Kidney Sundays: The Contents

Kidney Sundays: An Introduction .............................................................................................................1

Getting Started with Kidney Sundays ................................................................................................

Kidney Sundays: A Checklist 

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Conducting a Kidney Sundays Session ..............................................................................................

Hold Conversations

 Share Materials

 Host Other Activities 

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Make the Kidney Connection: Conversation Talking Points .

Greeting and Session Introduction

 Talk about Kidney Disease and Risk Factors

 Talk about Testing and Treatment

 Talk about Protecting the Kidneys

 Encourage your Faith-Based Family to Look Out for One Another

 End the Session 

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Kidney Sundays: Resources ............................................................................................................................22

Kidney Sundays: 

An Introduction

Thank you for your interest in the National Kidney Disease Education Program’s 

(NKDEP) Kidney Sundays initiative.

Increasingly, people are turning to places of worship to get accurate, useful information 

about issues that uniquely affect African Americans. Kidney health is one of those 

issues because kidney failure affects African Americans more than other groups. African 

Americans, Hispanics, and American Indians are at high-risk for developing kidney 

failure. This risk is due in part to high rates of diabetes and high blood pressure in 

these communities. African Americans are almost four times as likely as Caucasians to 

develop kidney failure. And, while African Americans make up only about 13 percent 

of the population, they account for 32 percent of the people with kidney failure in the 

United States. 

Kidney Sundays is a great opportunity to raise awareness within your faith community 

about the risks for kidney disease and the importance of getting tested. The Kidney 

Sundays Toolkit provides faith-based organizations with the tools and materials they 

need to include kidney health messages in programs and events. The materials are easy 

to use in a wide variety of settings with your organization. In fact, they can be used 

by anyone who wants to have a conversation about kidney disease with their friends, 

family, co-workers, or community group outside of a faith-based setting. 

Help your faith-based family protect its kidney health. Help make the kidney connection.

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Getting Started with 

Kidney Sundays

Making the Kidney Connection is easy. Kidney Sundays can be an important initiative for 

your congregation. The information can help members with risk factors for kidney disease 

to learn how to better protect their kidneys.

And you don’t have to be a health expert to share this information with your congregation. 

The first step is to decide to have a Kidney Sundays session. View the DVD included in this 

Toolkit to learn more about the National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) and 

how you can make the kidney connection. NKDEP offers many tools to help African 

Americans learn how to maintain their kidney health—and more important, how to talk 

about kidney disease with your families and faith communities. You also may consider 

sharing the DVD with your congregation as you promote Kidney Sundays and talk about the 

FREE resources NKDEP offers.

Kidney Sundays can be tailored to meet your 

organization’s needs and opportunities. 

You have to power to encourage your 

loved ones to get their kidneys checked. 

You have the power to be better 

educated. And you have the power to 

make the kidney connection. 

Conducting a Kidney Sundays session is 

easy. Planning one can be simple too. 

The checklist on the next pages will help 

you make sure you remember all of the 

important steps.

Make the Kidney Connection with Kidney Sundays

1. Hold conversations to talk about kidney 

health in a group setting.

2. H and out materials that members of your 

congregation may take home and read on 

their own.

3. P artner with a health facility or organization 

to host a health screening for your congregation 

to test blood pressure, blood glucose levels, 

or body mass index.

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Kidney Sundays Planning: A Checklist

6 Weeks Before the Event

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 Recruit a Health Champion—the person who will conduct the 

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 Finalize the day and time for your Kidney Sundays session—taking into account your 

screening partner’s availability. Reserve the room(s) at your faith organization for 

the session.

 Print out and make copies of fact sheets that you want to pass out at the session.

 Arrange for tables and chairs for the day of the event. If you are going to have health 

screeners, be sure there is a table for them. In addition, be sure you have a sign-in 

table and a table to display materials.

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2 Weeks Before the Event

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 Be sure that information about the Kidney Sundays session is included in the Bulletin 

two weeks before the session. Continue to publicize the event. Be sure to announce 

if health screenings will take place.

 Confirm that your Health Champion can participate.

 Confirm that your screening partner has your event on the calendar. Also, make sure 

they have the directions to the event.

 Ensure that you have received your NKDEP materials to hand out at the session.

1 Week Before the Event

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 Have the Kidney Sundays session mentioned during the Announcements and ensure 

the information is included in the Bulletin one week before the session. Encourage 

faith members to attend.

