The International Continence Society identified a need for generating greater awareness of incontinence. As a result, the ICS designated a World Continence Week (WCW) to occur annually in late June. Affiliated organizations world-wide, concerned with improving the quality of life for people with urinary and fecal incontinence, promote awareness of this medical condition.
The goals of World Continence Week – USA (WCW-USA) activities are to:
-- Generate awareness and educate patients and clinicians about continence issues;
**-- Provide contact points **for individuals seeking information about continence;
**-- Create a network of events and organizations **who provide continence support.
WCW-USA is presenting this event annually in order to create a grass-roots, vital network of information-sharing for this condition affecting over 33 million people in the U.S.
Activities
The focus of the 4th annual WCW-USA is to spread information about incontinence as broadly as possible, and create a more significant, cohesive network of organizations dedicated to this goal. To do this, WCW-USA will:
• Launch a campaign to educate via the Website www.worldcontinenceweek-usa.org
• Invite a wide spectrum of non-profit organizations, businesses and health professionals to join an effort to promote awareness of incontinence
• Address topics such as: breaking myths about incontinence; diagnosing incontinence using a bladder diary; and asking health professionals the right questions
• Manage a public calendar of WCW-USA events occurring throughout the U.S.
**Join Us! **
We hope you will help raise awareness and spread the word about incontinence. For more information or to get involved please click on the below link to World Continence Week USA.