Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: Community Health Worker Training Series

This interactive training series prepares community health workers to support people living with diabetes in understanding and protecting their kidney health. The series addresses chronic kidney disease (CKD) risk, screening, and next steps, with a focus on practical communication, care navigation, and community-based support strategies. Participants build skills to engage individuals in care, address common challenges, and promote person-centered, culturally responsive support.

Overview

The training includes four brief, self-paced modules (approximately 15 minutes each) that may be completed in any order based on learner needs.

Learning Objectives

After completing this training series, participants will be able to:

Recognize risk factors for CKD and the importance of early screening for people living with diabetes.
Recognize the role of kidney health screening and ongoing monitoring, including eGFR, UACR, and CKD stages.
Apply person-centered communication strategies to support engagement in kidney health, including screening, lifestyle changes, and treatment support.
Identify common challenges to care and use practical strategies to support connection to clinical and community resources.

Faculty

Erika R. Anna, MS, RDN, CD

Erika Anna is an Outreach Specialist in the Office of Community Health at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she focuses on strengthening community health worker capacity locally and regionally and advancing culturally relevant food and nutrition initiatives. She also provides nutrition training for CHW cohorts through the Milwaukee AHEC CHW Training Program. A Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with more than a decade of experience in primary care and community health, her work centers community‑based participatory approaches and mixed‑methods, partnering with community health workers to develop tools and practices grounded in lived experience and aligned with community‑identified needs.

Summary

Availability:

On-Demand

Expires on Jun 30, 2027

Cost:

FREE

Credit Offered:

No Credit Offered

Contains:

4 Courses

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