Scoping Review Protocol for Immigrant Oral Health Equity in Canada and the USA

656.8 KB supplementary file outlines a scoping review protocol registered on the Open Science Framework. The protocol, authored by Rutik Ravindra Isai and last updated in April 2026, follows JBI methodology to map evidence on barriers, facilitators, and interventions for oral health equity among immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Canada and the United States.

Use Cases

• Informing systematic literature search strategies based on the described MEDLINE, Scopus, and Web of Science search methodology.
• Developing data extraction frameworks for scoping reviews based on the described barriers, facilitators, and intervention themes.
• Structuring thematic synthesis of qualitative findings related to oral health equity for immigrant populations.
• Guiding policy analysis and future research agendas based on the review's intended dissemination outputs.

Strengths

• Protocol is registered on the Open Science Framework with a public DOI.
• Follows established JBI methodology and PRISMA-ScR reporting guidelines.
• Search strategy includes multiple major databases (MEDLINE, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase) and grey literature.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 656.8 KB DOCX protocol document, not a data repository.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; the file contains methodological text.
• Data freshness should be verified as the last update date is in the future (2026-04-10).

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Documented scoping review protocol following JBI methodology.

Time Range

No date restrictions on included literature.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 05:58:47

Geography

Canada and the United States