{"id":3281,"date":"2026-08-09T14:19:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T18:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/?post_type=chapter&p=3281"},"modified":"2026-08-20T11:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:31:10","slug":"case-study-karen-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/chapter\/case-study-karen-2\/","title":{"raw":"4.5: Case study #6: Creating Culturally Appropriate Resources","rendered":"4.5: Case study #6: Creating Culturally Appropriate Resources"},"content":{"raw":"Authors: <\/strong> Zoe Barnett, RD and Bianca Cordeiro, RD, from Ontario<\/span>\r\n\r\n\"Canadian\r\n
\r\n\r\nTrigger warning<\/strong>: this story includes examples of racism and prejudice.\r\n\r\nKeywords<\/strong>: Prejudice, culturally relevant.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Evelyn, a new black dietitian of Ghanaian descent, was looking for sodium content information in traditional Ghanaian foods to host a community education session about hypertension for her Ghanaian-Canadian community. After looking in both the Canadian and US hypertension and sodium resources, she was unable to find the information. When she mentioned it to co-workers and asked if any of them knew of any resources for her, their response was, \u201cNo, sorry. Why don\u2019t you just make a resource yourself?\u201d Resolute to provide culturally relevant information to her community, she asked around\r\nfor other black dietitians. One of her colleagues, Michelle, said: \u201cI heard something about a black dietitian network, but I don\u2019t think they really do anything.\u201d Evelyn was able to get in touch with CBRDA, and she found 2 dietitians, Esther and Sarah, were working on a very similar resource for their clients. Evelyn joined Esther and Sarah and created a West African Hypertension working group to develop a resource for both Ghanaian and Nigerian clients. The working group was able to save all 3 dietitians so much time, and they were able to bond with each other in the process.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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  1. What would have happened if Evelyn continued to be unaware of CBRDA?<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. If you heard what Michelle said to Evelyn and had an opportunity to talk to Michelle, what would you say to her?\r\n<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nWrite down your thoughts following the prompts above.\r\n
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