Community screening events

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What are we trying to find out?

Usually kidney health checks are taken at GP practices or hospitals, but providing urine samples at the right time can be difficult and inconvenient. We would like to find out if people would like to have kidney health checks in their own communities and how to best provide these checks.

Take part in kidney health research

Join the APPLE-CKD Study. We would like to invite you to participate in a research study coordinated by the Renal Unit at Kings College Hospital. 

APPLE-CKD is a study that is looking into the role of Apolipoprotein L1 gene mutations in kidney disease. The study will help us to understand the reason why some people with this gene pattern develop kidney disease while others do not.  

If you take part you will only need to come for one visit, where we will take some details about you and some blood and urine samples for analysis.

Become a peer educator

Would you like to be a Community Kidney Champion (Peer Educator) *paid role*?

Are you passionate about improving the health service engagement with people of African and Caribbean heritage communities? We offer transferable employment skills such as communication and listening skills, “Making Every Contact Count” and much more.

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Today we look at testing. CKD is more prevalent than we know and as such people who have High Blood Pressure, Diabetes or any other previous kidney injuries are encouraged to get tested as they are at a higher risk of developing CKD. #kidney #Kidn
#QuizTime ‼️ We've been giving you a lot of valuable information about the kidney and why it's so important to the body's functioning- now lets test how much you remember? 🤔 Answers: Most people have 2 kidneys though you can function on just one-
This week let's look at risk factors associated with Chronic Kidney Disease, today we look at Obesity and how it can lead to CKD
This week we continue with more 'Did you know facts?'. Today let's talk about Diabetes, how it affects our kidney functioning and what we can do about it. #kidney #KidneyCare #hiddenckd
Now that we've told you about the kidney, let's have a look at some of the factors that affect its optimal functioning. #Kidney #kidneyhealth #hiddenckd
Did you know how effective your kidneys are? They are so efficient that you don't need two to lead a healthy, happy life, one kidney is sufficient enough. #Kidney #Kidneycare
Did you know- the kidney filters 180 litres of blood a day?😮 That's more than half the capacity of the average UK bathtub (300 litres)
Let's talk about the importance of the kidney- why do we have one and what does it do? A huge part of the kidney's function surrounds waste removal and keeping the body's systems balanced and healthy
Our kidneys do a lot for our body, but how much do we know about them? Let's start with the basics- where are our kidneys located? #Kidney #hiddenckd #kidneyhealth