{"id":14,"date":"2015-07-20T11:54:39","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T11:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidsplanet.ancorathemes.com\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2024-03-18T04:46:45","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T04:46:45","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kidswithckd.com.au\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row el_id=&#8221;KCD-about&#8221;][vc_column]<div class=\"sc_content content_wrap\" style=\"margin-top:5.45em !important;margin-bottom:5.35em !important;\"><h3 class=\"sc_title sc_title_regular\" style=\"margin-top:-0.25em;margin-bottom:0.5em;\">About Us<\/h3><div class=\"sc_section\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\">[vc_column_text]Kidney disease plays a major impact on the lives of children and adolescents, and their families. The burden of care and financial impact on the families of children and adolescents with kidney disease is significant. Caregivers often experience loss of income and job losses, which may then result in significant reduction in the overall financial wellbeing within the household. Financial burden may then lead to further psychological stress, reduced quality of life and potential decline in the child\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the social determinants of health is a primary approach to achieving health equity. Understanding how social and economic factors impact the health of children with kidney disease will assist in the development of important strategies and interventions to eliminate health inequalities within this population.<\/p>\n<p>The KCAD study is a longitudinal study following the health and well-being of 400 children and adolescents with chronic kidney disease across five different paediatric units in Australia and New Zealand. The study commenced in 2010, with the first cohort of children and adolescents (aged 6-18 years) and their caregivers.[\/vc_column_text]<h6 class=\"sc_title sc_title_dotted\" style=\"margin-top:2em;margin-bottom:1em;\">The pimary objectives of the KCAD study<\/h6>[vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>Determine the prevalence of economic hardship among caregivers of school-aged children and adolescents with kidney disease.<\/li>\n<li>Better understand the social and economic determinants of health inequality in children with chronic kidney disease.<\/li>\n<li>Identify policies opportunities, interventions and strategies that may improve the health outcomes and overall well-being of children with kidney disease.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1481756320752{background-image: url(https:\/\/www.kidswithckd.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kids-with-CKD-About-Page-Icon-Image-1.jpg?id=1478) !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"sc_content content_wrap\" style=\"margin-top:8.5em !important;margin-bottom:10.7em !important;\"><h6 class=\"sc_title sc_title_dotted\" style=\"margin-bottom:2.4em;color:#ffffff;\">THE KCAD STUDY<\/h6><div class=\"columns_wrap sc_columns columns_nofluid sc_columns_count_2 play\"><div class=\"column-1_2 sc_column_item sc_column_item_1 odd first\"><div class=\"sc_section\" style=\"margin-top:2.05em !important;\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\"><figure class=\"sc_image  alignleft sc_image_shape_square KCD-icon\" style=\"width: 9.3em;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/projects\/main-study\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kidswithckd.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kids-with-CKD-Main-Study-Icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"sc_section paddingright\" style=\"margin-left:11.8em !important;color:#ffffff;\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\"><h3 class=\"sc_title sc_title_regular\" style=\"margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:0.75em;color:#ffffff;\">Main Study<\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;white_text lh_1_4&#8243;]Our initial survey asks important questions about your child\u2019s kidney disease, their education and quality of life, as well your families social and financial situation.<span class=\"sc_icon icon-right sc_icon_shape_round sc_icon_bg_custom button_in_end\" style=\"font-weight:900;font-size:0.7em; line-height: 1.2em;color:#ff8454;background-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;\"><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sc_section\" style=\"margin-top:3.45em !important;\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\"><figure class=\"sc_image  alignleft sc_image_shape_square KCD-icon\" style=\"width: 9.3em;\"><a href=\"\/projects\/follow-up-study\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kidswithckd.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kids-with-CKD-Follow-up-Study-Icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"sc_section paddingright\" style=\"margin-left:11.8em !important;color:#ffffff;\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\"><h3 class=\"sc_title sc_title_regular\" style=\"margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:0.75em;color:#ffffff;\">Follow up study<\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;white_text lh_1_4&#8243;]To gain a better understand of your child and families physical, social, educational and financial situation, we would like to ask you similar questions two and four years after the original survey.