Data Sheet 1_Cultural specificity and linguistic diversity in medical nutrition therapy ed

341 Canadian diabetes nutrition therapy resources were identified in a mini-review, including 46 professional- and 295 patient-facing documents. The dataset was created by Olivia Y. Wu and last updated on May 15, 2026. It contains extracted information on each resource's cultural specificity, language availability, year, publisher, format, and contents.

Use Cases

• Compare the prevalence of culturally specific guidance for different ethnic groups based on the extracted resource characteristics.
• Analyze the relationship between a resource's format and its multilingual availability.
• Assess the quality of patient-facing resources using the Authority, Accuracy, Coverage, Objectivity, Date, Significance checklist.
• Identify gaps in resource coverage for specific cultural groups like African, Caribbean, or Latin American populations.

Strengths

• Contains data on 341 distinct resources, providing a substantial sample for analysis.
• Includes a quality assessment for each resource using a standardized checklist.
• Distinguishes between 46 professional-facing and 295 patient-facing resources.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to figshare as it focuses solely on Canadian resources.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

A mini-review adopting systematic search methods for gray literature, including bibliographic databases, customized search engines, targeted sites, and consultations with dietitian diabetes educators.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 04:28:11; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada