Danila Dilba kidney health program

• Reach:

  NT

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Danila Dilba kidney health program was launched in May 2008. The program's aim is to implement a case management service to clients in the Greater Darwin Area, who have identified stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD). The kidney health program provides education and family based consultation to help clients understand the choices that they have when their kidneys get sick.

The program also works closely with an outreach team that visits renal patients living in town based communities in Palmerston and Darwin. The program practices continuous quality improvement by using the ABCD audit tools from Menzies School of Health and Research, and works with other areas of Danila Dilba Health Service in promoting the screening for CKD through adult health checks.

Abstract adapted from Danila Dilba

Contacts

Danila Dilba Health Service
GPO Box 2125
Darwin NT 0801
Ph: (08) 8942 5444
Fax: (08) 8941 3542

Related publications

Amega B (2012)

The journey may be longer than you think.

The Chronicle; 24(3): 15-17

• Links
• View publication: The journey may be longer than you think (PDF - 1.2 MB)
  pgs 15-17
• View website: The Chronicle

Amega E (2012)

The journey may be longer than you think: conservative management of end stage renal disease in an urban Indigenous population [ppt].

Paper presented at the Time to shine: APNA conference 2012. May 2012, Melbourne

• Links
• View conference presentation: The journey may be longer than you think: conservative management of end stage renal disease in an urban Indigenous population [ppt] (PDF - 1.1 MB)
• View information: Time to shine: APNA national conference 2012
• View website: Australian Practice Nurses Association

Amega B, Bowen E (2010)

Together - no more them and us!.

The Chronicle; 16(1): 6-7

• Links
• View publication: Together - no more them and us! (PDF - 2.4 MB)
• View information: The Chronicle
• View website: Chronic Diseases Network

Links

• View website: Danila Dilba health service