To begin, I wanted to do more research on Chronic Kidney Disease. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a long-term condition in which the kidneys cannot function fully to filter out waste and blood to make urine. Such as ways to prevent the risk of CKD. Format and find ways to help the individual those that are in the pre stage of CKD . What’s the process like for individuals who are in dialysis treatment. And those who are in the waitlist for kidney transplant. I know some information about Chronic Kidney Disease because of my mom. She is currently in dialysis treatment. I have helped her with being the translator/interpreter for medical appointments, setting up her dialysis Davita machine, and reviewing her heath checklist ( weight, blood pressure, etc). I could also relate to my professor Dr. Gray , in which he has also gone through a similar CKD experience. This topic is important to me because it's a public health issue that is overlooked and should be addressed.I hope to bring awareness of CKD to those around me.

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a long term condition in which the kidneys cannot function fully to filter out waste and blood to make urine. It is estimated that 37 million people have CKD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). Women have a higher rate of CKD (15%) compared to men. Individuals who identify as black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) have a higher risk of CKD than whites (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). We will attempt to identify the level of awareness for CKD in college students. This will be done through descriptive quantitative data using a knowledge-based assessment of CKD by Chow et al., 2012. The questionnaire consists of 7 multiple-choice questions (Chow et al., 2012). The aims of this study are twofold: 1. Measure the current knowledge of undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD), related to their CKD awareness based on Chow et al., 2012; 2. Provide those students who show a lower understanding of CKD resources to learn more about their apparent risk. Data will be collected for UMD college students between 18-24 years of age.

The Health Belief Model (HBM) states individuals are at a higher risk due to their lack of susceptibility to the given disease (Orji et al., 2012). Those in a perceived benefit category for the HBM have a higher level of awareness and knowledge, and it is theorized they will use preventive measures and can be role models (Orji et al., 2012). After completing the upcoming data collection we anticipate the results will show that young BIPOC adults who have little to no awareness based on the self-administered questionnaire are more at risk for CKD than those who have some knowledge of CKD. The aim is to reach out to the The College of Education and Human Service Professions (CEHSP) population specifically those who identify as Black, Indiginous, Person of color (BIPOC). 1,738 undergraduate students in the college of education in human service profession (CEHSP) emails were sent out. Only a= 368 (28%) response completed the survey, out of the total of 1,738. As for the responses of BIPOC undergraduate students that completed the survey were a= 51 (13%).

Demographics in UMD are a very white dense population. Reaching out to BIPOC individuals was challenging, and it was hard to really identify what their knowledge shows. Participants showed low awareness of CKD based on Question 4 (What are the symptoms of early kidney disease that might progress to kidney failure). Only a=10 out of 368 choose the correct answer which was present without any symptoms/complaints.Overall undergraduate students are somewhat aware of CKD; it is shown that they have a low level understanding of CKD awareness. A way to help increase awareness of CKD is By using the HBM , the benefits of will be the effort to help BIPOC individuals to increase knowledge of CKD , reduce risk of CKD and treatment of CKD.

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