<span class=\"sc_icon icon-right sc_icon_shape_round sc_icon_bg_custom button_in_end\" style=\"font-weight:900;font-size:0.7em; line-height: 1.2em;color:#ff8454;background-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;\"><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"column-1_2 sc_column_item sc_column_item_2 even\"><div class=\"sc_section\" style=\"margin-top:2.05em !important;\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\"><figure class=\"sc_image  alignleft sc_image_shape_square KCD-icon\" style=\"width: 9.3em;\"><a href=\"\/projects\/survey\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kidswithckd.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kids-with-CKD-Survey-Icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"sc_section paddingright\" style=\"margin-left:11.8em !important;color:#ffffff;\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\"><h3 class=\"sc_title sc_title_regular\" style=\"margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:0.75em;color:#ffffff;\">Survey<\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;white_text lh_1_4&#8243;]For your convenience, we have developed an online survey to complete the questionnaires.<span class=\"sc_icon icon-right sc_icon_shape_round sc_icon_bg_custom button_in_end\" style=\"font-weight:900;font-size:0.7em; line-height: 1.2em;color:#ff8454;background-color:#ffffff;border-color:#ffffff;\"><\/span>[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sc_section\" style=\"margin-top:3.45em !important;\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\"><figure class=\"sc_image  alignleft sc_image_shape_square KCD-icon\" style=\"width: 9.3em;\"><a href=\"\/projects\/psychology-study\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kidswithckd.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Kids-with-CKD-Psych-Study-Icon.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"sc_section paddingright\" style=\"margin-left:11.8em !important;color:#ffffff;\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\"><h3 class=\"sc_title sc_title_regular\" style=\"margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:0.75em;color:#ffffff;\">Psychology Study<\/h3>[vc_column_text el_class=&#8221;white_text lh_1_4&#8243;]A biennial assessment of your child\u2019s intellectual functioning, memory and attention skills, and academic performance.<span class=\"sc_icon icon-right sc_icon_shape_round sc_icon_bg_custom button_in_end\" style=\"font-weight:900;font-size:0.7em; 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Every time I decided, okay, right that's it, this is the next five year plan, this is what we're going to do, she'd end up in hospital.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sc_testimonial_author\"><span class=\"sc_testimonial_author_name\">Mother, 40s<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"column-1_3 column_padding_bottom\">\t\t\t<div id=\"sc_testimonials_1881834582_2\" class=\"sc_testimonial_item\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sc_testimonial_content\">You have to borrow some money then you have to repay that borrowed money back. We borrowed some money a couple of times. We had to pay it back and we're broke again. So we had to pay that back and you can't keep doing that or you're back in the same spot all the time. So we try and do it off our own backs and it doesn't always work.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sc_testimonial_author\"><span class=\"sc_testimonial_author_name\">Father, 40s<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"column-1_3 column_padding_bottom\">\t\t\t<div id=\"sc_testimonials_1881834582_3\" class=\"sc_testimonial_item\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sc_testimonial_content\">He walked out\u2026 Then of course, the mortgages weren't paid, the whole lot. All that basically escalated from in that first six months of diagnosis\u2026 The house was gone. the rental went, everything went, I couldn't work, there was no way I could pay it, the whole thing went. All I had was my car. Basically we were homeless in the car.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sc_testimonial_author\"><span class=\"sc_testimonial_author_name\">Mother, 40s<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"sc_section\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/kidswithckd.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/bg_blue.jpg);\"><div class=\"sc_section_inner\"><div class=\"sc_section_overlay\" style=\"\"><div class=\"sc_section_content\"><div class=\"sc_content content_wrap donate\"><div class=\"columns_wrap sc_columns columns_nofluid sc_columns_count_4\"><div class=\"column-1_4 sc_column_item sc_column_item_1 odd first\"><h1 class=\"sc_title sc_title_regular\" style=\"color:#ffffff;\">JOIN US!<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"column-2_4 sc_column_item sc_column_item_2 even span_2\"><h5 class=\"sc_title sc_title_regular\" style=\"line-height: 1.8em;margin-top:0.55em;color:#ffffff;\">Your participation can assist in improving understanding of your child\u2019s chronic disease. 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