‘Nothing about us, without us’: obesity and young people in the Caribbean

It is a common trope in global health that young people should be involved in discussions, research and policy development – but often youth representation is a tokenistic afterthought, with middle-aged ‘experts’ dominating the conversation. How can we better engage young people?

Sometimes people say they don’t understand why we do certain things but we are true to our core mission to create changes that make it easier for people to stop smoking, improve what they eat and drink and do more physical activity.

Why should we, as public health and healthcare advocates, care about a climate initiative?

“Frustrated” was the word used several times to describe the mood of people interested in combatting NCD (non-communicable disease) at a meeting at Chatham House last week.

Google ‘Health and Wellbeing providers in the UK' and you will find over 40 million to choose from. Is it time for a system of accreditation for this burgeoning industry? Find out more in this article written by C3’s workplace health associate Jane Abraham and published on the People Management website. 

5,300 nurses from 140 countries met at the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress in Singapore. C3 enjoyed a high profile at the event, with C3 director Christine Hancock (former ICN president) giving a keynote and meeting with the WHO Director General.

C3's new film about nurses' health elicited very positive to very uncomfortable feedback. C3's director Christine Hancock explains how the film came to be and why addressing nurses' health is an uncomfortable but necessary topic.

As the debate continues about renaming non-communicable diseases (NCDs), C3's director asks: are three-letter acronyms (TLAs) harming health?

C3's long-standing supporter and Empactis Director Employee Health, Dr Steve Boorman, shares his thoughts after attending the launch of our film about supporting nurses' health in collaboration with Human Story Theatre and Nice Tree Films.