Table 3.

Content analysis of ‘capacity’ definitions*

Subject defined	Capacity term	Content domains†
		Ind.	Ins.	Env.	Def.	Car.	App.	Qua.	Sus.	Pro.	Con.
Health research capacity	Building (30), strengthening (70)	x	x	x		x	x		x
	Building (166), strengthening (74, 126)		x		x	x			x
	Strengthening (123)			x				x
	Development (45)		x					x		x
	Strengthening (48)					x	x
	Building (139)	x	x				x		x
	Building (97)	x	x					x
Research capacity	Building (164), strengthening (29, 123, 159)	x	x	x	x	x	x			x	x
	Strengthening (16, 72)	x	x			x		x		x
	Development (4), strengthening (31, 74)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
	Building (132)					x	x
	Building (91, 96)	x	x			x	x	x
	Building (130)	x	x	x						x	x
	Strengthening (165)	x	x			x		x
	Building (46)	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
	Strengthening (79)	x	x	x
	Building (166)	x				x		x
Capacity	Building (25)	x	x	x				x		x
	Building (133)		x	x			x			x
	Strengthening (66)	x	x	x						x
	Strengthening (65)	x	x	x				x		x
	Building (150)		x	x					x
	Strengthening (47)	x				x			x
Organisational capacity	Development (27)		x						x
Progress	Building (142), development (143)					x	x

*Numbered citations pertain to the reference list in online supplementary table S8.

†The content of each definition was independently coded according to the following criteria: explicit reference to individual-level (Ind.), institutional-level (Ins.) or environmental-level (Env.) capacity strengthening; explicit reference to strengthening capacity in terms of defining research questions or identifying research priorities (Def.), conducting research or applying research methods (Car.) or communicating and applying research outcomes (App.) and explicit reference to facilitating an improvement in research abilities/quality (Qua.), sustainability (Sus.), reference to HRCS as a process (Pro.) and/or HRCS as a continuous activity (Con.).

HRCS, health research capacity strengthening.