SPRINGVALE — One of two York County forums designed for area residents to give their thoughts on a variety of health topics has been set for Thursday.

Southern Maine Health Care and York Public Health Council are teaming up to host the forums. The first is set for 9-11 a.m. Thursday at Nasson Health Care, 15 Oak St., Springvale. The second will take place 3:30-5:30 p.m. Feb. 11 at SMHC’s Biddeford Campus, 1 Health Center Drive.

SMHC spokeswoman Leslie Roberts said the forums will include such topics as alcohol and drug abuse, obesity, diabetes, smoking and other health indicators.

“A consortium of Maine’s largest health care providers and the state has released its report card on how Maine is progressing on a host of factors that contribute to overall public health,” said Roberts in a prepared statement. “Now it is up to the community to come up with plans for making improvements in public health based on the data and public input.”

She said the forums are an important part of that planning process and are meant to give community members a chance to respond to the report card, known as the 2015 Shared Community Health Needs Assessment.

The report is produced every three years, and contains data for each Maine county as well as the state as a whole.

Roberts said Maine is unusual in that health care organizations have banded together along with the state to track health trends and facilitate a dialogue on how to make improvements, something that is required under federal law.

Forum participants will be asked to share their thoughts about the most pressing health needs in their community and help to be part of the solution by listing resources they are aware of locally.