Table 2.
Dimensions of the data extraction tool
Dimension | Subdimensions |
Document characteristics |
First author’s name, country, affiliation, year of publication Format (peer-reviewed article, toolbox, manual, or report) Approach (research-intervention approach, training tool with key messages, transversal approach with key messages, or theoretical approach) Dissemination mode (bibliographic database, government, or organization website) Document’s objective Type of contribution to “how-tos” (more concrete (activities, checklists, steps to follow) or less concrete (general principles and prescriptions)) |
Intervention |
Actor(s) who initiated the project Objective of the intervention and targeted issue Main content transferred by the intervention (knowledge, methods) Type of health impact (directly or indirectly targeted) |
Actors |
Target population for the intervention Partners involved in the project |
Underlying conceptualization of key concepts |
Sex/gender (intersectionality, when relevant) Sex/gender inequity (e.g. dynamics related to S/G) Partnership (e.g. participatory approach) Reflexive practice |
How-tos related to... |
How-tos related to participatory research (ex. partnership implementation, knowledge mobilization including who should be partner in a project) How-tos related to S/G integration (ex. methods to analyze S/G, to disseminate S/G results, or to integrate S/G into knowledge translation including in the partnership process) |