Target Population
Kidney Health Australia is an official website of a not-for-profit organization that promotes kidney health for the target population (patients, families, and carers) through education and research. Healthcare professionals offer this site to CKD patients to read clear information about kidneys [1-4]. Thus, healthcare professionals save their time and improve the level of knowledge about the disease in patients. A visitor checks the condition of kidneys by taking a simple test. Indigenous Australians are friendly users of this site because the test has a separate question about the patient’s origin. Statistics, brochures, and prevention plans can be effective for users. Healthcare professionals find this site helpful due to the offered CKD management handbooks and guides. They learn the peculiarities of primary care for CKD patients, use calculators to check the estimated glomerular filtration rate, and measure kidney functions.
Benefits and Limitations
The benefit of the resource is that it was intentionally created for an Australian context and contains various additional information about research and practice for nurses and physicians. Practitioners find information about grants, projects, and the organization’s events because [5]. Visitors buy specific merchandise, including lotteries, stickers, and books, and use methods that are accessible to Australian citizens. The inability to download the CKD Go! application for healthcare providers is one of the limitations. There is also much various information about CKD, its prevention, control, and support. A healthcare provider has to spend much time creating a guide on using this site, what sections read first, and what kind of help may be required from patients.
Resource Accessibility
When visiting this website, users gain access to a database including credible documents, publications, and online resources [6]. These files can be easily utilized and followed in health care professionals’ practice without the necessity of searching for them on other websites and platforms, saving users’ time. Recent Australian statistics about CKD, new treatment plans and care guides, and the latest findings of the disease, volunteering, and communication channels are available to the users of Kidney Health Australia.
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Tong A, Tunnicliffe DJ, Lopez‐Vargas P, Mallett A, Patel C, Savige J, et al. Identifying and integrating consumer perspectives in clinical practice guidelines on autosomal‐dominant polycystic kidney disease. Nephrology. 2016;21(2): 122-132.
Tong A, Crowe S, Chando S, Cass A, Chadban SJ, Chapman JR, et al. Research priorities in CKD: report of a national workshop conducted in Australia. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015;66(2): 212-222.
Hoy W, Healy H, Bonner A, Mitchell G, Connelly L, Panaretto K, et al. The NHMRC Chronic Kidney Disease Centre of Research Excellence (CKD. CRE) 2015-2019: the first year. Nephrology. 2016;21(Suppl.): 2-4.
Chen T, Harris DC. Challenges of chronic kidney disease prevention. Med J Aust. 2015;203(5): 209-210.
Burke MT, Kapojos J, Sammartino C, Gray NA. Kidney disease health literacy among new patients referred to a nephrology outpatient clinic. Intern Med J. 2014;44(11): 1080-1086.