C3 Collaborating for Health believes that only by working together can we make it easier to be healthy.

Action on sickness absence

22 November 2011
A new UK review (click here  >>), published on 21 November and commissioned by the government in February, aims to combat the 140 million days lost to sickness absence in Great Britain every year, which costs employers £9 billion a year in sick pay and...
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Cost of absenteeism in the US

19 October 2011
A new Gallup–Healthways survey of almost 110,000 full-time workers (working at least 30 hours a week) in the United States has estimated the striking economic burden of absenteeism among those who are overweight or have chronic health conditions. The poll used...
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Evaluating workplace health

04 October 2011
A new initiative has been announced in the United States to establish a comprehensive national workplace health programme that will both improve the health of workers and their families, and also reduce health-care costs. It will focus particularly on innovative...
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Shifting the risk of diabetes?

28 June 2011
The initial results of a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association has suggested that shift workers may be at greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, particularly if they continue to do shift working at night over a long period...
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Banning smoking at work

18 May 2011
A nationwide ban on smoking at work was introduced in Ireland in 2004 and, in the first study of its kind, this has had a positive effect on respiratory illness in the adult population. The study from Dublin, which was presented at the  American Thoracic Society...
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Hospitals leading the way in health

11 February 2011
According to a recent editorial in the New York Times, there are increasing moves in the United States not only to ban smoking within the vicinity of health-care facilities, but to refuse employment on the grounds of smoking status, the rationale being that non-smokers...
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IBM’s health incentives

06 October 2010
In the United States, IBM has been providing financial incentives to 11,000 of its employees with families to improve their diet and fitness habits. The ‘Children’s Health Rebate was offered to all US employees with children aged between 2 and 18. IBM has over...
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Keep fit when you work overtime…

08 September 2010
It has been known for some time that working long hours increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease and stroke, as working longer hours elevates both heart rate and blood pressure. However, according to a study by the National Research Centre for the Working...
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International Health Promotion Awards

16 August 2010
The first International Health Promotion Awards Symposium will be held in Rome on 6–7 December 2010, to highlight best practice and reward innovation in health. There are two major categories, which will be judged by an expert panel of health care professionals...
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Unhealthy overtime?

13 May 2010
Recent research has suggested that people who regularly work overtime and work for 10 to 11 hours a day may increase their risk of heart disease by nearly two-thirds. The findings, published in the European Heart Journal, are based on a study of 6000 British civil...
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