Community-partnered approaches to enhance chronic kidney disease awareness, prevention, and early intervention.

There is a need to increase community involvement in addressing the growing burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Community-partnered participatory research (CPPR) is a collaborative approach that equitably involves academic, community, and professional partners in research, and the development of shared goals and of interventional programs to attain these goals. We present a case study of the processes, strategies, and activities concerning the interface of World Kidney Day goals and community-academic partnerships using a CPPR model focused on CKD.