09 Apr 2021
Better Health Programme Malaysia
C3 has had the wonderful opportunity to work with an amazing team of 4 Malaysian public health professionals – all women! The Better Health Programme Malaysia is funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the delivery partners include PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and the Malaysian Ministry of Health. BHP Malaysia involves a community-driven, bottom-up approach to improve health literacy through the use of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) who want to promote healthy living and modify the obesogenic environment for the urban poor.
07 Apr 2021
CHESS Walk Aylesham: A Closer Look At The Work C3 Is Doing In Communities
After mapping their community using our CHESS tool, Aylesham community members developed an action plan for changes they would like to implement over the next few years. Read more about the CHESS mapping exercises, insight session results and action plan.
06 Apr 2021
A long term collaborative approach to addressing health inequality
Christine Hancock, C3's founder and director, discusses the ongoing issue of health inequality that COVID-19 has exposed, and how to ensure healthy lives for all in the April edition from Open Access Government.
06 Apr 2021
Webinar Recording: Finding new partners in the global fight against Big Tobacco
Are you inadvertently investing in tobacco companies? Watch Dr King and Gail Hurley describe the mission to broker innovative partnerships between the health sector and the finance industry – to bridge the staggering gap between those who suffer from tobacco and those who profit from it.
30 Mar 2021
Nursing minds: A response to the escalating concerns about nurses’ mental health and wellbeing
Mental health related sickness absence is the biggest cause of nurses being absent from work because of illness/ill health in England, Scotland and Wales and the second biggest cause in Northern Ireland. Why isn't more being done? C3 interviewed 15 thought leaders for their insights on why more progress hasn't been made and their recommendations for what we should do now.
26 Mar 2021
“What Can We Do About Rising Obesity?” Chris Whitty’s Lecture at Gresham College
Recently, England's Chief Medical Officer gave a speech to audience members attending a series of lectures around public health at London's Gresham College. He covered why people should feel no shame about obesity and the connection between obesity and poverty.
16 Mar 2021
The way governments deal with childhood obesity is flawed: here’s how to fix that
Obesity threatens public health and is associated with decreased life expectancy and quality of life. Childhood obesity mostly continues into adulthood and leads to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer at a younger age. Moreover, with the worldwide spread of severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), obesity and impaired metabolic health emerged as important determinants of severe COVID-19 illness.
17 Feb 2021
The Challenge and Importance of Working Out an Active Covid-19 Lifestyle for University Students
C3's University of Notre Dame intern, Rafael Kuc, answers: how much have college students been impacted by lack of physical activity? How does a lack of physical activity impact other aspects of life like sleep or performance in class? Is there a way to keep active despite the pandemic?
01 Dec 2020
Healthy Communities project (Scotland & England)
C3's Healthy Communities project (2016-17) engaged 5,000 community members, approximately one-third of the local populations, in Halifax, England (Ovenden) and Girvan, Scotland (Glendoune). Impact survey results and qualitative data illustrated that participation in the Healthy Communities project had a profound impact on individuals and catalysed significant community action using C3's CHESS™ community engagement process. This included both changes in the communities’ physical activity and healthy eating opportunities, and in relation to the broader social determinants of health.
23 Nov 2020
Webinar Recording: Big Tobacco on COVID-19: breathtaking exploitation
Watch the recorded seminar of three leaders in tobacco control and prevention: HRH Princess Dina Mired, Dr Bronwyn King and Mr José Luis Castro. A dynamic discussion about how Big Tobacco is capitalising on COVID-19 and what we can do.