Good news for kidney health with QU grant of $2.5 million to establish a new kidney research centre. Read more here.
First ever survey of GP's attitudes about chronic kidney disease
Kidney Health Australia is collaborating with the Hunter Research Foundation (HRF) to conduct the first ever study of current clinical practice in relationship to chronic kidney disease (CKD) detection, management and continuing professional education.
World Kidney Day 2014 a great success with more to come in 2015. Click here to read more.
Check out this new job for Kidney health: Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council Inc is looking for a Registered Dialysis Nurse Level 2. Closing date 5 September, 2014.
Check out this good news story which is helping to spread the word about Indigenous kidney health in central Australia. Click here to read the news.
Hi yarning place members!
This the April 2014 Kidney health round up with a list of recent programs, resources, news, and upcoming jobs, courses and events that might be of interest and help promote kidney health. The Kidney health yarning place currently has 57 mob members who you may like to start a yarn with about kidney health topics. We would love to hear from you or invite your colleagues to join so you can have a yarn. Have a great Kidney health day.
Trish O'Hara
Information Officer
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Newly added or updated programs
The genetics of renal failure in an Australian Aboriginal population
Towards a well-being model for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples living with chronic disease
Home based outreach chronic disease management exploratory study (HOMES)
Active dialysis: a clinical trial of intensive dialysis
Palliative care in end stage kidney disease: are we meeting the needs of our Indigenous clients?
Factors influencing renal development and function in Indigenous Australians: the roles of preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction and maternal renal health
(To see more programs for Kidney health, click here)
Resources
Diabetes and your kidneys (2010)
Men's business: pee (urine) leakage
Operating a dialysis machine
Diabetes information for Indigenous Australians (2012)
Chronic kidney disease evidence-based nutrition practice guideline
Newly added publications
Reports
Renal health services plan 2010-2015
Renal services framework 2012-2017
KinD report (Kidneys in Diabetes) : temporal trends in the epidemiology of diabetic kidney disease and the associated health care burden in Australia
Journal articles
Evidence for improved patient management through electronic patient records at a Central Australian Aboriginal Health Service
Evaluation of a school-based health education program for urban Indigenous young people in Australia
Consumer health organisations for chronic conditions: why do some people access them and others don’t?
Do iron guidelines translate into good clinical practice for patients on haemodialysis?
(To see more publications available in Kidney health, click here . To read AIH Bulletin click here)
News
Chairs bring fresh hope to sufferers
Australian Indigenous ClinicalInfoNet survey open
Major boost for health services in regional Western Australia
Indigenous kidney epidemic - 'alarming' new link
Closing up the gap
Leading kidney researcher asks for greater engagement this World Kidney Day
(To read more Kidney health news click here)
Jobs
Diabetes Educator - NSW Health - Northern Sydney Local Health District - Hornsby (closing date 21 April, 2014)
(Check out our full list of jobs in Kidney health here)
Training & courses
KCAT health professional education program -National (online enrolment)
(More courses and training opportunities for Kidney health here)
Events & conferences
Chronic kidney disease quality improvement workshop - Wagga Wagga, NSW - 3 May, 2014
Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) continuing education workshops for nurses in general practice - Perth, WA - 2 -3 May, 2014
Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) Queensland branch conference - Brisbane, Qld - 30 - 31 May 2014
(To see more conferences and events happening in Kidney health, click here)
Scholarships/Funding
Aboriginal postgraduate nursing scholarships - recurrent (closing date not specified)
CREATE PhD Scholarships - non-recurrent (closing date 30 June, 2014)
(To see more funding opportunities available in Kidney health, click here)
Connect with us!
Check out the Kidney health Twitter account. We currently have 156 followers so come join us to keep on top of Indigenous health issues in Kidney health.
Major funding for regional Western Australia is good news for Indigenous families with renal disease who experience significant fragmentation when parents and elders have to leave their communities to seek treatment. Read full story here.
The epidemic of chronic kidney disease among indigenous Australians may be partly due to a preventable skin infection.
The disturbing finding comes from a study led by doctors at the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin, Northern Territory.
Dr Andrew White and colleagues followed a group of 472 Aborigines from remote communities for up to 18 years. All were children during two epidemics in the 1980s of a kidney disease known as post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis (PSGN), which may follow skin infections by a class of bacteria called streptococci. To read more click here.
Nindilingarri Cultural Health Services provides the communities of the Fitzroy Valley with a secure facility for clients to undergo home dialysis. This facility includes four dialysis chairs with over bed tables, storage space for medical requirements and access to telephone and fax services for dialysis related purposes. The clients using this service are also supported by Fresineous Medical Centre in Perth. To read more click here.
Want to read a good news story about Kidney health? Click here to read Rootails for renal clients.
Helping to 'close the gap' by providing the evidence base to inform practice and policy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
