TABLE 2
Number of Responses to Questions 3–7 From the Long-Term Follow-Up Survey for the Environmental Health and Land Reuse Classroom Training
Question and Module
Specifically Useful for My Work
Quick Refresher
New Knowledge About Topic
Confidence to Increase [Module Name] Skills
Motivated to Learn More About Land Reuse and Ways to Engage
Not Needed for My Work
None of the Above
Other, Please Specify
In reference to the [name of module], please choose all that apply. 3. Engaging With Your Community 8 3 13
15
17
3
1
0
4. Evaluating
8
4
16
14
14
3
1
0
Environmental and Health Risks
5. Communicating
8
6
11
18
13
2
1
0
Environmental and Health Risks
6. Redesign With Health in Mind
5
4
16
14
12
3
1
0
7. Measuring
7
3
18
13
13
2
1
0
Success: Evaluating Environmental and Health Change
( n = 12) for increasing their skills to engage in land reuse. Respondents indicated that the following aspects of the training were par- ticularly useful: • 18 (82%) selected “Build skills in environ- mental health” • 14 (64%) selected “Increase capacity to engage with communities about land reuse” • 12 (55%) selected “Prepare for a public meeting” • 6 (27%) selected “Quick reference” • 1 (4.5%) selected “None of the above” The responses to the knowledge assess- ment Questions 3–7 are shown in Table 2. The most frequent responses indicated that, across all modules: •Respondents reported they gained new knowledge about each of the five topics. The responses indicated the following aspects of the training as particularly use- ful: 18 (82%) respondents selected “Mea- suring Success: Evaluating Environmental and Health Change” and 11 (50%) respon- dents selected “Communicating Envi- ronmental and Health Risks.” •Respondents reported they gained con- fidence to increase their skills in each module topic, with 18 (82%) respondents selecting “Communicating Environmental
and Health Risks” and 13 (59%) respon- dents selecting “Measuring Success: Evalu- ating Environmental and Health Change.” • Respondents reported they were motivated to learn more about land reuse and ways to engage, with 17 (77%) respondents select- ing “Engaging With Your Community” and 12 (55%) respondents selecting “Redesign With Health in Mind.” In all, eight respondents indicated that Modules 1, 2, and 3 were specifically useful for their work; five respondents indicated that Module 4 was specifically useful for their work; and seven respondents indicated that Module 5 was specifically useful for their work. In contrast, three respondents indicated that Modules 1, 2, and 4 were not needed for their work, and two respon- dents indicated that Modules 3 and 5 were not needed for their work. No respondents selected or completed the “other” category of the survey prompts for these questions. ATSDR compared results from the initial knowledge assessments and long-term knowl- edge assessments for each module. ATSDR did not include the “other” category, as there were no responses among the long-term survey par- ticipants. The majority of responses for both the initial and long-term knowledge assess-
ments for all five modules clustered around three prompts, summarized here as: • New knowledge about the topic. • Confidence to increase skills, either in the specific module topic (long-term knowledge assessments) or in community engagement in general (initial knowledge assessments). • Motivation to learn more about land reuse sites and ways to be engaged. Figure 3 provides an example of the com- pared knowledge assessments from initial to long term, showing the comparison from Mod- ule 2, Evaluating Environmental and Health Risks. Moreover, 16 of the 22 (73%) long-term respondents and 78 of the 129 (60%) initial respondents indicated they had learned new knowledge about the topic. Additionally, 14 of the 22 (64%) long-term survey respondents and 36 of the 129 (28%) initial respondents indicated that the training gave them confi- dence to increase skills in evaluation of risk. And lastly, 14 of the 22 (64%) long-term sur- vey participants and 55 of the 129 (43%) initial survey respondents indicated that the Module 2 training motivated them to learn more about land reuse sites and ways to be engaged. The clustering of responses around new knowledge, confidence, and motivation was similar for all five modules.
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September 2025 • Journal of Environmental Health
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