 Review the Talking Points with your Health Champion to guide your Kidney Sundays 

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Day of the Event

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 Make sure the room is set up and chairs are arranged.

 Display the NKDEP materials on a table.

 Assist your screening partner with set up, if necessary.

 Collect names and email addresses of attendees so you can follow up with them 

after the event. Have a sign-in sheet at the door. 

 Take photos during the event.

1 Week Following the Event

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 Send attendees an email using the suggestions included in the Toolkit (see page 20) to 

help support them. Take extra care to follow up with those you know may have diabetes, 

high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, or a family history of kidney failure.

 Display photos on faith organization’s bulletin board and share with the 

Make the Kidney Connection Facebook community (www.facebook.com/

makethekidneyconnection).

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Getting Started with Kidney Sundays
Conducting a 

Kidney Sundays Session

Hold Conversations

Kidney Sundays sessions and conversations may be held any day of the week—immediately 

following weekend services or during the week. The most important thing to remember is 

you need to pick a day when many people can attend. If you would like to hold a conversation about kidney health, follow these steps:

n Find Kidney Sundays Champions to Host a Conversation about Kidney Disease. During 

a service, health ministry meeting, or faith-based committee group meeting, announce 

that you have the Kidney Sundays Toolkit and would like to recruit a health champion 

to host a conversation about kidney disease. The Toolkit provides all that the champion 

needs to host this discussion. Find a champion in your congregation and get them excited about kidney health. This will make it easier to start the conversation. And remember, 

this person does not have to be a health expert to lead the conversation. He or she just 

needs to be excited about sharing health information.

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n Hold a Conversation about Kidney Disease using the Talking Points. 

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 Find a comfortable setting; this could be in your place of worship before or after 

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Share Materials

The Kidney Sundays initiative can be tailored to your faith organization. If you cannot 

hold a conversation, you just may hand out some of the materials to your congregation. 

You may set up a table in the lobby of your faith organization with a display of materials, 

or you may place a brochure or informational card into the weekly Bulletin. Another way 

to get the information out is to put an article in your organization’s newsletter or email. 

If you hold a conversation, be sure to have materials on hand to pass out. NKDEP offers 

a host of brochures and informational pieces through the online Resource Center 

(http://nkdep.nih.gov/resources/index.htm). 

n Hand out the Kidney Disease, Diabetes & High 

Blood Pressure Fact Sheets. The fact sheets provide 

answers to common questions about kidney 

disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure. They 

explain symptoms, risk factors, and prevention tips, 

as well as where to go for more information. Be sure 

to offer fact sheets to individuals you meet with and 

distribute them during your group conversation. 

The Talking Points in this Toolkit tell you when 

you should hand out the fact sheets during a 

conversation. You also can direct your faith-based 

family to the NKDEP website (www.nkdep.nih.gov) 

for more information.

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Distribute the Make the Kidney Connection outreach 

Informational Card. The Informational Card explains the 

risk factors for kidney disease and the importance of getting 

tested. It also highlights NKDEP’s Family Reunion Health Guide, 

a booklet that helps families talk about kidney disease at 

family reunions. (www.nkdep. nih.gov/familyreunion/index.htm). 

You can insert the informational card into your faith-based 

organization’s Bulletin to be distributed during worship service. 

This will give you the perfect opportunity to introduce Kidney 

Sundays during announcements and promote any upcoming 

Kidney Sundays sessions you are planning.

 Distribute the Make the Kidney Connection Food Tips and 

Healthy Eating Ideas. Learn how to eat healthy with the Make 

the Kidney Connection Food Tips and Healthy Eating Ideas. 

This handout provides information on reducing portion size 

and choosing healthier food options. When preparing for your 

conversation about kidney disease, print copies of the food tips 

and healthy eating ideas to distribute to participants.

Distribute the Chronic Kidney Disease: What Does it Mean for 

Me? brochure. If you have members of the congregation who 

have been told they have chronic kidney disease (CKD), you can 

help them learn what this diagnosis means, and learn what it 

means for their health and their life. People with CKD can and 

should continue to live their lives in a normal way: working, 

enjoying friends and family, and staying active. They also need 

to make some changes. This brochure will help answer some of 

the questions they might have.

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Host other Activities

Make the most of your Kidney Sundays experience by adding other activities. Expanding 

the activities with the congregation makes a more meaningful and educational experience. These activities may take place immediately before a Kidney Sundays conversation, 

or be held by themselves.

n Engage local Health Experts to Conduct a Health Screening. Look into having local 

nursing students or health care facilities conduct screenings for kidney disease, blood 

pressure, and diabetes as part of the Kidney Sundays experience. The screenings may 

be held as part of health fairs or picnics your congregation already conducts. You 

also may partner with other organizations on health initiatives. Be sure the screening 

partner has a list of health care providers in the area to pass along to anyone who 

may need follow-up service. Health screening partners may include:

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n Engage local Food Experts to Conduct Food Demonstrations. Encourage members 

of your congregation to prepare a meal from the healthy recipe links and bring 

samples for a tasting with the group, or recruit local dietetics students to conduct 

food demonstrations. This will be a treat for participants as they begin their journey 

to healthier eating. Visit the following websites for recipes and healthy eating ideas 

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 The National Diabetes Education Program’s Tasty Recipes for People with Diabetes 

and Their Families. This booklet includes recipes and meal plans designed to help 

people with diabetes manage it. 

http://ndep.nih.gov/media/MQC_recipebook_English.pdf

 The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Keep the BeatTM Recipes: 

Deliciously Healthy Dinners cookbook. The Deliciously Healthy Dinners cookbook 

shows how to quickly and easily prepare recipes that are good for your heart 

and your health—and just not for the holidays, but all year-round. Recipes 

include dishes that were created for the NHLBI that have an American, Latino, 

Mediterranean, or Asian flair. 

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/ktb_recipebk/

 The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute’s Heart Healthy Home Cooking 

African American Style — With Every Heartbeat is Life. Prepare your favorite AfricanAmerican dishes in ways that protect you and your family from heart disease 

and stroke. This cookbook provides recipes for 26 tested and tasty favorite 

African-American dishes. Recipes include nutrient analyses that list amounts of 

carbohydrates and protein. The recipe book also covers tips on heart healthy food 

substitutions and food safety. 

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/other/chdblack/cooking.htm

 The National Cancer Institute’s Down Home Healthy Cooking: Recipes and Tips 

for Healthy Cooking. The cookbook provides recipes that are low-fat, high-fiber 

versions of traditional African-American recipes. 

http://cancer.gov/cancertopics/down-home-healthy-cooking

 For additional tips and healthy eating ideas, visit

http://nkdep.nih.gov/resources/food-tips.htm.

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Make the Kidney 

Connection: 

Conversation 

Talking Points

Once you have a group of individuals interested in learning about kidney disease and 

its risk factors, organize a Make the Kidney Connection conversation. The conversation 

should only take 15 to 20 minutes and include information about how to know if they 

are at risk, how to get tested, and what can be done if they have kidney disease.

The group can be as small or as large as you like. The conversation should be an open 

exchange of information, experiences, advice, and support.

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Conversation Talking Points

1. Greeting and Session Introduction

2. Talk about Kidney Disease and Risk Factors

3. Talk about Testing and Treatment

4. Talk about Protecting the Kidneys

5. Encourage your Faith-Based Family to look 

out for one Another

6. End the Session

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1. Greeting and Session Introduction

This introduction will help you start your session and thank the participants for coming. 

It also will help you set the tone for the session. If you are able, show the Make the 

Kidney Connection video to the group. The DVD is included in the front inside pocket 

of this Toolkit.

Hello,

Thank you all for giving me some time today to talk with you 

about kidney disease and its connection to diabetes and high blood 

pressure. Kidney disease is a silent killer in the African-American 

community, and it needs to be addressed. I’m happy to see that 

you’re taking time out of your busy schedule to talk about this 

important issue. During this session, we will go over the risk factors 

of kidney disease, testing and treatment, and discuss steps to help 

you protect your kidneys.

The National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) has 

provided us with materials about kidney disease to help us stay 

informed. I will pass them out during our conversation. 

Let’s start with a short video.

Play video.

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As you heard in that video, several diseases affect AfricanAmerican families more than others, but there are things that 

we can do—and it starts with education.

Let’s begin. Why should we know about kidney disease?

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African Americans are nearly four times more likely than 

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2. Talk about Kidney Disease and Risk Factors 

Find out what the group knows about kidney disease risk factors.

Who can name one of the two leading causes of kidney disease?

Give participants a chance to offer responses. You are likely to get a variety of causes. 

But the leading causes of kidney disease are: diabetes and high blood pressure. Remember, having just one of them puts a person at risk for developing kidney disease.

Diabetes and high blood pressure are the two leading causes of 

kidney failure. They cause the greatest percent of kidney failure 

cases among African Americans. Other risk factors include 

cardiovascular or heart disease, or a family history of kidney 

failure—a mother, father, sister, or brother who has had kidney 

failure.

If you have diabetes OR high blood pressure OR heart disease OR 

a family history of kidney failure, you are at risk of developing 

kidney disease.

You don’t have to raise your hand, but think about it: How many of 

you are at risk for kidney disease or know a family member who is 

at risk?

Hand out the Kidney Disease, Diabetes & High Blood Pressure fact sheets.

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3. Talk about Testing and Treatment

What do you do if you are at risk? Get tested. 

Testing is the only way to know if you have kidney disease. Many 

people don’t know they have kidney disease until their kidneys are 

just about ready to fail because there usually are no symptoms. By 

then, it is too late to do anything other than begin dialysis or have a 

kidney transplant to maintain health.

That is why testing is so important. The doctor or health care 

provider checks your blood and urine for signs of kidney disease.

The good news is that if kidney disease is found early, there are 

medicines you can take called angiotensin-converting enzyme 

(ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), as well 

as other things you can do, to slow down the progression of kidney 

disease. For some people, the medicines can keep the kidneys from 

failing.

So, if you have even ONE of the risk factors we have talked 

about—diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, or a 

family history of kidney failure—get tested.

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4. Talk about Protecting the Kidneys 

Managing your diabetes, high blood pressure, or heart disease 

is important for kidney health. By following your health care 

provider’s advice—whether that means taking medicines, following 

a special diet, or being more physically active—you help reduce the 

stress on your heart and blood vessels, which can help protect your 

kidneys. But even if you follow the advice, it is important to have 

your kidneys checked for kidney disease.

Let’s talk about how you can be more physically active.

Now is the time to distribute the Make the Kidney Connection Food Tips and Healthy 

Eating Ideas and discuss the Physical Activity Tips listed below. Read the food tips with 

the group, and ask the group about their physical activity.

You do not have to be an athlete to benefit from regular physical 

activity. Even modest amounts of physical activity can improve your 

health. Start with small, specific goals, such as walking 10 minutes 

a day, 3 days a week, and build up slowly from there. Try these 

activities to add more movement to your daily life:

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 Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Make sure the stairs are well lit.

 Get off the bus one stop early if you are in an area safe for walking.

 Park the car farther away from entrances to stores, movie theaters, 

or your home.

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 Take a short walk around the block with family, friends, or coworkers.

There also are lifestyle activities, things you do every day. These 

activities can really add up and increase the number of calories 

you burn each day. They may also boost your energy and mood 

by getting your blood and muscles moving. Examples of lifestyle 

activities include:

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 W alking to your coworker’s office instead of using the phone or email.

 Gardening and doing household chores.

 W alking inside the bank rather than using the drive-through window.

 Parking farther from store entrances and walking the extra distance.

 Taking short breaks at work to get up, stretch, and walk.

 Playing with your children, nieces and nephews, and pets.

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It’s hard to get started, but I’m sure we can learn from each other. What 

are some of the ways you add physical activity into your day? Do you 

involve your entire family?

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5. Encourage your Faith-Based Family to look out 

for one Another

After you have presented the facts about kidney disease, it is time to send participants 

home with calls to action—things they can do to protect their kidneys. It is also time 

to show how your faith-based organization can continue to be involved in their health 

quest. Consider ending the session with the following activities to help keep in touch 

with individuals at risk for kidney disease.

1. Designate a Health leader to be a “Health Buddy.” Designate a member of the 

health committee or someone who participated in the conversation to follow up 

with those who are at risk and encourage them to manage their diabetes and/or high 

blood pressure to prevent kidney failure. Each month, select someone different to be 

the “health buddy” to check and see if members got tested and encourage others in 

the faith-based organization to stay healthy. Ensure your health buddies have information about local testing options. Put together a list of health care facilities in your 

area where people can get their kidney function tested. For more information, visit 

www.findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov.

2. Create a living Healthy Committee. Collect the names and email addresses of the 

individuals who participated in the Make the Kidney Connection health conversation 

and ask them to participate in a Living Healthy Committee. The committee can be a 

sub-group of your health ministry or health committee that focuses on being active 

and eating healthier to help manage diabetes and high blood pressure. Each week, 

the group can meet at the place of worship to exercise before or after work. They also 

may meet for group walks on weekends. This is the perfect way to encourage each 

other and become a support network. Invite other members to participate!

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3. Make the Connection online. Keep in touch and check in on congregation members 

at risk by sending short email messages. Try these:

a. Hi faith family! Your health is important. If you have diabetes or high blood 

pressure, don’t forget to talk with your doctor about kidney disease testing.

b. Hi faith family! Be sure to maintain a healthy weight, be physically active and cut 

back on salt. Ask me to share information. [NOTE: For everyone who replies, send 

them a copy of the Make the Kidney Connection Food Tips and Healthy Eating Ideas 

fact sheet.]

c. Hi faith family! Have you checked in on your Health Buddy this week? Make a 

promise to support each other and strive for healthier kidneys.

d. Hi faith family! Don’t forget to incorporate activity into your everyday life. 

Visit http://win.niddk.nih.gov/publications/better_health.htm to learn more.

e. Hi faith family! Join me online and “like” the Make the Kidney Connection page 

on Facebook (www.facebook.com/makethekidneyconnection).

f. Hi faith family! Receive tips and helpful kidney health information directly in your 

inbox. Visit www.nkdep.nih.gov to sign up for the Make the Kidney Connection 

eNewsletter.

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6. End the Session

Thank everyone for their attention and for agreeing to look out for each other. Most 

importantly, thank them for agreeing to get tested if they are at risk for kidney disease.

Distribute the Kidney Disease: What African Americans Need to Know brochure. 

Distribute any additional educational materials you may have.

For more information, direct participants to the following places: 

Kidney Disease: Direct them to the National Kidney Disease Education Program website 

(www.nkdep.nih.gov) or ask them to call 1-866-4 KIDNEY (1-866-454-3639). Invite 

participants to learn about the Family Reunion Initiative so they can talk with their loved 

ones about kidney disease at their reunions or other family gathering.

Diabetes: Direct them to the National Diabetes Education Program website 

(www.ndep.nih.gov) or ask them to call 1-888-693-NDEP (1-888-693-6337). They 

also may contact the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org) Center 

for Information and Community Support at 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383).

High Blood Pressure: Direct them to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute website 

(www.nhlbi.nih.gov) or ask them to call 1-301-592-8573. Participants also may learn more 

from the International Society on Hypertension in Blacks (ISHIB) website at www.ishib.org.

Weight and Physical Activity: Direct them to the Weight-control Information Network 

(WIN) website (www.win.niddk.nih.gov) or ask them to call 1-877-946-4627.

Send NKDEP your Feedback on the Kidney Sundays Toolkit

If you have feedback that you would like to share about this Toolkit, please email us at 

nkdep@info.niddk.nih.gov. We’d love to hear how we can make it more useful for your 

faith-based community and others across the nation. Share your Kidney Sundays 

experience with the Make the Kidney Connection Facebook community 

(www.facebook.com/makethekidneyconnection).

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Resources

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MATERIAlS DESCRIPTIoN

To complement your health conversations, print and distribute these materials from the 

NKDEP website (www.nkdep.nih.gov). You also can order some of the materials by calling 1-866-4 KIDNEY (1-866-454-3639). Small quantities of the materials are free. For larger 

quantities, there is a small charge.

Look for suggestions in the Conversation Talking Points about when to distribute each 

of the pieces.

Kidneys & Kidney Disease 

Fact Sheet

Highlights key facts about the impact of kidney 

disease on African Americans and statistics related 

to kidney disease in the United States.

Diabetes Fact Sheet Answers important questions people with diabetes 

have about managing their condition to delay kidney 

damage.

High Blood Pressure 

Fact Sheet

Answers questions people with high blood pressure 

have about managing their condition to delay kidney 

damage.

Make the Kidney Connection 

outreach Informational Card

Explains the risk factors for kidney disease and the 

importance of getting tested. Informs about the 

Family Reunion Health Guide.

What African Americans with 

Diabetes or High Blood Pressure

Need to Know Brochure

Highlights the key facts about the impact of kidney 

disease on African Americans.

Make the Kidney Connection 

Food Tips and Healthy Eating 

Ideas Handout

A list of healthy eating tips and recipes with links 

to other resources.

Chronic Kidney Disease: What 

Does it Mean to Me? Brochure

A brochure that explains what chronic kidney disease is 

and what it means for the health and lives of people who 

are told they have it.