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Your topic attracted my interest very much. Before this discussion board, I had never read anything about how kidney disease has affected Indigenous Australians. After going through your infographic, I did further research on the topic. Based on my research, it became clear that Indigenous Australians always present a huge burden for most illnesses, and chronic kidney disease is no exception. The Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islander people have higher chances, in comparison to the non-Indigenous Australians, to be diagnosed with end-stage kidney disease (Lim et al., 2019).

My research was intensely focused on the various statistics in which the Indigenous Australians were being compared to the non-Indigenous Australians on a number of factors related to chronic kidney disease. It became evident that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are at a huge risk of having chronic kidney disease, particularly those who live in remote regions (Hoy et al., 2020). In the period 2008-09, Indigenous Australians were 11 times more likely to be hospitalized for regular dialysis treatment in comparison to the other Australians (AIHW, 2022).

I found your health promotion infographic to be very attractive at first sight. Your arrangement of ideas and pictures is logical and is to follow. Once I started to read through your infographic, it was hard for me to stop midway. I wanted to deeply understand how kidney disease affects Indigenous people, the risk factors, and how the disease could be managed. You provided answers to these topics in a very precise and straightforward manner. The color that you chose was also pretty decent, as it does not hamper the content presented in your poster.

While your poster tried pretty enough to discuss various concepts regarding kidney disease, I feel that your discussion was more general than it focused on the Indigenous Australians. For example, I was looking at some of the various reasons Indigenous Australians were at higher risk of developing kidney disease, but it was missing on your poster. Generally, this was a well-designed poster. It discussed some of the important concepts about how Indigenous Australians are affected by kidney disease and where they can seek help.

References

AIHW. (2022). Chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. [Online]. Retrieved from https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/chronic-kidney-disease/chronic-kidney-disease-indigenous-australians/summary

Hoy, W. E., Mott, S. A., & McDonald, S. P. (2020). An update on chronic kidney disease in Aboriginal Australians. Clinical Nephrology, 93(1), 124-128.

Lim, W. H., Johnson, D. W., McDonald, S. P., Hawley, C., Clayton, P. A., Jose, M. D., & Wong, G. (2019). Impending challenges of the burden of end?stage kidney disease in Australia. Medical Journal of Australia, 211(8), 374-380.