National Kidney Foundation selects recipients of Health Equity Community Engagement Award
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The National Kidney Foundation has named recipients of its Health Equity Community Engagement Award, a grant program to provide funding for research to address kidney health disparities.
Amber Paulus, PhD, RN, CPHQ, CPPS, from Virginia Commonwealth University, received the grant for her project, “Designing Equitable Care for Kidneys (DECK): Community-based Screening for Social Determinants of Health and Kidney Disease Risk Factors.”
“In the DECK project, our mission is clear: to understand the intricacies of engaging our community members effectively in kidney health screenings, all while navigating the complexities of organizing and executing community-based screenings,” Paulus said in a press release.
Janet Diaz Martinez, PhD, RD, LDN, at the Caridad Clinic and Florida International University, received a second year of funding for her project, “Caridad Awareness and Education (CARE).” CARE aims to work with community health workers and Latino patients to design patient educational materials about chronic kidney disease.
“Our collaborative work paves the way for culturally and linguistically tailored kidney disease education materials, nurturing awareness, self-management, and screening within the Latine community,” Martinez said in the release.
Each recipient will receive $75,000 for 1 year of research.
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