Recruiting Sexual and Gender Minority Veterans for Health Disparities Research: Recruitment Protocol of a Web-Based Prospective Cohort Study

Carolyn A Fan   ¹ , BA ;   Michelle Upham   ² , MSW ;   Kristine Beaver   ² , MPH ;   Krista Dashtestani   ² , BA ;   Malachi M Skiby   ³ , BA ;   Kimberly Z Pentel   ⁴ , MA, PhD ;   Isaac C Rhew   ⁵ , MPH, PhD ;   Michael R Kauth   ^{6, 7, 8} , PhD ;   Jillian C Shipherd   ^{6, 9, 10} , PhD ;   Debra Kaysen   ^{11, 12} , PhD ;   Tracy Simpson   ^{5, 13} , PhD ;   Keren Lehavot   ¹ , PhD

¹ Department of Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, United States

² Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Center of Innovation (COIN), VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, United States

³ Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC), Seattle, WA, United States

⁴ Pacific Northwest Individual and Couple Therapy, Seattle, WA, United States

⁵ Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, United States

⁶ LGBTQ+ Health Program, Office of Patient Care Services, Veterans Health Administration, Washington, DC, United States

⁷ South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States

⁸ Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

⁹ National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States

¹⁰ Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States

¹¹ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

¹² National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States

¹³ Center of Excellence in Substance Abuse Treatment and Education (CESATE), VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA, United States