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Table 2 Document characteristics

From: Applying systematic review search methods to the grey literature: a case study examining guidelines for school-based breakfast programs in Canada

Document

Organization, type

Year

Strategies used to identify document

# strategies

Breakfast for learning start-up kit [35]

Breakfast for Learning, national-level NGO

2014

Content experts; targeted web searches

2

Build them up! Guide for schools [36]

Breakfast Club of Canada, national-level NGO

2015

Content experts; targeted web searches

2

Cram nutrition program resources [33]

Child Nutrition Council of Manitoba, P/T level NGO

2012

Targeted web searches

1

Who’s hungry? How to start a breakfast program at your school [32]

New Brunswick Teachers’ Association, P/T level NGO

2012

Content experts

1

Nourish Nova Scotia resources [37]

NNS, P/T level NGO

2015

Content experts; targeted web searches

2

Healthy eating guidelines for school nutrition programs: a resource for first nations schools [38]

Cancer Care Ontario, P/T level NGO

2012

Custom Google search engines; targeted web searches

2

Nutrition tools for schools resources [39]

Ontario Society of Nutrition Professionals in Public Health, P/T level NGO

2015

Content experts; targeted web searches

2

Nutrition guidelines for schools [34]

Saskatchewan School Boards Association, P/T level NGO

2009

Targeted web searches

1

Breakfast program resource [40]

Alberta Health Services, P/T government organization

2009

Content experts; targeted web searches

2

School meal and school nutrition program handbook [41]

British Columbia Ministries of Education and Healthy Living and Sport, P/T government organization

2010

Custom Google search engines; targeted web searches

2

Moving forward with school nutrition guidelines [27]

Government of Manitoba, P/T government organization

2014

Custom Google search engines; grey literature databases; targeted web searches

3

Healthy eating school resources manual [28]

Newfoundland and Labrador Departments of Education and Health and Community Services, P/T government organization

2006

Targeted web searches

1

Provincial breakfast program standards [29]

Nova Scotia Department of Education, P/T government organization

2007

Content experts; targeted web searches

2

Student nutrition program—nutrition guidelines [30]

Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services (MCYS), P/T government organization

2008

Content experts; Custom Google search engines; targeted web searches

3

Ontario’s student nutrition program guidelines [31]

Ontario MCYS, P/T government organization

2014

Content experts; targeted web searches