December 3, 1999 (2)

 

Call For Volunteers From Chanute To Participate In 

A Respiratory Health Medical Evaluation For 

The Southeast Kansas Health Study

 

Study needs more people from Chanute to

      participate in the respiratory health evaluation.

KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Researchers at The University of Kansas Medical Center  are asking for volunteers from Chanute to participate in a one-year respiratory health medical evaluations as part of the Southeast Kansas Health Study.  Commissioned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and being carried out by KU Medical Center, the study is directed at investigating possible health effects related to the operation of four commercial hazardous waste burners and other emission sources located in Chanute, Coffeyville, Fredonia, and Independence, Kansas.  Sedan, Kansas has agreed to serve as the study’s control community.

“The study’s design calls for 250 individuals (50 from each of the five communities), who have a history of asthma, emphysema, or wheezing, to participate in the evaluation,” explains H. William Barkman, M.D., principal investigator of the study and director of the Center for Environmental and Occupational Health at KU Medical Center.  “We did not reach that goal in Chanute,” he notes, “so, we’re asking residents who meet the criteria to volunteer for the evaluation.”

Criteria for volunteers include adults living within the Chanute zip code (66720), who have a history of asthma or emphysema, as diagnosed by a doctor, or a history of wheezing.  Volunteers will be asked to fill out a health questionnaire if they have not already done so, read and sign two consent forms, and complete a brief health history.  The respiratory health medical evaluation consists of a pulmonary function test and a brief physical examination by a doctor who will check the volunteer’s blood pressure, heart, and lungs.  The evaluation will take place once at the beginning of the data collection year (November/December 1999) and again at the end of the year (October/November 2000).

Volunteers who are interested in participating the evaluation may contact the project team at its toll-free number, 877/511-2167.

 

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

 

Volunteers Needed from Chanute to Participate in a

Respiratory Health Medical Evaluation

KU Medical Center’s (KUMC) mobile medical unit and its staff will be stationed in Chanute’s Memorial Building parking lot (just west of City Hall) on Thursday and Friday, December 9 and 10, to conduct respiratory health medical evaluations for the Southeast Kansas Health Study.  More participants are needed for the Chanute medical evaluations.  KUMC researchers are issuing a call for volunteers from Chanute.  Individuals who wish to participate in the evaluation must meet the following criteria:

“They must be adults living within the Chanute zip code (66720), who have a history of asthma or emphysema, as diagnosed by a doctor, or a history of wheezing.”

Volunteers will be asked to fill out a health questionnaire if they have not already done so, read and sign two consent forms, and complete a brief health history.  The respiratory health medical evaluation consists of a pulmonary function test and a brief physical examination by a doctor who will check the volunteer’s blood pressure, heart, and lungs.

Volunteers who are interested in participating in the evaluation may contact the project team at its toll-free number, 877/511-2167.