Open AccessRecommendations for Delivering COVID-19 Vaccine in Jails: Evidence from Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri
Author(s) -
Megha Ramaswamy,
Catherine Lindsey Satterwhite,
Ashlyn Lipnicky,
Amanda Emerson,
P. Joshua Griffin,
Donald Ash,
Kevin A. Ault
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2021.306218
Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , vaccination , environmental health , family medicine , gerontology , virology , outbreak , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
We report on data we collected from a 2018 survey examining jails' human papillomavirus virus vaccine delivery capacity and on a secondary analysis we conducted to describe factors similarly associated with delivery planning for the COVID-19 vaccine. We provide recommendations for delivering the COVID-19 vaccine in jails, based on evidence from Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri. Our key finding is that jails have limited staff to implement vaccination and will require collaboration between jail administrators, jail medical staff, and local health departments.