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Table 2 Conceptual details about partnership initiation

From: Conceptualising the initiation of researcher and research user partnerships: a meta-narrative review

Study

Narrative

Labels

Key Actors

Origins (discipline/field of study)

Concepts or theories

Partnership

Partnership initiation

Researchers

Research users

Tremblay et al., 2017, Canada [30]

Action research

Community-based participatory research

First stage

Researchers

Community organisation, coalition of organisations

Social Sciences/Psychology

Social movement theory

Gagliardi et al., 2016, Canada [9]

Integrated knowledge translation

Integrated knowledge translation

Formation stage

Researchers

Organisation or system-level decision-makers, including clinician managers, health facility managers and policy-makers

Healthcare/health services research

NR

Salsberg et al., 2015, Canada [31]

Action research

Participatory research

Fostering a partnership

Researchers

Stakeholders, community members, end-users

Healthcare/Public Health

NR

Esmail et al., 2015, United States [32]

Stakeholder engagement

Stakeholder engagement research

Early stage

Researchers

Patients, public

Healthcare/health services research

NR

Concannon et al., 2014, United States [33]

Stakeholder engagement

Stakeholder engagement

Early stage

Researchers

Individual or group who is responsible for or affected by health and healthcare-related decisions

Healthcare/medicine

NR

Filieri & Alguezaui, 2014, United Kingdom [34]

Knowledge transfer

Structural social capital

Development stage, fuzzy front end

Researchers

Business managers, business partners, customers, suppliers, universities, competing firms

Social sciences/knowledge management

Social capital theory

Andrews et al., 2012, United States [35]

Action research

Community-based participatory research

Partnership development

Academic partners

Community partners

Healthcare/Nursing

NR

Jagosh et al., 2012, Canada [8]

Action research

Participatory research

Early stage

Researchers

People affected by issues under study and/or decision-makers who apply research funding

Healthcare/Health Services Research

NR

Orem et al., 2012, Uganda [36]

Integrated Knowledge Translation

Knowledge translation partnership

Pre-research stage

Researchers

Policy-makers

Healthcare/Public Health

NR

De-Pinho Campos et al., 2011, Canada [37]

Team initiation

Public–private partnerships

Development stage

Researchers

Government, hospitals, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, non-governmental organisations, foundations, experts, investors

Healthcare/Public Health

NR

Chiasson et al., 2009, United Kingdom [38]

Action research

Action research

Outset of activities

Researchers

Stakeholders, decision-makers

Social sciences/information systems

NR

Suarez-Balcazar et al., 2005, United States [39]

Action research

Community–university collaborations

Gaining entry into the community

Researchers, academics

Community members

Social sciences/psychology

NR

Guzman & Wilson, 2005, Australia [40]

Knowledge transfer

Inter- and intra-organisational knowledge transfer

‘Soft issues’ before developmental stage

Organisation or team members

Organisation or team members

Social sciences/knowledge management

NR

Riley-Tillman et al., 2005, United States [41]

Action research

Participatory action research

Building usable knowledge

Researchers

School psychology practitioners who work in schools, hospitals and private practice

Social sciences/education

NR

Druskat & Pescosolido, 2002, United States [42]

Shared mental models

Shared mental models

Early stage

Team members

Team members

Social sciences/organisation management

Cognitive theory

Waterman et al., 2001, United Kingdom [43]

Action research

Action research

Problem identification or planning phase

Researchers

Managers, patients, nurses, occupational therapists, students, practitioners, educational staff

Healthcare/health services research

NR

Israel et al., 1998, United States [44]

Action research

Community-based research

Development of partnership

Researchers

Community members, organisational representatives

Healthcare/public health

Critical theory

  1. NR none reported