Some have noted that providers and health clinic staff will have to be trained in how to gather these data in culturally competent ways, and that LGBT community members will need to understand why these questions are being asked.
South Asians are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes and effectiveness data for culturally tailored healthcare interventions are urgently required in order to help prevent this epidemic and to help inform healthcare services and policy in the UK.
To collect and evaluate food intake data from a culturally diverse population and compare with national survey data.
This estimate improves on standard observer ratings [39], because it links respondents directly to systematic ethnographic data on the culturally appropriate system of social classification in this setting (see Materials and Methods).
Cumulative data from other culturally distinct populations offers supportive evidence for this possibility [ 8].
However, confirmation of our results are necessary using data from more culturally and ethnically diverse high-income settings.
Currently, there are limited data to show culturally acceptable strategies for MI in PMTCT by the communities involved in PMTCT.
The primary strength of our analysis is that it is based on fully comparable data from 15 culturally, economically and socially diverse sites.
The research design involved the construction of a culturally tailored data collection instrument and selection of sample recruitment and data collection methods designed to maximise representation and access to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women.
It was not a culturally comprehensive data set, the researchers admit, but a wide-ranging one.
