Table 1.

Subject Matter Expert Participant Characteristics

Characteristic	N (%)a
Primary position
University faculty (e.g., medicine, psychology, public health)	12 (36)
Non-faculty researcher (e.g., consultant)	5 (15)
Clinician (e.g., physician, psychologist)	9 (27)
Policy maker/administrator	3 (9)
Other	4 (12)
Main area of sexual harassment/assault expertise
Healthcare settings (non-VA)	7 (21)
VA settings	6 (18)
Military settings	3 (9)
Educational settings	5 (15)
Public/street harassment	2 (6)
Other/general settings	10 (30)
Gender
Female	27 (82)
Male	6 (18)

^aN = 33 participants; two participants participated in two of the 31 interviews.