Links to Indigenous Resources - support pages
Indigenous CKD Stats I National Renal Indigenous Resource Collaborative I Rural and Remote Kidney Health
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Joint initiative of KHA and Amgen |
Educational Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
Kidney Health Australia and Amgen have joined together to gather and share existing education material for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This project is managed by the National Renal Indigenous Resource Collaborative.
Many education resources have been looked at and some approved as current and suitable. Where gaps in education resources are identified, special work will be done by health education experts to produce relevant material.
This will be a continuing and exciting project to keep messages on Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) consistent. The high quality material approved or produced will be in a format that can be easily amended by regional health professionals to be suitable for local regional use. Resources approved will be free to download online.
See CKD data snapshot for Indigenous Australians for your information.
An overview of chronic kidney disease in Australia 2009
(Chapter 16) Authored by Green F & Ryan C. Published 27 May 2009; ISBN-13 978 1 74024 928 7; AIHW cat. no. PHE 111; 36pp.; Free to download - hard copy $20 |
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Anatomy and physiology |
The Balanda Stories produced by Sharing True Stories Project
These stories focus on identifying and addressing barriers to effective communication between Aboriginal client groups and health staff in renal and hospital services in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia. Each is set out in simple language with illustrations. Note: These resources are large files (5 Mb, 7 Mb and 5 Mb). Each file will take time to open on your computer, even with the fast connection!
Balanda Story 1: About breathing (5 Mb)
Balanda Story 2: About your circulation (7 Mb)
Balanda Story 3: How our kidneys work (5 Mb) |
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Assessment and
diagnosis of CKD |
Resources on this subject are under review
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Management of CKD and
related vascular disorders |
Nutrition and CKD
Bush Tucker in Kidney Failure and Diabetes
A colourful guide, listing the nutritional value of Australian foods not normally covered in these types of reference guides to be used when visiting your renal dietician. Also refer to Nutrition and CKD Kidney Health Australia webpage.
Diabetes and CKD (NIDDS/Diabetes Australia)
Diabetes Education Screen Resouce
Developed by Indigenous Australians to help health professionals working in Indigenous communities across Australia to raise awareness of diabetes and diabetes management.
The 'Keep Culture Family Strong: Know Early About Diabetes' was developed by Healthy Living NT. Use ATSI Flipchart Order Form to receive your free copy (one copy per person) Email the Order Form to admin@diabetesaustralia.com.au or phone 02 6230 1535 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 02 6230 1535 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.
 Kidney Health Discovery
'The Kidneys' Flipchart
Published in partnership with Amgen, this teaching resource was developed specifically to provide kidney health education to Indigenous communities. Written in simple, easy-to-read language and developed to allow the pictures to do the talking.
Call Kidney Health Information Service (KHIS) on 1800 4 KIDNEY (1800 4 543639). begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1800 4 543639 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Other resources in following categories, are currently under review
Cardiovascular risk and management in CKD
Management of hypertension in CKD
Psychosocial issues in CKD |
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Treatment choices in
End-Stage Kidney Disease |
Resources on this subject are under review |
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General Links - to various Renal Resource groups
Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council (KAMSC) www.kamsc.org.au/content/renal_resources.html
An organisation of Aboriginal people, controlled by Aboriginal people, for Aboriginal people
See this link to find a comprehensive list of various and relevant renal resources.
One21seventy www.one21seventy.org.au
The name reflects the Centre's aspiration to contribute to increased life expectancy for Indigenous people beyond 1 in infancy, beyond 21 in youth, and beyond 70 for the lifespan. One21seventy is a not-for-profit organisation set up with the support of the Menzies School of Health Research and the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health. It provides services on a cost-recovery basis. The majority of the Advisory Board's Members will be of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage.
One21seventy provides practical tools and processes to enable health centres to engage in systematic continuous quality improvement cycles. These tools are aligned with evidence based best practice guidelines and reporting and accreditation requirements. They have been shown to be user friendly, and have been used by more than 120 Indigenous primary care organisations over the past five years. The tools and processes supported by the Centre include: clinical audit tools, an organisational systems assessment tool, training in use of the tools, facilitation of feedback and goal setting and web-based information and data services for easy data interpretation, reporting and benchmarking.
Current clinical audit tools cover a number of important aspects of primary health care, including major chronic diseases (diabetes, CHD, hypertension, renal disease), preventive care for well adults, maternal health and child health. We are trialling new tools for prevention and management of rheumatic heart disease and mental health. We are also developing tools for health promotion, community environmental health and sexual health. Our Systems Assessment Tool is highly regarded as a primary health care organisational and systems development tool. The tools are designed to be flexible, adaptable and to be customised to meet local needs.
The One21seventy Centre offers training programs to support the effective implementation of the tools and continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes. We will also support a network of primary care organisations to promote learning and development in primary care quality improvement.
Updated 1 July 2010