We recommend these kidney education tools as an excellent introduction to the world of the kidney.

Click on links above the kidney diagrams below to view an excellent interactive animated presentation which shows you exactly where the kidneys are in your body, what they do and how they do it.  

For teachers and students wishing to know more about CKD, we recommend the weblinks on this page. 

• Are your Kidneys OK? Online quiz 
  How much you know about your kidneys
• A guide to using the internet to research health information 
  Learn how to find quality evidence-based health education online
• Chronic Kidney Disease
  Read all about CKD
• Fast Facts about chronic kidney disease in Australia  Kidney Health Australia webpage
• Organ donation and transplantation
  Find out more about this to make informed decisions
•  What does that word mean? 
  Explains what some medical words mean

Use our special Resource Order Form to order copies of our publications for students - bookmark this page.

        View "How Kidneys Work flash                                      View "How Dialysis Works" flash

                    
            Structure of the kidneys and bladder                              Diagram of how your healthy kidney works

Kidney Health Australia acknowledges the generosity of Da Vita (USA) for kindly allowing us to host this excellent teaching resource. Da Vita is an American company who provide dialysis services to those diagnosed with chronic kidney failure.

Kidney and Urinary Tract Education Resources

• Blausen Medical Atlas -Amazing resource showing the human body and various health conditions
• Discovery Health Beyond  Kidney and bladder health education (high speed broadband access for 3D player)
• Health Encyclopedia   (En Español) *Medical Dictionary *Interactive Body Guide *3D Medical Animations - Urinary System *Introduction *Kidneys: location and structure *Kidneys: function *Urine production
• Karolinska Institute of Urology  Patient information collection
• Kidney Times Online Quiz USA
• Kidney Glossary  Kidney Health Australia
• Kidney and Urinary Tract Disorders  Mercksource Health Library 
• Kidney education modules (USA) Patient Education Institute (Also in Spanish)
  *IVP (Intra Venous Pyelogram) *Kidney Failure *Kidney Stones *Kidney Transplant
• Medical Online Dictionary  Virtual Medical Centre Australia
• National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearing House (USA)
• Online simulation of how diabetes occurs Diabetes Australia-NSW  Flash animation  
• The Kidney Atlas  Complex science and medical education (best with high-speed connection)
• The Kidney and diseases of the kidney  See individual chapters or entire book (22 MB) see many detailed beautiful graphics (best with high-speed connection)
• Urodynamics  Interesting information on the urinary system
• Virtual Medical Centre WA  Online 3D animations *Bladder Cancer  *Bladder Incontinence  *Bladder Infection  *Blood Pressure  *Diabetic Nephropathy  *Kidney Dialysis  *Kidney Stones  *Kidney Transplant  *Urinary Tract Infection
• Wikikidney.org  Online encyclopedia of the kidney
• Wired for Health UK  All about health and living well, easily understood - use images to navigate four entry levels, birth to 16 years.  Each level offers separate kids, parent and teacher sections. 

KIDney Kids are our everyday heroes! 

• DaVita  Highly recommended USA site - CKD, emotional health and wellbeing - sexuality, anger, depression, holiday blues, caregiver stress, sleep, positive thinking, benefits of pets, etc.
• Just the Facts: Dealing with Depression (also in Spanish)
• Just the Facts: Exercise for Life (also in Spanish)
• Just the Facts: Skin and Hair Problems on Dialysis  (also in Spanish)
• Kyla's Kidney Adventure  Awesome online story, published NKF Northern California USA
• Print games to play at home *Draw  *Maze *Crossword *Answers to Maze and Crossword  
• iKidney: Kids and Parents  For kidney kids and their families - heaps of info on many subjects 
• Kidney Kids Cooking  Have fun with cooking power food that your kidney will love - USA
• Kidney Kids Support Group New Zealand   Visit Kee-Wee, who guides you through the kidney world
• Kids Kare  Provides information on organ donation and organ transplants USA
• Medications Chapter 9 - from KHA's Living with Kidney Failure
• The Kids Companion on Kidneys  
• Websites for Kidney Kids and their families from Kidney Times, a broad spectrum of useful info

Health Living

• Better Health Channel: healthier living online (VIC)  Quiz: How much do you know about your health
• Drink water instead  Kidney Health Australia webpage
• Just the Facts: Exercise for Life (also in Spanish)
• Kids First for Life  Tips on just about everything to do with kids and life, health and hospital! UK
• Live Life Well  NSWHealth healthy living resource
• MeasureUp and CKD  steps you should take to MeasureUp
• myDr.com.au - Health Toolkit  calculators to assess your health and wellbeing status, risk tests and learn more about healthy living with interactive quizzes
• What kids need to know about Kidneys

Think about Organ Donation and Transplantation - The Gift of Life

• Australian Organ Donor Register 
• Get the Facts  USA website
• Life with a single kidney KHA Fact Sheet
• Organ Donation and Transplantation  KHA's webpage with loads of information

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