Vaccines and vaccination in prison settings: availability and model of service delivery in 20 European countries.

ABSTRACT: Prisons, due to various risk factors, are environments that are conducive to infectious disease transmission, with significantly higher prevalence of infectious diseases within prisons compared to the general population. This underscores the importance of preventive measures, particularly vaccination. As part of the international project "Reaching the hard-to-reach: Increasing access and vaccine uptake among the prison population in Europe" (RISE-Vac), this study aimed to map the availability and delivery framework of vaccination services in prisons across Europe and beyond. A questionnaire designed to collect data on the availability and delivery model of vaccination services in prisons was validated and uploaded in SurveyMonkey in July 2023. Then, it was submitted to potential participan

SUBMITTER: Moazen B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11452945 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature