Southeast Kansas Health Study

PUBLIC MEETINGS NOTICE

Researchers from The University of Kansas Medical Center will be in Independence, Kansas, on Tuesday, June 10 to hold two meetings on the results of the Southeast Kansas Health Study. Meetings will be held at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Civic Center of Memorial Hall, 416 Pennsylvania. Residents from the counties and towns involved in the study are invited to attend one of these important meetings. The study communities are Chanute (Neosho County), Coffeyville (Montgomery County), Fredonia (Wilson County), Independence (Montgomery County), and the control community, Sedan, located in Chautauqua County west of the study area.

The June 10 meetings will be devoted to reviewing the study results and answering questions and concerns of study community residents and other stakeholders in the area. Two copies of the study's final report will be delivered to public libraries in the study communities following the meetings. As the final report's chapters are completed, they will be added to the study's website at http://www2.kumc.edu/ceoh/skhs.

Individuals who cannot attend the meetings on June 10 will have an opportunity to attend a third meeting to be held in Chanute, Kansas, towards the end of June. The date and time of that meeting will be announced through press releases and public service announcements. Individuals who have additional questions or concerns about the study can call the study team's toll-free number, 877-511-2167, staffed from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, or e-mail Mary Walker.

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