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. 2020 Oct 5;6:37. doi: 10.21037/mhealth-2019-di-12

Table 2. Code structure.

Code Description Examples
Norms and policies Suggestions related to need for policies, rules, norms, quotas Establish norms where 50% of presenters must be female and 50% must be male
Opportunities and incentives Suggestions to provide incentives for female participation in conference panels, send special invitations, develop data bases to find and invite women to events Need to send more invitations to women. Elaborate a data base of women who work in digital health and then use the data base to invite women to conferences
Role models Suggestions to identify female digital health experts who will present their work at conferences Women in digital health must be more visible
Indifference Statements mentioning that the lack of women presenting at the conference was not a concern or a problem. Statements that mentioned that what was important was the quality of the presentation not the gender of the presenter I am indifferent if the presenters are male or female. What is important is the quality of the presentation. These are technical conferences and not necessarily related to gender
Capacity strengthening and empowerment Suggestions for more training of women in digital health, university courses, supporting and promoting women, increased communication about digital health in Bolivia and the need for women to be involved Implement more training in digital health for women. Create female professionals in digital health and support them in their journey