{"id":6088,"date":"2020-10-28T13:42:14","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/?p=6088"},"modified":"2020-10-28T13:42:14","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T13:42:14","slug":"wellness-wednesday-health-flavour-of-the-month-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wellness-wednesday-health-flavour-of-the-month-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Wednesday: Health Flavour of the Month: November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every month there is a range of national health promotion campaigns in the UK.\u00a0 In November there are initiatives for many major health promotion areas.\u00a0 Some of these run for the whole month, some are week long initiatives and some stand out for one day.\u00a0 Here is a synopsis of the campaigns should you want to learn more or join in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.movember.com\/\">Movember:<\/a> Movember started in 2004 and the focus then was on prostate cancer. The brief has now widened to focus on men\u2019s health in general.\u00a0 The movement particularly emphasises the high death rate amongst men due to suicide.\u00a0 It is also associated with fundraising by growing a moustache.\u00a0 You can now get involved through other events and initiatives, which is a good thing because some of us really struggle to grow moustaches but would still want to show our support!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/isma.org.uk\/isma-international-stress-awareness-week\">International Stress Awareness Week<\/a> runs between 02-06 November. It is sponsored by the International Stress Awareness Association.\u00a0 There is an online Global Summit organised across the week for this year.\u00a0 They have some interesting events.\u00a0 Alastair Campbell is one of the speakers and Dr Andrew Sharman will be talking about happiness.\u00a0 Follow the link to join up!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alcoholchange.org.uk\/get-involved\/campaigns\/alcohol-awareness-week-1\">Alcohol Awareness Week<\/a> runs between 16-22 November. This is promoted by the charity Alcohol Change UK.\u00a0 \u00a0The theme this year is Alcohol and Mental Health.\u00a0 Their website has many interesting and thought-provoking factsheets on the physical and mental health effects of high alcohol consumption<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anti-bullyingalliance.org.uk\/\">Anti-Bullying Week <\/a>is sponsored by the Anti-Bullying Alliance and runs between 16-20 November.\u00a0 Their specific fund raising day is 16 November \u2013 Odd Socks Day<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/16daysofaction.co.uk\/the-campaign\/\">The Campaign of 16 Days of Action Against Domestic Violence<\/a> starts on 25 November. It is supported by Public Health England.\u00a0 Access the website above for information on the various topics within this area of abuse<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are many initiatives to stimulate you to learn more, get involved and possibly change your health profile and habits in the short or long term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every month there is a range of national health promotion campaigns in the UK.\u00a0 In November there are initiatives for many major health promotion areas.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wellness-wednesday-health-flavour-of-the-month-november\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5725,"featured_media":6090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[124],"tags":[149508,188970,212583,212605],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5725"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6088"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6089,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6088\/revisions\/6089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kentsport-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}