{
  "abstract": "Background Stakeholder engagement enhances public health evidence synthesis relevance for policy and practice. However, the benefits and challenges for stakeholders themselves in this context remain poorly understood. We aimed to examine the value to stakeholders of engagement in evidence synthesis, and their perceptions of both benefits and challenges.Methods We searched nine bibliographic databases (MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, Social Sciences Citation Index, Science Citation Index, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts, Scopus, and the King’s Fund Library Catalogue), performed citation searching, and conducted a targeted CLUSTER search. Two reviewers screened titles/abstracts and full texts, resolving disagreements through discussion. We included studies that reported on the involvement of stakeholders (excluding patients and members of the public) in public health evidence synthesis projects, including policymakers and practitioners, in the UK and other OECD countries, relating to public health policy and practice. We also considered studies reporting on mechanisms for optimising the value of stakeholder input, and/or the perceptions of research teams and stakeholders relating to challenges and opportunities in stakeholder engagement. We intended to use narrative synthesis methods and to appraise study quality using the domains of relevance, rigour and richness.Results From 1,085 records identified, only one study focused on the stakeholders’ perspectives and therefore met inclusion criteria. Key factors for their successful involvement were perceived to include: addressing power dynamics, providing training for all parties, maintaining flexible engagement methods, and allocating sufficient time within the review process for effective engagement.Conclusion Research exploring stakeholder perspectives on their involvement in evidence synthesis remains limited. Evidence may need to be sought from related fields such as environmental science where the role of stakeholders has been explored in more depth, whilst further investigation is needed to understand benefits and challenges from stakeholder viewpoints in public health. Further approaches include mining the full text of data within more general articles.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Emma Hock"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Lukasz Lagojda"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Lindsay Blank"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Andrew Booth"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Mark Clowes"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Elizabeth Goyder"
    }
  ],
  "title": "P27 Where is the evidence for the benefits and challenges to stakeholders of engaging in public health evidence synthesis? A systematic review",
  "uid": "8c51fa5f-7f14-52c9-97b5-371233475723"
}