"The bottom line is that it is all about trust": Interviews with Health Services Administrators about perceived barriers and facilitators to vaccine administration in jails.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Compared to the general population, individuals incarcerated in jails and prisons are more vulnerable to infection and mortality from communicable diseases, such as COVID-19 and influenza. However, vaccination rates among incarcerated individuals as well as staff who work in jails and prisons remain disproportionately low. Healthcare administrators working in jails have first-hand experience about barriers to vaccine provision, but their perspectives are infrequently collected and analyzed.

Methods

We reached out to Health Services Administrators (HSAs) from all 14 Massachusetts (MA) county jails for qualitative in-depth interviews to understand how their personal and professional feelings about vaccination relate to the barriers and facilitators that surround adm

SUBMITTER: Cassarino N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10052395 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature