485 Evidence & Policy • vol 19 • no 3 • 485–511 • © Policy Press 2023 Print ISSN 1744-2648 • Online ISSN 1744-2656 • https://doi.org/10.1332/174426421X16645354235140 Accepted for publication 30 September 2022 • First published online 21 November 2022 review Building consensus in research partnerships: a scoping review of consensus methods Miranda A. Cary, miranda.a.cary@gmail.com Island Health, Canada Katrina Plamondon, katrina.plamondon@ubc.ca University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada Davina Banner-Lukaris, davina.banner-lukaris@unbc.ca University of Northern British Columbia, Canada Nelly Oelke, nelly.oelke@ubc.ca University of British Columbia Okanagan and Rural Coordination Centre of British Columbia, Canada Kathryn M. Sibley, kathryn.sibley@umanitoba.ca University of Manitoba, Canada Kristy Baxter, kristy.baxter@ubc.ca Mathew Vis-Dunbar, mathew.vis-dunbar@ubc.ca University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada Alison M. Hoens, alison.hoens@ubc.ca University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Ursula Wick, u.k.wick@gmail.com Community Partner, Facets Holistic Self-Discovery, Canada Stefan Bigsby, stefan.bigsby@gmail.com Kelsey Wuerstl, wuerstl2@mail.ubc.ca Heather Gainforth, heather.gainforth@ubc.ca University of British Columbia Okanagan, Canada Background: Research partnership approaches that engage community members within the research team (for example, integrated knowledge translation, community-based participatory research) are typically used to enhance the relevance and usefulness of research fndings. However, research outcomes generated through partnered research do not de facto address the priorities of those most affected nor take inclusion or power dynamics into consideration. Consensus methods (for example, Delphi, Deliberative Dialogue) can be used to develop evidence-based solutions by Unauthenticated | Downloaded 10/29/23 08:40 PM UTC