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. 2017 Jun;6(4):375-389.
doi: 10.2217/cer-2016-0096. Epub 2017 Jun 16.

Strengthening stakeholder-engaged research and research on stakeholder engagement

Kristin N Ray  1 , Elizabeth Miller  1   2
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Strengthening stakeholder-engaged research and research on stakeholder engagement

Kristin N Ray et al. J Comp Eff Res. 2017 Jun.

Abstract

Stakeholder engagement is an emerging field with little evidence to inform best practices. Guidelines are needed to improve the quality of research on stakeholder engagement through more intentional planning, evaluation and reporting. We developed a preliminary framework for planning, evaluating and reporting stakeholder engagement, informed by published conceptual models and recommendations and then refined through our own stakeholder engagement experience. Our proposed exploratory framework highlights contexts and processes to be addressed in planning stakeholder engagement, and potential immediate, intermediate and long-term outcomes that warrant evaluation. We use this framework to illustrate both the minimum information needed for reporting stakeholder-engaged research and the comprehensive detail needed for reporting research on stakeholder engagement.

Keywords: conceptual model; dissemination; evaluation; reporting; stakeholder engagement; stakeholder-engaged; transparency.

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Conflict of interest statement

Financial & competing interests disclosure

Supported in part by grants from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (K12HS022989, KN Ray), the National Institutes of Health (K24HD075862, E Miller) and the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the UPMC Health System (KN Ray). The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.

No writing assistance was utilized in the production of this manuscript.

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<b>Figure 1.</b>
Figure 1.. Conceptual model for understanding impact of stakeholder engagement and differentiating stakeholder-engaged research from research on stakeholder engagement.
Dashed box (- - -) indicates the focus on stakeholder-engaged research, which is the result of the study being informed by stakeholders. Question marks (?) indicate the focus of research on stakeholder engagement, which is the relationship between the contexts, processes and outcomes of stakeholder engagement. Please see Table 1 for additional detail on topics/concepts within the model.
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