November 2012: Upcoming National Observances

Attention health professionals, teachers, and community groups!

By supporting National Health Observances, you can:

• Educate the public about health risks
• Organize successful health promotion events and campaigns
• Get new ideas, information, and resources on health topics of interest

Contact the sponsoring organization to request outreach materials and information.

Upcoming Observances for November:

• American Diabetes 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 Hospice Palliative Care Month
• National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
• Drowsy Driving Prevention Week, November 12 - 18
• Get Smart About Antibiotics Week, November 14 - 18
• Great American Smokeout, November 15
• National Survivors of Suicide Day, November 17
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Awareness Week, November 18 - 24

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_{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.}

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