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Table 1 Search Term Strategy

From: Technology as the key to women’s empowerment: a scoping review

Women Search Terms

 

ICT Search Terms

 

Empowerment Search Terms

*searched with OR

“AND”

*searched with OR

“ AND”

*searched with OR

Wom?n

 

Technolog*

 

Empower*

Female*

 

Information technolog*

 

Disempower*

Girl*

 

"information communications technolog*"

 

Barrier*

Maternal

 

"ICTs"

 

Enable*

  

"social media"

 

Self concept

  

mobile

 

Self efficacy

  

handheld

 

Capacit*

  

telehealth

 

Emancipat*

  

computer

  
  

Smartphone

  
  

Digital

  
  

Internet

  
  

Telecommunication*

  
  

"world wide web"

  
  

Laptop

  
  

ICT4D

  
  

“web-based”

  
  

Iphone

  
  

Ipad

  
  1. *At end of word = truncation, any number of letters (e.g. capacit* will find capacity or capacities); ? at end of beginning of word is used to represent one or more other characters in a search term (e.g. wom?n will find women or woman)
  2. Limits included: 2012–2017, English language, no books/book reviews