Proactive, Recovery-Oriented Treatment Navigation to Engage Racially Diverse Veterans in Mental Healthcare (PARTNER-MH), a Peer-Led Patient Navigation Intervention for Racially and Ethnically Minoritized Veterans in Veterans Health Administration Mental Health Services: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Randomized Controlled Feasibility Study

Johanne Eliacin   ^{1, 2, 3} , PhD, HSPP ;   Diana J Burgess   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Angela L Rollins   ^{1, 2, 6} , PhD ;   Scott Patterson   ⁷ , PhD ;   Teresa Damush   ^{1, 2, 8} , PhD ;   Matthew J Bair   ^{1, 2, 8} , MD, MS ;   Michelle P Salyers   ⁶ , PhD ;   Michele Spoont   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   James E Slaven   ⁹ , MS ;   Caitlin O'Connor   ¹ , BA ;   Kiara Walker   ¹ , MSW, LSW ;   Denise S Zou   ¹ , BS ;   Emily Austin   ¹ , BA ;   John Akins   ⁷ , BA ;   James Miller   ⁷ , BA ;   Matthew Chinman   ^{10, 11} , PhD ;   Marianne S Matthias   ^{1, 2, 8} , PhD

¹ Center for Health Information and Communication, Health Services Research & Development, Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, United States

² Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN, United States

³ National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States

⁴ Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis VA Healthcare System, Minneapolis, MN, United States

⁵ Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States

⁶ Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, United States

⁷ Department of Psychiatry, Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN, United States

⁸ Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States

⁹ Department of Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States

¹⁰ Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, VA Pittsburgh Health Care, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

¹¹ RAND Corporation Pittsburgh Office, Pittsburgh, PA, United States