Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39299872›Full record

ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2025

Discontinuing the Term "Stakeholder" From the NIA IMPACT Collaboratory Engaging Partners Team: An Example of the Process of Language Change in an Organization.

Evan Plys, Karen O Moss, Kristen Jacklin, Molita Yazzie, Ellen Tambor, Erin Luers, Linda Elam, Nina Ahmad, Zachary J Kunicki, Carolyn Malone and 1 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Optimizing participant and community engagement in cancer genomic sequencing research.Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Evan PlysCenter for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (EP, NA), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Psychiatry (EP), Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Electronic address: eplys@mgh.harvard.edu.
Karen O MossCollege of Nursing (KOM), The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Kristen JacklinDepartment of Family Medicine and Biobehavioral Health (KJ), University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN; Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team on Rural and American Indian Health Equity (KJ), University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School, Duluth, MN.
Molita YazzieIndigenous Engagement (MY), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
Ellen TamborEducation Development Center (ET, GEL), Waltham, MA.
Erin LuersHinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research (EL), Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA.
Linda ElamManatt Health, Washington DC.
Nina AhmadCenter for Health Outcomes and Interdisciplinary Research (EP, NA), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Zachary J KunickiPsychiatry and Human Behavior (ZJK, GEL), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.
Carolyn MaloneDepartment of Health Services, Policy, and Practice (CM), Brown University, School of Public Health, Providence, RI.
Gary Epstein-LubowEducation Development Center (ET, GEL), Waltham, MA; Psychiatry and Human Behavior (ZJK, GEL), Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI.

Funding

Training Core (I)U54AG063546 · NIA · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI Alexia Mary Torke · 2019 to 2026
$125.9M
Building Resilience In SKilled nursing facilities (BRISK): Development and Pilot Testing of a Dyadic Intervention for Psychological Distress in Post-Acute Skilled Nursing CareK23AG078410 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Evan Plys · 2023 to 2026
$775k
NIA NIH HHS K23 AG078410NIA NIH HHS U54 AG063546
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this paper, we describe our process of changing language of the National Institute on Aging Imbedded Pragmatic Alzheimer's disease and AD-related dementias Clinical Trials Collaboratory (NIA IMPACT Collaboratory) "Stakeholder Engagement Team" to "Engaging Partners Team" in response to feedback from community partners regarding the problematic connotations of the term "stakeholder." We present a brief history of the term "stakeholder" and its use in clinical and community-engaged research. Then, we summarize critiques of this term, including its colonial history and potential to reinforce complacency with generational traumas, particularly among Indigenous peoples and communities. We conclude with a detailed overview of our team and organization's multi-step process to discontinue use of the term "stakeholder," in alignment with a theoretical model of organizational behavior change. This paper highlights the importance of critically evaluating language and responding to community partners. We hope our process can guide other researchers and organizations.

Indexed as

National Institute on Aging (U.S.)Alzheimer DiseaseCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchDementiaHumansLanguageOrganizational InnovationPragmatic Clinical Trials as TopicStakeholder ParticipationTerminology as TopicUnited StatesCommunity engaged researchdementiahealth equitylanguage change

Identifiers

PMID39299872
PMCPMC11710995

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.