 22-28)
Every Kid Healthy Week (April 23-27)
World Immunization Week (April 23-29)
World Meningitis Day (April 24)
May
American Stroke Awareness Month
Arthritis Awareness Month
Better Hearing and Speech Month
National Celiac Disease Awareness Month
Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
Clean Air Month
Global Employee Health and Fitness Month
Healthy Vision Month
Hepatitis Awareness Month
Lupus Awareness Month
National Mediterranean Diet Month
Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month
Mental Health Month
National High Blood Pressure Education Month
National Physical Fitness and Sports Month
National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month
Preeclampsia Awareness Month
Ultraviolet Awareness Month
Food Allergy Action Month
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month
National Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week (May 2-8)
Hand Hygiene Day (May 5)
National Hurricane Preparedness Week (May 6-12)
North American Occupational Safety and Health Week (May 6-12)
National Stuttering Awareness Week (May 7-13)
Cornelia de Lange Syndrome Awareness Day (May 12)
National Neuropathy Awareness Week (May 12-16)
National Physical Education and Sport Week (May 13-19)
Food Allergy Awareness Week (May 13-19)
National Women’s Health Week (May 13-19)
National Alcohol- and Other Drug-Related Birth Defects Awareness Week (May 13-19)
HIV Vaccine Awareness Day (May 18)
National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 19)
World Autoimmune Arthritis Day (May 20)
Don’t Fry Day (May 26)
National Senior Health Fitness Day (May 31)
June
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month
Cataract Awareness Month
Hernia Awareness Month
Men’s Health Month
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Month
National Aphasia Awareness Month
National Congenital Cytomegalovirus Awareness Month
National Safety Month
National Scleroderma Awareness Month
Scoliosis Awareness Month
National Cancer Survivors Day (June 3)
Men’s Health Week (June 11-17)
World Sickle Cell Day (June 19)
Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week (June 24-30)
PTSD Awareness Day (June 27)
July
Cord Blood Awareness Month - Mois de sensibilisation sur le sang de cordon ombilical
International Group B Strep Throat Awareness Month
Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Month
National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month
World Hepatitis Day (July 28)
Fibroids Awareness Month (ce n'est pas indiqué par l'OMS, mais l'association The White Dress Project)
August
Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month
Gastroparesis Awareness Month
National Breastfeeding Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
Psoriasis Awareness Month
World Breastfeeding Week (Aug. 1-7)
National Health Center Week (Aug. 13-19)
September
National Atrial Fibrillation Awareness Month
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
National Food Safety Education Month
Healthy Aging Month
National ITP Awareness Month
Blood Cancer Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
National Pediculosis Prevention Month/Head Lice Prevention Month
National Recovery Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Traumatic Brain Injury Awareness Month
National Yoga Awareness Month
Newborn Screening Awareness Month
World Alzheimer’s Month
Sepsis Awareness Month
Usher Syndrome Awareness Day (third Saturday)
National Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 9-15)
World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept. 10)
World Sepsis Day (Sept. 13)
National Preparedness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Sexual Health Awareness Month
Sports Eye Safety Month
National Celiac Disease Awareness Day (Sept. 13)
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (Sept. 18)
Falls Prevention Day (Sept. 22)
National School Backpack Awareness Day (Sept. 26)
Malnutrition Awareness Week (Sept. 26-30)
National Women’s Health and Fitness Day (Sept. 28)
World Rabies Day (Sept. 28)
Family Health and Fitness Day (Sept. 29)
World Heart Day (Sept. 29)
Sport Purple for Platelets Day (Sept. 30)
October
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
National Down Syndrome Awareness Month
Eye Injury Prevention Month
Health Literacy Month
Healthy Lung Month
Home Eye Safety Month
National Physical Therapy Month
National Bullying Prevention Month
National Dental Hygiene Month
National Medical Librarians Month
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month
Spina Bifida Awareness Month
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
National ADHD Awareness Month
World Cerebral Palsy Day (Oct. 3)
Mental Illness Awareness Week (Oct. 7-13)
World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)
National Depression Screening Day (Oct. 11)
Bone and Joint Health National Action Week (Oct. 12-20)
Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day (Oct. 13)
International Infection Prevention Week (Oct. 14-20)
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day (Oct. 15)
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (Oct. 15)
National Health Education Week (Oct. 15-19)
World Food Day (Oct. 16)
National Health Education Week (Oct. 16-20)
World Pediatric Bone and Joint Day (Oct. 19)
Respiratory Care Week (Oct. 21-27)
National Healthcare Quality Week (Oct. 21-27)
International Stuttering Awareness Day (Oct. 22)
World Psoriasis Day (Oct. 29)
November
National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
American Diabetes Month
Bladder Health Month
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Awareness Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
National Epilepsy Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Healthy Skin Month
National Hospice Palliative Care Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
World Antibiotic Awareness Week (Nov. 12-18)
Great American Smokeout (Nov. 16)
World Prematurity Day (Nov. 17)
International Survivors of Suicide Day (Nov. 17)
GERD Awareness Week (Nov. 19-25)
National Family Health History Day (Nov. 22)
December
World AIDS Day (Dec. 1), Journée mondiale du SIDA (01 Décembre 2018)
National Handwashing Awareness Week (Dec. 2-8) (Semaine de sensibilisation nationale sur le lavage des mains - Du 02 décembre au 08 Décembre)