November-December Health Awareness Events
By the CCM Team
November:
- National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
- American Diabetes 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
- Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
- National Stomach Cancer Awareness Month
- Prematurity Awareness Month
- Global Antibiotic Awareness Week (November 14-20)
- GERD Awareness Week (Thanksgiving week)
- Great American Smokeout (third Thursday of November)
- World Prematurity Day (November 17)
- Bladder Health Month
- Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week (December 1-7)
- Safe Toys and Gifts Month
- National Influenza Vaccination Week (first full week of December)
- World AIDS Day (December 1)
- National Hand Washing Awareness Week (December 4-10)
