EPHOC: a new training resource for the environmental public health workforce.

edi tor 's note : NEHA strives to provide up-to-date and relevant in­ formation on environmental health and to build partnerships in the profes­ sion. In pursuit of these goals, we feature a column from the Environmental Health Services Branch (EHSB) of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre­ vention (CDC) in every issue of the Journal. In this column, EHSB and guest authors from across CDC will highlight a variety of concerns, opportunities, challenges, and successes that we all share in environmental public health. EHSB’s objective is to strengthen the role of state, local, and national environmental health programs and professionals to anticipate, identify, and respond to adverse environmental exposures and the consequences of these exposures for human health. The services being developed through EHSB include access to topical, relevant, and scientific in­ formation; consultation; and assistance to environmental health specialists, sanitarians, and environmental health professionals and practitioners. The conclusions in this article are those of the author(s) and do not neces­ sarily represent the views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Wayne Studyvin manages the largest and most comprehensive local en­ vironmental health program in Alabama. Tom Struzick is a program man­ ager in the University of Alabama—School of Public Health’s Center for the Study of Community Health. Wayne Studyvin, Pe, mSce tom Struzick, mSW/AcSW, LcSW/med