Research

Environmental Health is an evidence based profession.

The CIEH Wales Directorate commissions research both into areas of public and environmental health which CIEH wishes to influence or to establish the effectiveness of interventions made by practitioners.

Research reports and webinars detailing the research can be found on this page.

• The effect of behaviour and beliefs on the effective use of sunscreen
• Bacteriological quality of water in ornamental water features, February 2009
• Webinar – Changes in bar staff attitudes to their exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke, posted September 08
• Webinar – Controls Over and Limitations on the Use of Sunbeds. Commissioned by CIEH Wales Directorate - Presentation by Siân Morgan, posted August 2008
• Bacteriological quality of ice in drinks, posted June 2008 (PDF)
• The sunbed control study, posted June 2008 (PDF)
• Re-thinking audit and inspection: the impact of audits, inspections and studies on environmental health service delivery, January 2007 (PDF)
• Allergy Strategy for Wales: Results of the Welsh Allergy Awareness Food Sampling Programme, October 2007 (PDF)
• DPPW Alcohol Report, October 2006 (PDF)