Fig. 1

Sociological framework (adapted from Bronfenbrenner, 2005). Bronfenbrenner U. Making human beings human: bioecological perspectives on human development. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications; 2005. The project used a socio-ecological approach, adapted from Bronfenbrenner (2005), to explore factors that influence research capacity at the micro, meso and macro levels whereby micro refers to the individual; meso refers to Departmental and Hospital sites; and macro refers to national/provincial funding organizations and the overarching culture and policy environment