February
Black History Month: Health
Black History Month health resources: structural history, Black clinicians and researchers, present-day disparities.
February
American Heart Month
American Heart Month February: Black cardiovascular disparities, hypertension management, John Henryism, allostatic load.
March
Endometriosis Awareness Month
Endometriosis Awareness Month March: Black-women diagnostic delay, racial pain-assessment bias, specialist telehealth pathways.
April
Black Maternal Health Week
Black Maternal Health Week April 11-17: the maternal-mortality crisis, evidence-based interventions, doula Medicaid coverage tracker.
May
Mental Health Awareness Month
Mental Health Awareness Month: Black mental-health access gap, suicide-prevention resources, online therapy with Black-clinician availability.
June
Men's Health Month
Men's Health Month: Black men's specific health gaps, prostate-cancer screening guidelines, mental-health crisis data, where to find a Black primary-care doctor.
July
Minority Mental Health Awareness Month
BIPOC Mental Health Month July: the racial mental-health access gap, Bebe Moore Campbell's legacy, culturally-adapted therapy evidence base.
September
Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Sickle Cell Awareness Month September: SCD vs SCT, gene-therapy approvals, the NIH funding gap, advocacy and patient resources.
October
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Cancer Awareness Month October: Black women's 40% higher mortality, triple-negative subtype prevalence, screening guidelines, oncology access.
October
World Mental Health Day
World Mental Health Day October 10: WHO theme, Black communities and workplace mental health, where to access online therapy.
November
Diabetes Awareness Month
Diabetes Awareness Month November: Black-adult prevalence, GLP-1 access, CGM uptake gap, complication prevention.
December
World AIDS Day
World AIDS Day December 1: Black communities and HIV, PrEP access gap, online PrEP services, anti-stigma resources.