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Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among individuals incarcerated in Connecticut state jails
BACKGROUND: Vaccine hesitancy is common among incarcerated populations and, despite vaccination programs, vaccine acceptance within residents remains low, especially within jails. With the goal of assessing the Connecticut DOC’s COVID-19 vaccine program within jails we examined if residents of DOC o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10009345/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36913159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00216-x |
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author | Lind, Margaret L. Kennedy, Byron S. Nieto, Murilo Dorion Houde, Amy J. Sosensky, Peri Borg, Ryan Cummings, Derek A. T. Ko, Albert I. Richeson, Robert P. |
author_facet | Lind, Margaret L. Kennedy, Byron S. Nieto, Murilo Dorion Houde, Amy J. Sosensky, Peri Borg, Ryan Cummings, Derek A. T. Ko, Albert I. Richeson, Robert P. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Vaccine hesitancy is common among incarcerated populations and, despite vaccination programs, vaccine acceptance within residents remains low, especially within jails. With the goal of assessing the Connecticut DOC’s COVID-19 vaccine program within jails we examined if residents of DOC operated jails were more likely to become vaccinated following incarceration than in the community. Specifically, we conducted a retrospective cohort analysis among people who spent at least one night in a DOC-operated jail between February 2 and November 8, 2021, and were eligible for vaccination at the time of incarceration (intake). We compared the vaccination rates before and after incarceration using an age-adjusted survival analysis with a time-varying exposure of incarceration and an outcome of vaccination. RESULTS: During the study period, 3,716 people spent at least one night in jail and were eligible for vaccination at intake. Of these residents, 136 were vaccinated prior to incarceration, 2,265 had a recorded vaccine offer, and 479 were vaccinated while incarcerated. The age-adjusted hazard of vaccination following incarceration was significantly higher than prior to incarceration (12.5; 95% Confidence Intervals: 10.2–15.3). CONCLUSIONS: We found that residents were more likely to become vaccinated in jail than in the community. Though these findings highlight the utility of vaccination programs within jails, the low level of vaccination in this population speaks to the need for additional program development within jails and the community. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40352-023-00216-x. |
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spelling | pubmed-100093452023-03-13 Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among individuals incarcerated in Connecticut state jails Lind, Margaret L. Kennedy, Byron S. Nieto, Murilo Dorion Houde, Amy J. Sosensky, Peri Borg, Ryan Cummings, Derek A. T. Ko, Albert I. Richeson, Robert P. Health Justice Research Article BACKGROUND: Vaccine hesitancy is common among incarcerated populations and, despite vaccination programs, vaccine acceptance within residents remains low, especially within jails. With the goal of assessing the Connecticut DOC’s COVID-19 vaccine program within jails we examined if residents of DOC operated jails were more likely to become vaccinated following incarceration than in the community. Specifically, we conducted a retrospective cohort analysis among people who spent at least one night in a DOC-operated jail between February 2 and November 8, 2021, and were eligible for vaccination at the time of incarceration (intake). We compared the vaccination rates before and after incarceration using an age-adjusted survival analysis with a time-varying exposure of incarceration and an outcome of vaccination. RESULTS: During the study period, 3,716 people spent at least one night in jail and were eligible for vaccination at intake. Of these residents, 136 were vaccinated prior to incarceration, 2,265 had a recorded vaccine offer, and 479 were vaccinated while incarcerated. The age-adjusted hazard of vaccination following incarceration was significantly higher than prior to incarceration (12.5; 95% Confidence Intervals: 10.2–15.3). CONCLUSIONS: We found that residents were more likely to become vaccinated in jail than in the community. Though these findings highlight the utility of vaccination programs within jails, the low level of vaccination in this population speaks to the need for additional program development within jails and the community. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s40352-023-00216-x. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2023-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10009345/ /pubmed/36913159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00216-x Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lind, Margaret L. Kennedy, Byron S. Nieto, Murilo Dorion Houde, Amy J. Sosensky, Peri Borg, Ryan Cummings, Derek A. T. Ko, Albert I. Richeson, Robert P. Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among individuals incarcerated in Connecticut state jails |
title | Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among individuals incarcerated in Connecticut state jails |
title_full | Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among individuals incarcerated in Connecticut state jails |
title_fullStr | Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among individuals incarcerated in Connecticut state jails |
title_full_unstemmed | Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among individuals incarcerated in Connecticut state jails |
title_short | Covid-19 vaccine acceptance among individuals incarcerated in Connecticut state jails |
title_sort | covid-19 vaccine acceptance among individuals incarcerated in connecticut state jails |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10009345/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36913159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40352-023-00216-x |
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