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Show State Health Care Problems Anal ized Utahns from Iron, Washington, Garfield, Kane and Beaver counties will join citizens from across the state to discuss important health care problems at the annual Utah Health System Agency (Utah HSA) meeting June 28-30 in Vernal. , Representatives from Iron County will include: Grant Seaman, chairman of the Iron County Commission; Faye Frahske, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Southern Utah State College; Kay Sheehen, Florence Wolfram, and Richard Nelson, all members mem-bers . of the Soutwest area council, a health related group associated with the Five County Assn. of Government. Approximately 200 consumers con-sumers and providers of health care and local elected officials will attend the state-wide gathering to identify Utah's critical health needs and to recommend action on them. Some important issues which may be included on the final list are: primary care, alcohol and drug abuse, long-term care, radiation therapy and health education. "However, there are many other pertinent health issues which will be considered con-sidered by the citizen councils," according to Kirk Olsen, Utah HSA Community Com-munity Education Director. In addition, these citizen representatives will assess the Utah HSA's role and responsibilities in the health situation. The Utah HSA is a public regional planning organization created in July 1976 to implement state and national health planning laws. , ' " Even though the agency functions under both state and federal laws, it is not ' part of either body. It relies on a representative cross-section cross-section of volunteers to plan and regulate Utah's specific health care needs. |