Development, Evaluation, and Long-Term Outcomes of Environmental Health and Land Reuse Training, Part 2—Environmental Health and Land Reuse Training for Environmental Health Professionals: Long-term Follow-Up

This article provides a brief overview of participant feedback on the Environmental Health and Land Reuse (EHLR) Classroom Training up to 12 months post-training. The goal was to assess the effectiveness of the EHLR training over time as related to specific outcomes. The outcomes included increasing capacity to engage communities around land reuse concerns, evaluating and communicating environmental and health risks, redesigning communities to improve health, and assessing the ability to measure environmental and health change over the course of community redevelopment. To assess long-term impacts of the training, within 12 months post-training, we repeated initial knowledge assessment questions answered immediately post-training. We also asked participants to specify if there were any aspects of the training that were most useful to them. The survey response rate among participants who completed all five training modules was 22%. The majority of respondents indicated that the training was effective and useful over the long term. While the response rate was low, the clustering of responses to similar prompts from the initial and long-term knowledge assessments indicated that survey respondents found the training effective and useful. Responses indicated that the training provided new knowledge, increased participant confidence to engage in EHLR topics, and motivated participants to learn more.