On Monday, March 7th, at 9:00 am, Dr. dawn Emerick, Executive Director of the Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida, will be speaking to Melissa Ross on First Coast Connect about the preliminary findings for the Youth Sport Related Concussion Study.  Dr. Emerick will be joined by several study council members who will help shed some light on how these findings are starting to paint a picture of incidence and prevalence of concussions in our area.  You can view a snapshot of the data reports at: http://www.hpcnef.org/publications/health-needs-assessments/.

Be sure to tune in to First Coast Connect next Monday at 9:00 am on WJCT 89.9 FM!

The final study results are set to be released at the HPC Annual Meeting on Thursday, October 27, 2011.  Until then, the study council will continue to meet and collect and analyze data.  In-depth interviews of Emergency Department physicians will be conducted in the coming months.

The Health Planning Council of Northeast Florida has been addressing the healthcare needs of Baker, Clay, Duval, Flagler, Nassau, St. Johns, and Volusia counties (Region 4) for more than 40 years under a variety of federal, state, and local health planning initiatives. We strive to meet Florida's healthcare challenges through planning, research and evaluation initiatives that target local healthcare needs and affect health policy.