Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of the participants involved in the quantitative study (micro-factors).

<p>Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of the participants involved in the quantitative study (micro-factors).</p

Intention of the physicians working in public hospitals according to their region of practice.

<p>Intention of the physicians working in public hospitals according to their region of practice.</p

The individual and contextual determinants of the use of telemedicine: A descriptive study of the perceptions of Senegal's physicians and telemedicine projects managers

<div><p>Telemedicine is considered to be an effective strategy to aid in the recruitment and retention of physicians in underserved areas and, in doing so, improve access to healthcare. Telemedicine’s use, however, depends on individual and contextual factors. Using a mixed methods design, we studied these factors in Senegal based on a micro, meso and macro framework. A quantitative questionnaire administered to 165 physicians working in public hospitals and 151 physicians working in district health centres was used to identify individual (micro) factors. This was augmented with qualitative descriptive data involving individual interviews with 30 physicians working in public hospitals, 36 physicians working in district health centres and 10 telemedicine project managers to identify contextual (meso and macro) factors. Physicians were selected using purposeful random sampling; managers through snowball sampling. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively using SPSS 23 and qualitative data thematically using NVivo 10. At the micro level, we found that 72.1% of the physicians working in public hospitals and 82.1% of the physicians working in district health centres were likely to use telemedicine in their professional activities. At the meso level, we identified several technical, organizational and ethical factors, while at the macro level the study revealed a number of financial, political, legal, socioeconomic and cultural factors. We conclude that better awareness of the interplay between factors can assist health authorities to develop telemedicine in ways that will attract use by physicians, thus improving physicians’ recruitment and retention in underserved areas.</p></div

Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of the participants involved in the qualitative study (meso and macro-factors).

<p>Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of the participants involved in the qualitative study (meso and macro-factors).</p

Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of the participants involved in the quantitative study (micro-factors).

<p>Socio-demographic and professional characteristics of the participants involved in the quantitative study (micro-factors).</p

Meso- and macro-level factors identified by participants.

<p>Meso- and macro-level factors identified by participants.</p

The micro, meso and macro framework of the use of telemedicine.

<p>The use of telemedicine is influenced by micro, meso and macro levels factors.</p

Additional file 1 of Interventions on gender equity in the workplace: a scoping review

Additional file 1: Appendix 1. PRISMA ScR Checklist. Appendix 2. SAGER Guidelines. Appendix 3. SIITHIA Checklist. Appendix 4. GRIPP2 Reporting Checklist. Appendix 5. Database Search Strategies. Appendix 6. Grey Literature Sources. Appendix 7. L1 Screening Form for Titles and Abstracts. Appendix 8. L2 Screening Form for Full-Text Articles. Appendix 9. Data Abstraction Form. Appendix 10. Closely Related but Ultimately Excluded Studies. Appendix 11. Participants Characteristics. Appendix 12. Participants Characteristics. Appendix 13. PROGRESS Plus Table. Appendix 14. Definitions of Gender and Sex. Appendix 15. Intervention Characteristics. Appendix 16. Details of Intervention Outcomes and Results. Appendix 17. Outcomes Examined in Included Studies. Appendix 18. Patient Partner Lay Summary