Text Box 1. Considerations before embarking on stakeholder-engaged research

What is the rationale for engaging stakeholders?  ○ What are the intrinsic reasons for working with stakeholders?  ○ How do you expect working with stakeholders can improve your research?  ○ How to you expect working with stakeholders will improve relevant health care or outcomes? Which stakeholder communities will be engaged?  ○ What model will you use to identify relevant stakeholders (Online Appendix B)?  ○ Which of the stakeholder communities in your framework make decisions the research is meant to inform?  ○ Which stakeholder communities are affected by decisions the research is meant to inform?  ○ What are the preferences of stakeholder communities for how they wish to be engaged? How extensively will the stakeholders be engaged?  ○ How will stakeholders be involved in preparing for research?  ○ How will stakeholders be involved in conducting the research?  ○ How will stakeholders be involved in using the research?  ○ How intensively can stakeholders be involved in each activity?  ○ What resources and time that can be devoted to engagement activities? What are the appropriate roles and modes by which stakeholders may be engaged?  ○ Will stakeholders have control over the course of the project?  ○ Will stakeholders help the research team carry out the research?  ○ Will stakeholder provide input but neither direct nor help with the research directly?  ○ Will activities be conducted in person or remotely?  ○ Will activities be conducted with individuals?  ○ Will activities be conducted with groups?  ○ Will stakeholder communities be mixed in multi-stakeholder activities? What conflict of interest procedures and conflict management resources are needed?