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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide Emory University nearly $800,000 to mitigate the \u201ceffects of structural racism on chronic kidney disease.\u201d<\/p>\n
The grant runs from September 1, 2023, to June 30, 2028.<\/p>\n
Current chronic kidney disease treatment \u201cfails to attend to the role of structural racism,\u201d according to the grant description<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cOur central hypothesis is that with substantial guidance from a community advisory board, comprehensive systems change implemented through an anti-racism lens will improve access to all steps of care along the [chronic kidney disease] continuum among African American patients, thereby decreasing existing racial inequities,\u201d the description adds.<\/p>\n Two agencies within HHS are providing the grant, with $500,000 coming from the National Institute of Nursing Research and $290,955 coming from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease.<\/p>\n The grant comes as several health entities are requiring employees to undergo training for \u201canti-racism.\u201d<\/p>\n The University of Washington Health in Seattle, Washington requires<\/a> white employees to undergo diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training to make up for alleged inherent racism present in being white. White employees are to read articles explaining how to be \u201cantiracist, because being \u2018not racist\u2019 is not enough,\u201d according to documents shared\u00a0online.<\/p>\n