BETHESDA―A new series of free tools and resources will help community groups increase awareness about steps to prevent kidney disease or improve management. The online resource is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP).
A new section of the NKDEP website called Get Involved, provides an online suite of free educational materials to health care providers and communities, designed as an easily accessible and time-saving central repository. The section offers the following tools that can be used by physicians, healthcare organizations, community health centers and other groups interested in kidney disease, such as families:
•Fact sheets on kidney disease and NKDEP
•Kidney disease illustrations
•Newsletter articles for patients and providers
•Social media content
"We develop materials that are simple, short and usable, especially for people from high-risk populations and the providers who serve them," said NKDEP Director Andrew S. Narva, MD. "We want to make sure that everyone who is affected by kidney disease—patients, families and communities—are aware of our free materials and can access them quickly and easily."
