Bobitt, Julie http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3137-6898
Clary, Kelly
Krawitz, Michael
Silva, Laura Quintero
Kang, Hyojung
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Illinois Chez Veterans Center (MSKC 637322)
Article History
Accepted: 1 December 2022
First Online: 17 January 2023
Declarations
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: This work was supported by the Chez Veterans Center Military Service Knowledge Collaborative at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.
: The authors have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: Our study was approved by The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Institutional Review Board (approval no. 21287).
: All participants provided electronic consent prior to completing the survey and verbal consent prior to participating in the interview. A waiver of signatures was obtained by the institutional review board to protect participants’ identities.
: The datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available because of the sensitive subject nature and the risk of a breach of confidentiality but may be available in some form from the corresponding author on reasonable request and with proper institutional review approval.
: Not applicable.
: JB is the lead author of the manuscript. JB led the sampling of participants, interviewed participants, oversaw the transcription and deidentification of the interviews, and oversaw the analysis. KC is the co-investigator of the project and participated in interviewing participants, and co-led the coding, theming, and analysis. She contributed to the conceptualization of the paper and to the content and editing. MK is a Veteran and policy advocate who is part of the study team and helped us to interpret our findings and formulate the outline of the paper. He also provided important policy information for the discussion including resources and framing the policy issues and edited and provided detailed feedback regarding the direction of the manuscript throughout the process. LQS has been involved with the entire project from the baseline survey to the follow-up and interviews. She assisted with analyzing the data to identify the Veterans to interview an, assisted with the transcription process and initial coding. She also assisted with contributing to reviewing, editing, and formatting the manuscript. HK is the co-principal investigator of the project. She participated in team meetings as we discussed our findings and the thematic coding process. She provided her perspective as we outlined and shaped the paper. She also prepared the quantitative data for the table and edited and reviewed the manuscript.
: For case reports or case series or any article that contains identifiable photos or patient data, a statement should be included to confirm that consent of patients was obtained to publish their data.