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COVID‐19 vaccine hesitancy among women leaving jails: A qualitative study
Author(s) -
Geana Mugur V.,
Anderson Sherri,
Ramaswamy Megha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/phn.12922
Subject(s) - misinformation , covid-19 , medicine , qualitative research , health literacy , population , public health , pandemic , psychological intervention , family medicine , criminology , nursing , environmental health , political science , psychology , health care , virology , sociology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , law , social science , pathology
In many correctional facilities across the United States, COVID‐19 vaccine refusal rates are as high as 50%. Most women leaving jails have low SES, health literacy, and mistrust of governmental institutions, thus exacerbating existing health disparities and making women leaving jail vulnerable. Data from 25 interviews with recently released women suggest that interventions to promote vaccines to this population will have to address health education and mitigate mistrust, misinformation, and conspiracy theories.