Environmental health is the branch of public health that focuses on the relationships between people and their environment, promotes human health and well-being and fosters healthy and safe communities. Environmental health is a key part of any comprehensive public health system.

Our consultants have been involved in a range of research projects assessing the impact of the physical, food and built environment on economic, health and behavioural outcomes including studies on:

• the association between spatial organisation of HIV services and HIV stigma.
• the association between fasting diet and depression and anxiety.
• the impact of removing cheap and strong beers/ciders on alcohol availability and purchasing.
• the impact of introducing new alcohol licensing policies on spatial and temporal alcohol availability, crime, alcohol-related ambulance call-outs, hospital admission and alcohol retail sales.
• the association between the built environment and physical activity.
• the association between the food environment and fruit and vegetable intake.
• methodological approaches to optimise measurement of health-related characteristics of the built environment.