"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.

Autor:	Cassarino N; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Lodolo L; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Smyth E; Department of Medicine, Division of Geographic Medicine, and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA , USA., Ramaswamy M; Department of Population Health, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS, USA., Wurcel A; Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Medicine, Division of Geographic Medicine, and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA , USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of clinical and translational science [J Clin Transl Sci] 2023 Jan 23; Vol. 7 (1), pp. e50. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 23 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI:	10.1017/cts.2022.519
Abstrakt:	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 administration of vaccines in jail. Results: Eight people participated in the study (8/14 = 57% response rate). Key themes emerged, including 1) HSAs expressed divergent opinions on incarceration as the correct opportunity to vaccinate individuals, 2) HSAs' personal views on vaccines influenced their operationalization of vaccination in jail, and 3) opinions varied on whether their institutions' vaccine protocols needed modification. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the critical need to leverage the feedback and influence of stakeholders such as HSAs in efforts to improve preventative healthcare delivery in carceral health systems. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest. (© The Author(s) 2023.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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