Chinman, Matthew http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5390-8723
Goldberg, Richard
Daniels, Karin
Muralidharan, Anjana
Smith, Jeffrey
McCarthy, Sharon
Medoff, Deborah
Peeples, Amanda
Kuykendall, Lorrianne
Vineyard, Natalie
Li, Lan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (1IP1HX001979-01, 1IP1HX001979-01, 1IP1HX001979-01, 1IP1HX001979-01, 1IP1HX001979-01, 1IP1HX001979-01, 1IP1HX001979-01, 1IP1HX001979-01, 1IP1HX001979-01, 1IP1HX001979-01, 1IP1HX001979-01)
Article History
Received: 11 September 2020
Accepted: 19 May 2021
First Online: 7 June 2021
Declarations
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: The project was deemed a Quality Improvement project on February 24, 2016. Because of this determination, individual consent will not be sought from individual staff or veterans. However, all staff and veterans will have the opportunity to decline participation without penalty after reviewing information provided to them about the study. This determination was made after two actions. First, on December 3, 2015, the PIs (MC, RG) completed a non-research determination checklist that asked several questions about the nature of the project (e.g., yield generalizable knowledge, expanding knowledge base, double-blind or placebo design). All answers indicated the project was not a research study. We sent the completed checklist to the VA’s Chief Consultant of Mental Health Services to obtain final approval. In addition, we obtained approval on March 10, 2016, from Organizational Assessment Sub-Committee (OASC) of the Office of Research Development, which governs the surveying of VA staff (Peer Specialists are VA staff).
: Not applicable
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.